Disklavier

I have a Mark III series piano and wondered if it was possible to 
purchase a Mark IV control unit and swap it out for the Mark III 
control unit?
I like the Wi-Fi feature of the new models.

bbfromca wrote:
> I have a Mark III series piano and wondered if it was possible to 
> purchase a Mark IV control unit and swap it out for the Mark III 
> control unit?
> I like the Wi-Fi feature of the new models.
>
>   

Hey there,

Unfortunately Yamaha have not produced such a unit. You must sell your 
existing piano and buy a new one in order to upgrade to Mark IV 
capabilities. You could try using a laptop/pc and/or PDA with some midi 
player software to get some of the functionality (there are similar 
posts to this in the archives if you want to search for details), but 
this still wont give you access to the Disklavier Radio and other features.

James

Good morning, everyone.

On Oct 11, 2008, at 9:41 PM, bbfromca wrote:

> I have a Mark III series piano and wondered if it was possible to
> purchase a Mark IV control unit and swap it out for the Mark III
> control unit?
> I like the Wi-Fi feature of the new models.
>

At this time there is no upgrade path from a Mark III to a Mark IV. At  
various times in the past, Yamaha has provided upgrade options, but  
there has been no announcement of such an upgrade from pre-Mark IV to  
Mark IV. That does not rule such an upgrade out in the future, however.

It is worth noting that there are substantial architectural  
differences between Mark IVs and all previous models. The biggest  
difference as far as user features are concerned is that the Mark IV  
relies on an embedded Linux computer.

Many people on this list have added some of the Mark IV conveniences  
to their pre-Mark IV Disklaviers by adding a personal computer to  
their instrument.

Regards,
PianoBench

www.georgelitterst.com
www.timewarptech.com

You can not do this.  Yamaha needs to come out with a replacement 
control box for the Mark III pianos.  You would swap out your current 
control box for the new version.  It would have a hard disk, wireless, 
USB, etc.  It could drive the piano in the same way that the current 
Mark III control box does.  They could use this new box for old Mark 
III owners as well as even current pianos that still have the Mark III 
control box.  No word from Yamaha on any of this....

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "bbfromca" <bbfromca@...> wrote:

>
> I have a Mark III series piano and wondered if it was possible to 
> purchase a Mark IV control unit and swap it out for the Mark III 
> control unit?
> I like the Wi-Fi feature of the new models.
>