Disklavier

Greetings Phil,

There are probably some differences in the sound of a Disklavier and
and identical piano without a Disclavier that could be measured by
sensitive instruments. There have actually been studies that show that
the body weight and sitting position of the pianist can effect the
sound of the piano. However, in blind testing, I would be willing to
bet than any piano teacher, or anyone else for that matter, could not
reliably tell which was the Disklavier. In addition, the differences
are probably completely irrelevant to the musicality of the instrument
and are probably of less influence than the perfection of the tuning
and voicing. The type of flooring under the piano might have more
influence on the tone than whether or not a Disklavier mechanism was
installed.

Monday, February 16, 2009, 5:10:56 PM, you wrote:
> Hey,

> (no offence to those 'up to date' and tech compitent teachers out there!!)

> But most music teachers don't have a clue about anything technical
> about pianos, most are happy to flog pianos that are not regulated or in good tune.
> Many older teachers fear anything to do with technology... most
> still record students on blownout tape recorders etc. 

> That said, the Disklavier is just a NORMAL piano, except they have
> solenoids that press the standard key down from behind the key...
> Yamaha's whole concept and success with the Disklavier is to have a
> normal piano with their technology installed unintrusive etc.

> So at the end of the day the key is hitting the string just like
> anyone else... its STILL a REAL string... not a recorded siumulaion etc.

> Yes they have a few black boxes underneigh that run the whole
> system, but these are placed in specific places to avoid any slight
> change in sound...but if anyone was worried about a possible tone
> difference, then the bigger the Disklavier the more 'space' for the
> equpment so a C3+ I doubt would have ANY noticable difference..

> The only reason 'professionals' can 'tell the difference' is
> because most Disklaviers are flogged to death in Hotel's and
> Resturants 10+ hours a day. Perhaps older Disklaviers had clunky
> systems, but the mark4 uses optic sensors so there are no ' micro switches' etc.

> Anyway, good on you, hopfully your kids keep interested!

> Cheers,

> Philip



> From: Dokhanchi <dokhanchi@...>
> To: Disklavier <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, 16 February, 2009 1:16:22 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] piano teacher says DGC1-B not as good


> Hi,

> I bought a DGC1-B for my kids thinking that this piano was a better
> choice over the same version without the Disklavier. You see I
> followed the more expensive, better product rule. Kidding aside, I
> bought this piano so if my spoiled kids quit playing I could still
> enjoy the piano by playing midi performances by others.

> However, the new piano teacher told me today that no matter how
> good they construct these new Disklaviers, they are still not as
> good as the ones with out. I guess in this case the GC-1 model. She
> said that professionals can always tell the difference. I was
> wondering what the group thought of this statement. I have a hunch
> that she may not be as familiar with these new disklaviers and
> thinks that we had bought a digital piano.

> Thank you for taking the time to respond.

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