Ed,
You are not required to buy in your state. You can approach any dealer
in the U.S. or Canada. While it's always nice to work with a pleasant
forthright dealer, it's a piano, not a salesperson, that you will be
taking home. Take your time, try out the products, and get informed.
You are the one who has to decide what characteristics are important to
you. Don't be bashful about making offers--there are always other
dealers. As you might guess, the folks around here are heavily biased
toward Disklavier. I can't think of a "compelling reason" that you
absolutely must get a Disklavier. However, if Disklavier is the answer
you'd like to hear, I add my hearty recommendation.
Ed Hutton wrote:
> I'm very impressed with the Disklavier systems from Yamaha (DC1 and
> DC2). Unfortunately one dealer has my state locked up for Yamaha.
> Since there is no competition in this state, I was more or less
> forced to give careful consideration to other brands.
>
> I've been looking at an Kawai RX-1 with PianoDics's PDS-128+.
> Tonight I did a pretty extensive test drive of the RX-1 complete with
> laptop and midi applications. I like the touch and sound of the
> piano. The PDS-128+ seems to work well and it certainly is a nice
> player piano. The midi functions worked but weren't intuitively easy
> like some of the newer digital pianos. Still all in all it seems
> quite workable.
>
> Anyone have experience with both systems who can offer a compelling
> reason why I should buy Yamaha? The Kawai dealer comes across much
> more straight forward. I've also received very positive testimonials
> from local musicians on the Kawai dealer. And so far he has tried no
> negative selling, no scare stories, just a very honest appraisal of
> the market and his wares.
>
> So while I very much like the Yamaha products. I don't like the
> state wide monopoly. The Kawai products with PDS seem similar and I
> can get multiple quotes in state with local service.
>
> Any truly compelling reason to go with Yamaha (which I think is a
> fine product)?
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