Disklavier

Put your hand on the strings while the piano is playing.  Do your feel the 
vibrations?  Do you hear a "thunk" where your hand is?  If so, the hammers 
are hitting the strings.

Or put your foot on the far right pedal and hold it down while the the piano 
is playing.  If all the notes run together, then you are in acoustic mode.

On the other hand, if you can take your fingernails and rake them over the 
strings while a disk is playing, and this different sound does not interfere 
with the song, then you are probably in digital mode.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <zackcat@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:11 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Does digital playing of disklavier actually rely on 
the key presses for sound?


> Hi,
>
> I am playing a Pianosoft title and when using the digital reproduction
> of sound, the keys on the piano will move and digital piano sounds are
> heard.  Is the sound actually generated by the keys hitting the
> dampened strings, or is it totally relying on the MIDI information to
> generate the tone?  If I play the same song in digital and turn off the
> keys so they don't move, it sounds exactly the same.  I would assume if
> the piano is really playing (that is, not just reading the midi and
> creating the sound in the hardware) it would sound at least a little
> bit different, wouldn't it?
>
> When playing as a digital piano, is the key movement just for show?
>
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