Disklavier

I was told by my Piano dealer when I bought the DC3a  new that one 
could be added but to me Yamaha kind of drops the ball on not 
provideing one  matched to the piano. They make an extensive line of 
home electronics includeing subwoofers. Nothing in the manual really 
says a lot about adding in one or adding larger speakers. I am so happy 
with the improvement just wanted to let others know about it. A big 
improvement to me in sound of the background instrumentals. I think 
Yamaha could provide enhancements to mark3 pianos but they don't.  Just 
like detroit planned obsolescence.

Yamaha's problem is that there is no real competition for this
product.  As far as the sale of pianos in general is concerned, it
seems to me like pianos of greater quality could be produced for less
money if there were only more folks willing to buy them.  As far as
player pianos are concerned, it seems like there is a big gap between
the competition and disklavier.  There is definitely room for someone
to come up with equivalent player quality for more down-to-earth
prices.

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Lester Jones <lesjones@...> wrote:
> I was told by my Piano dealer when I bought the DC3a new that one
>  could be added but to me Yamaha kind of drops the ball on not
>  provideing one matched to the piano. They make an extensive line of
>  home electronics includeing subwoofers. Nothing in the manual really
>  says a lot about adding in one or adding larger speakers. I am so happy
>  with the improvement just wanted to let others know about it. A big
>  improvement to me in sound of the background instrumentals. I think
>  Yamaha could provide enhancements to mark3 pianos but they don't. Just
>  like detroit planned obsolescence.

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Carl Youngblood wrote:

> As far as player pianos are concerned, it seems like there is a big
> gap between the competition and disklavier.  There is definitely room
> for someone to come up with equivalent player quality for more
> down-to-earth prices.


I'd say the newly-introduced Live Performance LX system gives the
Disklavier a run for its money, rivaling the playback quality of even
the latest Mark IV instruments:

   http://www.live-performance.com

The LX can be installed into any grand piano for about $7-8K.  It plays
Yamaha Disklavier, QRS Pianomation, and PianoDisc CDs in addition to a
proprietary high-resolution data format.  As with PianoDisc's iQ, you
can drive it from the high-fidelity audio source of your choice,
including CD/DVD players, MP3 players, laptop computers, whole-house
music systems, etc.

This system was developed by Wayne Stahnke, who has been designing
solenoid-based player piano systems since the 1970s.  He is a former
consultant to Yamaha, and his innovations are found even in today's
Disklaviers.  (He invented, for example, the method of accurately
recording expression by measuring hammer velocities using optical
shutters on the hammer shanks.)

The LX does not include a tablet or PDA interface, onboard computer,
recording capability, MIDI synthesizer or the extensive multimedia and
networking capabilities of the current Disklaviers.  But for those who
don't require these features and just need accurate piano and
piano+audio playback at a competitive price, the LX could be an
attractive solution.

I had the opportunity to hear an LX in action last October and shot
these two videos of it:

  Albeniz: El Puerto (from "Iberia") played by Gerald Robbins
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnbkuM0qwA

  Scarlatti: Sonata in A, K.533 played by Gerald Robbins
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjhOvi5-Rk0

Both are high-resolution performances recorded in the early 1980s on the
Boesendorfer 290SE reproducing piano (another invention of Wayne
Stahnke's).

Mark

Yeah, I was told by my piano dealer that my DC3A (like all models 
prior) would be upgradable as they released new models.  Wish I would 
have recorded her voice and/or got it in writing! :)  I'm still wishing 
that they would have an upgrade path besides total trade in for a Mark 
IV.  I would be sending Yamaha my monthly subscription to "radio" 
feature.  Oh yeah, I'm dreamin'... Yanmaha: please think about an 
upgrade path for us!  SJ


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Lester Jones" <lesjones@...> wrote:
>
> I was told by my Piano dealer when I bought the DC3a  new that one 
> could be added but to me Yamaha kind of drops the ball on not 
> provideing one  matched to the piano. They make an extensive line of 
> home electronics includeing subwoofers. Nothing in the manual really 
> says a lot about adding in one or adding larger speakers. I am so 
happy 
> with the improvement just wanted to let others know about it. A big 
> improvement to me in sound of the background instrumentals. I think 
> Yamaha could provide enhancements to mark3 pianos but they don't.  
Just 
> like detroit planned obsolescence.
>

By "matched to the piano" do you mean easy to plug in? I think that
visually you wouldn't have trouble finding speakers to "match" from
Yamaha or others; they even refer to them as piano finish cabinets.

Scott Jackson


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Lester Jones" <lesjones@...> wrote:

>
> providing one  matched to the piano. They make an extensive line of 
> home electronics including subwoofers. Nothing in the manual really 
> says a lot about adding in one or adding larger speakers. I am so

Not so much cosmetically but that would be a concern but I meant power wise (wattage) and musically tuned to be compatable with the tone generator and stock disklavier speakers and amp. Also some subwoofers have the speaker fire down and some have the speaker face the side. Mine fires down into the carpet and I am not sure this is best?? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Jackson <ScottWayneJackson@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 2:43 pm
Subject: [disklavier] Re: Subwoofers and other accesories






By "matched to the piano" do you mean easy to plug in? I think that
visually you wouldn't have trouble finding speakers to "match" from
Yamaha or others; they even refer to them as piano finish cabinets.

Scott Jackson

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Lester Jones" <lesjones@...> wrote:
>
> providing one matched to the piano. They make an extensive line of 
> home electronics including subwoofers. Nothing in the manual really 
> says a lot about adding in one or adding larger speakers. I am so 



 

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