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Re: [disklavier] Re: DU1E3 does it play like a U1 without the disklavier internals?

2011-08-22 by Bill Brandom

Good point. I was thinking about North America. Sorry about that!

In the United States and Canada the DU1E3 does not have Silent mode. (The prior model, DU1A did have the Silent mode in the U.S. and Canada.)

Bill

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:01 AM, athomik <mangez@...> wrote:

There is a Silent mode on the DU1A in Europe.

athomik



On Aug 22 2011, Bill Brandom wrote:

>The DU1E3 will play the same as a U1 acoustic piano. The solenoids sit under
>the keys and are "out of the way." The sensing system is fiber optic and
>does not come in physical contact with the action of the piano.
>
>Playing in Silent mode does affect the touch of the piano. However, there is
>no Silent mode on the DU1E3.
>
>Bill


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