Disklavier

Hi, 

I just joined the group- I am a professional pianist and music teacher, 
considering a disklavier as I shop for a new used instrument. I will be 
looking for used due to my budget and looking at uprights.

Does anyone know where I coudl get info on installing a system into a 
non-disklavier piano? I had tried a few yamaha disklavier's a few years 
bakc and the tone was not rich enough for me, so I am considering 
finding a nice upright that I do like the swound of and looking into 
getting the system installed.

Has anyone done this? If so, did the system work well?

One more thing - if I were to buy one, then decide I did not like the 
piano, how hard woudl it be to sell it and recoup wht I paid? I am 
guessing this is a small niche market?

Any tips on how to look for used disklaviers? I live in the 
Philadelphai PA area.

Many thanks!

Wanda

Wanda Canfield wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I coudl get info on installing a system into a 
> non-disklavier piano? I had tried a few yamaha disklavier's a few years 
> bakc and the tone was not rich enough for me, so I am considering 
> finding a nice upright that I do like the swound of and looking into 
> getting the system installed.
>   
To my knowledge this is not done.  Disklaviers are not sold as
retrofits.   There are
other player mechanisms that can be fitted to pianos, but I suspect your
best bet
both performance and COST wise will be to find a used piano with a
player mechanism
already fitted.


> One more thing - if I were to buy one, then decide I did not like the 
> piano, how hard woudl it be to sell it and recoup wht I paid? I am 
> guessing this is a small niche market?
Here's the good news.   You probably can sell it for exactly what you
pay for it.   You're only
out the moving charges.


How to find a Disklavier.   I bought mine off another member of this
mailing list who had
it for sale on EBAY.   A perhaps better way is to check online and make
phone calls to
most of the piano dealers (especially ones that sell Yamaha) around and
see if they have
any available used models.