Disklavier

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Dutcher" <gldutcher@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hey Piano Bench, good show!  The newspaper article was fascinating, 
and I
> applaud the Phoenix Symphony for there willingness to innovate with
> technology and for sharing this priceless musical performance 
archive with
> the public.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm really curious about the details behind the performance.  Can 
you share
> the story with us?  For example, they mentioned that you'd "provided
> software" for the occasion.  Was this software over and above the 
standard
> DKV operating software?   They said the score was "time marked and 
prepared
> to allow a conductor to keep time with the piano".  What was that 
about?
> And foremost, did you use the solo piano version of the performance 
that's
> commercially available, or was is there a separate piano roll in 
existence
> with just the piano from the Piano/Orchestra arrangement of the 
piece.  If
> you used the solo piano recording, did you edit out the portions 
where he
> was playing the orchestra part (for example, the opening)?   
> 
>  
> 
> It sounds like a really fun endeavor in any case.
> 
>  
> 
> Jerry Dutcher
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Don Shifris
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 12:11 PM
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [disklavier] Yamaha Disklavier at the Phoenix Symphony
> 
>  
> 
> Last night, the Phoenix Symphony used a piano roll conversion of 
> Gershwin playing Rhapsody in Blue in conjunction with the orchestra.
> 
> The following site has a nice article on the performance and the 
technology.
> 
> It was quite a beautiful performance. They even announced that 
> George Gershwin was going to perform, had a spotlight following him 
> as he entered the stage, the 1st violinist pretended to shake his 
> hand as did the conductor.
> 
> http://phoenixsymph <http://phoenixsymphony.blogspot.com/> 
ony.blogspot.com/
>

This is great PR for Yamaha and the Disklavier and in turn the 
dealers. We were involved with one doing a similar project a couple 
of years ago with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut and 
it was very well received. I know Yamaha does what they can with 
relations with symphonies etc... but on the local level, the dealers 
need to promote the Disklavier to professional musicians so they are 
heard by the masses and it becomes a great 3rd party endorsement of 
the product.

Peter
Fry's Westport-Fairfield Piano Corp.
Fairfield, CT