Disklavier

The current configuration of the Disklavier only supports  the "silent 
system" with an extra tone generator card, called an MN board that has a 
head phone jack.  The sounds you hear when using the headphones with a 
"silent system" are not the same sounds you hear through the speakers during 
playback.  The normal XG sounds you hear during playback with speakers are 
on a different sound card.  The Pro models have a switch that toggles back 
and forth between the two different sound cards depending on which mode you 
choose to hear.

However, it seems to me that it might be possible to use what you have 
"silently" if the following occur:

1) Install a rail to keep the hammers from hitting the strings when you 
play.  That is easy enough to do as they are available from other 
manufacturers if they are not available from Yamaha.  It is also a tricky 
adjustment when using these rails so that the piano feels the same on your 
fingers.  Yamaha Disklaviers have the fanciest and best system as they use 
special piano action parts (jacks with an extra bump) to achieve this.  
Anything else just won't feel the same but could work.

2)  You would have to put your Disklavier in "record" mode and select a 
voice to listen to to use the sounds on your XG soundcard.  That is easy 
enough to do.

3)  You would need either a speaker with a head phone jack (and a set of 
headphones to plug into it) or a pair of amplified headphones to connect to 
the audio output on the rear of the Disklavier control box.
I don't know if there are such things.

or

4) you could use your piano keyboard as a MIDI controller (if you had 
installed the rail in 1) above, connected appropriately to a computer 
running MIDI software, and using the computer speakers.

The sensor system under the keys on your disklavier is already in place to 
provide MIDI information so it seems to me that this is possible.

However, to get the very most enjoyment from a "silent" system would be to 
trade in what you have to a model that has this feature installed at the 
factory.

Carol Beigel



>From: "Emmanuel HERMAND" <emmanuel.hermand@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [disklavier] Transformation into "silent system"
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:03:49 +0200
>
>
>So before thinking about switching to a silent system, I was willing to 
>know if it was possible to make the transformation.  My dealer does not 
>know this answer, and Yamaha France said no....but just in case.
>
>Thanks again
>Emmanuel

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