Disklavier

Several of us have discussed in the past.  Yamaha has deaf ears on 
this subject.  With today's electronics, you could likely fit 
everything you needed into a new Mark III control box.   Maybe add 
an Ethernet jack, USB ports, etc.  I dream about my Yamaha tech 
coming to my home.  Replacing my box with the new version.  The tech 
would simplay remove the old unit and put the unit in the same exact 
space as the old unit.  Plugging the new unit into the existing 
control chords, etc.  They could even add a wireless tablet that 
interfaced with the new control unit.  The tech would run some 
utilities to sync the new control unit to the Mark III.....  Sorry, 
I was dreaming - I'll wake up now :)...  

There are really two "electronic" parts to the Mark III piano.  The 
control unit and the piano mechanism.  Although you could never get 
a new piano/keyboard mechanism like a Mark IV, you could drive the 
Mark III with a new control unit.  This unit would understand the 
architecture of the keyboard and interface accordingly.... 

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, wandamusic@... wrote:
>
>  
> In a message dated 10/7/2007 8:42:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> disklavier@yahoogroups.com writes:
> 
> They  could use this same new control unit for their 
> upright pianos. They could  be collecting our monthly Internet 
> Radio fees right now :)... 
> 
> 
> What a great observation! Maybe this will work itself back to  the 
CEO.
>  
> I just got my Mark lll upright  less than a year ago, and would 
love  the 
> internet radio feature.  
> 
> Blessings,
> Wanda
> 
> 
> 
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