Disklavier

There is a most interesting Disklavier currently posted on eBay, 
priced with its opening bid at $45,200.   See:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2570822618&cat
egory=43376

What surprised me is that it is a natural wood finish.   
Described as Bubinga Mahogany, but I really think it is Mottled 
African Mahogany. 

I would love to install the Disklavier unit into my 1928 Fischer 
5' 4" grand in a pretty Florentine art case, highly figured 
walnut.     However, local Yamaha dealer was adamant - ebony 
only, and only Yamaha.   Too bad, how sad.....  :-(

Does Yamaha really make it possible for a Disklavier to be 
installed in a piano other their own?

Thoughts of others?

Regards,

Terry

Terry Smythe                     (204) 832-3982
55 Rowand Avenue                 smythe@...
Winnipeg, MB, Canada   R3J 2N6   http://www.mts.net/~smythe

Yamaha Disklaviers are only installed in new pianos at Yamaha factories.
This is why they work without incident most of the time!  Seriously though,
the outstanding feature of the Disklavier is that it  can both Record and
playback fine nuances of piano playing.

You can have installed into any piano a PianoDisc or QRS Pianomation system
that will play back MIDI files.  In fact, the QRS Chili system will have
both the CD and floppy disk drives, and will allow you to play MIDI files
you have burned to a CD yourself!

The big drawback of these systems is that they have yet to produce a decent
Record system.  Although they each have a rocker arm or mylar tab system
that will record the keys, neither has a good pedal record or playback.
However, if all you want to do is play MIDI files, or their CDs, I think
they are great retro fits.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Smythe" <smythe@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>; <dug@...>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 3:16 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Natural Wood Finish Disklavier



> I would love to install the Disklavier unit into my 1928 Fischer
> 5' 4" grand in a pretty Florentine art case, highly figured
> walnut.     However, local Yamaha dealer was adamant - ebony
> only, and only Yamaha.   Too bad, how sad.....  :-(
>
> Does Yamaha really make it possible for a Disklavier to be
> installed in a piano other their own?
>
> Thoughts of others?
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry
>
> Terry Smythe                     (204) 832-3982
> 55 Rowand Avenue                 smythe@...
> Winnipeg, MB, Canada   R3J 2N6   http://www.mts.net/~smythe
>
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