Disklavier

Oh well, always nice to have these discussions.  Yamaha is always 
mute on the subject.  I should go back to my dealer and talk to the 
nice sales lady who guaranteed me an upgradable piano.  The probably 
will allow me to "upgrade" for around $25K + my DC3A! :)  

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, James Fry <groups@...> wrote:
>
> sjhart110110 wrote:
> > For what it is worth, I don't agree with you.  It "could" be 
done, but 
> > likely won't because Yamaha does not think it is worth it.  I 
> > personally don't think that trading in a piano ever few years is 
NOT an 
> > acceptable upgrade path for a piano.  Especially for folks (like 
me), 
> > that purchased Mark IIIs only a few years ago.  It was part of 
the 
> > sales pitch they gave me....  I would easily spend several 
thousand 
> > dollars for a new control box to get upgradable features... SJ
> >
> >   
> I don't think you meant the double negative there - and I was told 
the 
> same thing with my late mark IIXG upright. For me there is no 
possible 
> upgrade path as I simply don't have room for a grand in order to 
get the 
> mark IV "features". Besides which, I spent quite a while trying 
out 
> different U1 based disklaviers before I bought mine - they all 
sound and 
> respond differently and I bought it intending to keep and upgrade 
it for 
> many years.
> 
> Athomik - while I agree the MarkIV is a massive step up in terms 
of the 
> hardware fitted to the piano, most of us are quite happy with the 
> hardware fitted to our older pianos. What we would like is to be 
able to 
> use Disklavier radio, have a large library of songs on a hard 
drive, a 
> better wireless remote, etc. These features could easily be 
provided in 
> a DSR1-like module without having to retrofit the piano - much as 
the 
> DSR1 with DCD1 adds pretty much all of the MarkIII functionality 
to the 
> original wagon disklaviers (ie those with no built in synth).
> 
> Yamaha would potentially be able to tap into the massive install 
base of 
> Pianodisc systems (as well as other smaller customer bases such as 
> e-Valve). Most of these systems are installed into pianos that 
people 
> really cherish.
> 
> Regards
> 
> James
>