Disklavier

Good evening, everyone.

Yamaha's current model playback-only grand is the DGB1CD.

On the other hand, the DGH1BII is a piano that does record and has  
MIDI Out functions. However, it is no longer imported into the United  
States. You can find detailed information here:

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D260%252526CNTYP%25253DPRODUCT,00.html

Regards,
PianoBench


On Jan 13, 2008, at 8:59 PM, uhhmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

> 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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