Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

On Oct 11, 2008, at 9:41 PM, bbfromca wrote:

> I have a Mark III series piano and wondered if it was possible to
> purchase a Mark IV control unit and swap it out for the Mark III
> control unit?
> I like the Wi-Fi feature of the new models.
>

At this time there is no upgrade path from a Mark III to a Mark IV. At  
various times in the past, Yamaha has provided upgrade options, but  
there has been no announcement of such an upgrade from pre-Mark IV to  
Mark IV. That does not rule such an upgrade out in the future, however.

It is worth noting that there are substantial architectural  
differences between Mark IVs and all previous models. The biggest  
difference as far as user features are concerned is that the Mark IV  
relies on an embedded Linux computer.

Many people on this list have added some of the Mark IV conveniences  
to their pre-Mark IV Disklaviers by adding a personal computer to  
their instrument.

Regards,
PianoBench

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