Hi Ron,
I\u2019ll offer a few points and hope to
answer your questions.
You listened to a C2 and a GC1 and noticed
a difference between the 2 pianos. The C2 is a larger piano and larger
pianos generally sound \u201cbetter\u201d than smaller pianos.
Lifted from the web:
http://www.acoustics.org/press/134th/galembo.htm
\u201cLarger pianos generally have longer
bass strings, a larger soundboard and a heavier iron frame. Therefore larger
pianos tend to have:
louder tone and wider
dynamic range
less inharmonic spectrum
of the radiated tone
less
"stretched" tuning of the bass section
slower decay of high
partials in bass tones
wider spectrum (brighter
timbre) of bass tones
more regular spectrum of
tones
different character of
treble tones\u201d
Therefore, it is not surprising that the
larger C2 will sound better than the GC1 (assuming of course, all other things
being equal). Similar logic dictates the C3 will sound better than both
of them.
There are some other differences between
the GC1 and C2/C3 lines. The GC1 borrows from the Conservatory line and
has duplex scaling, but its middle pedal is bass sustain and not full sostenuto.
The majority of pieces don\u2019t use the middle pedal, so it might not
be a big deal. Keep in mind that the GC1 comes in a \u201cplayback only\u201d
model which doesn\u2019t have hammer sensors. The DGC1m4 does have
hammer sensors.
>>Do the hammer sensors affect playback of pre-recorded software
No. The sensors are for recording and
don\u2019t affect play-back at all.
Some other things to keep in mind is that
the GC1 doesn\u2019t have a soft-close fallboard or fallboard locks. These
might be important if you have little fingers around the piano.
This topic was brought up on the
PianoWorld forum where they discussed the differences between the GC-line and
the C-line of Yamaha pianos.
http://tinyurl.com/22vd6q
Hope this helps.
Ken
From:
disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of manhattanboy100
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007
5:40 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] DGC1 v DC2 v
DC3
Hi, need a bit more help, please!!! Was set to
purchase a GC1M4 (5'3")
as I am not a player, its in my price range and am really buying for
disklavier which I love. After listening to my friend play the same
pieces on both the GC1 and the C2 (5'8") side by side I could hear a
difference, not huge, but noticeably smoother. The larger C2 will fit
in my apartment and is about $10,000 more. Now I understand the
disklavier on the C3 is different from the unit on the GC1 and the C2
in that it has hammer sensors. Can anyone offer some advice? Do the
hammer sensors affect playback of pre-recorded software or just
recording. If only recording then no matter since I can't play anyway!
Buying a car was much easier. Thanks,
Ron
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