Disklavier

Greetings jyl087,

I wrote a "Virtual Keyboard" program for the purpose of testing player
pianos. I looked on the web for a long time trying to find something
that had the features I needed and never found anything even close so
I wrote my own. You can play individual notes at any loudness, play
them repeatedly at different repetition rates etc. If you can hook up
a MIDI interface to a piano you can check it out pretty thoroughly. It
is actually much faster and easier to use than a MIDI file. The
program is available from the following page of my web site:
http://www.spencerserolls.com/Files4Download.html Currently the
program does not have any pedal test functions but I can add them if
anyone has an idea of what might be useful.

Friday, December 19, 2008, 8:53:59 PM, you wrote:
> Hi,

> I'm considering the purchase of a pre-owned Disklavier. I've read Larry
> Fine's excellent Piano Book, in particular the chapter on buying a used
> piano. My hope is to acquire a U1 based model, preferably less that 12
> years old. Are there any particular points I should pay attention to
> when evaluating these instruments?

> While reading Fine's book, it occured to me that there ought to exist
> some kind of "evaluation disk" available which can put the instrument
> through its paces! E.g., play all the notes from softest to loudest,
> play octaves, check pedal functions, etc. Does such a MIDI file exist?
> If not, I'm thinking that I need to put one together myself!

> Cheers,
> Jim

>  

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