I don't think that this list has a problem with price discussion. (DUG, which is sponsored by Yamaha, is another matter).
I don't know if retailers will discount the item, but I can tell you that the suggested list price is $1,495.
In addition to the hardware, it comes with a CD that includes 445 song files (assuming that I counted them accurately).
The song files are broken down into these categories:
--50 Greats for the Piano
--30 Pop
--20 Holiday
--20 Traditional and Country
--20 Sacred
--30 BGM Classic
--30 BGM Pop
--140 Lesson Beyer
--30 Lesson Czerny
--25 Lesson Burgmüller
--15 Bach Inventions
--45 Lesson Sonatinen Album 1
--5 SmartKey
Once nice feature of the unit is that its functions execute much more quickly.
Regards,
PianoBench
On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:34 PM, George Husson wrote:
We probably are not supposed to discuss it, but any idea on the price. I have a Mark DUA1 (I think that's it). You can email me privately if you know.
Thanks.
--GeorgeFrom: Freeman Richard net>
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Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 3:38:45 PM
Subject: [disklavier] DKC-850 Spec Sheet [1 Attachment]
For those owners of early Mark II and Mark III Disklaviers looking to upgrade the control unit, please find attached a specification sheet supplied by Yamaha USA. I'm told by Yamaha that this unit will be available in May.
All things considered, I'm excited about this. It will be nice to move away from 3.5 inch floppies and enjoy some of the newer features, such as Piano Soft plus Audio and Disklavier Radio.
Rich Freeman