Disklavier

I agree with Kent that it is fine for young children to play the new piano.  
Just make sure they are taught proper respect for it; like ONLY playing with 
your finger tips and washing their hands before touching the keys.  The 
biggest problem I have encountered with children at the keyboard is the 
tendency for the very, very young ones to  put coins between the keys!

Since you own a new Dislavier, Iwould go a step further and show the kids 
how to record what they play.  I have found they are fascinated with the 
playback of their "songs".  For older children, show them how to record the 
left or right hand separately so they can practice each part with or without 
"accompaniment".  I would also show them the Voices features!

Carol Beigel
Registered Piano Technician and DK owner!
>From: "Stacy C" <stacyc@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@egroups.com
>To: <disklavier@egroups.com>
>Subject: [disklavier] Introduction and a question
>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:44:39 -0800
>
>I found this egroup a few weeks ago after we purchased our Disklavier.
>
>It was delivered today! Yeah! Anyway we purchased a Yamaha MX1 or MX1Z I
>can't remember at the moment but the difference between the two are subtle.
>
>I've already downloaded a bunch of Christmas and Billy Joel midi files that
>were in the egroups files, can't wait to give them a try.
>
>Anyway, my question concerns my two children, mainly my youngest who is 4
>1/2. I was wondering what sort of resistence this piano would have to just
>letting him "play" with it. He's been around a piano at grandpa's house and
>knows not to bang at the keys.
>Actually as I type he is tapping out "Three Blind Mice", which is far 
>better
>than anything I can play :-)
>
>So will he be okay just playing around at the piano, or should I limit him
>to when we get an instructor in here to teach us all? I'm afraid if I won't
>let him play I'll squelch his love of music but at the same time I don't
>want him to damage our investment.
>
>Thanks
>~Stacy
>
>
>

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