QRS MIDI player systems
2004-09-15 by Carol Beigel
You can get a lot in information from the QRS website at: www.qrsmusic.com You can also download the owner's manuals, and you will see that the Chili system also plays MIDI files burned to a CD. They also give good comparisions of the systems they have available. Baldwin is out of business. When they went under, they owed QRS Pianomation a LOT of money, therefore QRS Pianomation is reluctant to give much technical support or parts for Concert Master systems. My experience with the company who bought Baldwin, Gibson music (guitars) is that their Baldwin tech support is virtually non existent. I still recommend that you just call up QRS Pianomation in Pennsyvania and just deal directly with them. If you must go through a dealer, at least send the piano to the factory to get the best installation. I have been to their factory, received their training, and am considered a QRS tech. Still, when it comes to Steinways, the trapwork (pedal mechanism) must be VERY CAREFULLY dealt with, otherwise it never works well. A slot must be cut into the keybed to install the solenoids, and unfortunately, on a Steinway the ideal spot is in the middle of the pedal lyre. However, I believe QRS makes a special, low-hung solenoid rail just for this purpose. The nice thing about a QRS system (not a Concert master) is that QRS is constantly upgrading their stuff, and you can always get parts and technical support. Carol Beigel
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark A. Fontana" <mfontana@...> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [disklavier] Location of serial number on DGT7A GranTouch > > Holly, I'd strongly recommend choosing the QRS Serenade Pro controller > over their "Chili" controller. The Serenade Pro was developed for > Baldwin, who sells a rebranded Pianomation system as the "Baldwin > ConcertMaster" system. Baldwin was pickier about the features, > reliability and usability of the controller, and it shows. > > The Serenade Pro will play MIDI files burned to the root directory of a > data CDROM and also includes a nifty wireless remote with LCD display > showing the title of the current song. The remote uses RF (radio) > technology and will work from any room in your house (no need to aim it > at the piano). > > My understanding is that the QRS "Chili" controller CANNOT play MIDI > files from a data CDROM. It could be that this has been corrected in a > later firmware release, though. > > Both the Chili and Serenade Pro controllers can play audio CDROMs > encoded with "analog MIDI" (an audio CD with a MIDI file converted into > a special control signal on one of the channels). Free software to > encode MIDI files into this QRS CD format is here: > http://dp70.dyndns.org/mid2pianocd/ > > Mark Fontana > > > > > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@... > > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to: > disklavier-owner@... > > To reach our group's web site go to: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier > > Todd's family web site was completely updated 012/22/03. It contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, The url is: > http://MuncyFamily.com > > THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? > If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead. That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group. If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to: > disklavier-unsubscribe@... > > Know someone who wants to join? Have them send a blank email to: > disklavier-subscribe@... or give them this link: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier/join > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disklavier/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > disklavier-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > >