Disklavier

Playback only grands have no record strips under the keys.  You can tell by 
looking at the control box and NOT seeing a Record button.  You would only 
be able to record a live piano performance on this piano if you used 
microphones and made an audio file.  If you want to record a piano 
performance and play it back on your piano, you need to buy a full featured 
Disklavier.   Yamaha baby grands generally sound pretty good for their 
size - except THAT one!    My problem with that particular model is tuing C3 
down an octave from C4 (middle C) and the corresponding B3.    This problem 
is fixed in Yamaha's newest small baby grand, the GB1 and is a very nice, 
tunable piano.  G serires pianos are built for a price, and the C series 
grands sound much better, i.e. a C1 is a nicer piano than a GC1, or a GA1, 
or GH1B piano.  Of course, the best sounding pianos Yamaha makes are the 
handmade S series, but you pay big bucks for those!  The problem with buying 
a baby grand piano is that they all look alike, but are thousands of dollars 
apart in price.  You get what you pay for even though you cannot always see 
the difference, but sooner or later you will be able hear the difference!

Carol Beigel


  However, ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <ronjong@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:59 PM
Subject: [disklavier] DGH1BII Question: Can I record and playback on this 
unit?


>I went to the Yamaha web site and found the page for the DGH1BII.  It
> is called a playback only player piano, but in the fine print, it does
> sound like it can do some kind of recording of live performances.
>
> Is it possible to record someone that is playing live on the piano for
> later playback?  Sorry if it's such a newbie question but I've been
> searching all over for an answer to this and I'm still not certain.
>
> Also, I'm looking to buy this piano.  What is a fair price to pay for
> one that is in good condition (requires no work and is well
> maintained)?  Would you avoid such an old disklavier and instead look
> for a newer one?  I really don't know how much better the new ones are
> but they seem to have more bells and whistles.  I'm mostly interested
> in having a player piano for entertaining and also one that I can learn
> to play on and record my sessions for playback.  A good sounding piano
> wouldn't hurt either, but I've been told the baby grands don't sound
> all that great.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Ron
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