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Offline perfect_pitch

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After market player pianos...
on: April 22, 2015, 11:57:19 AM
Greetings...

I own a Yamaha C2 Grand piano, and wanted to know if any after market devices can be used to begin recording piano performances, and whether they also offer playback on the piano - things like the Yamaha Disklavier and the PNOmation stuff... Has anyone got any advice on good systems, cost etc???
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Re: After market player pianos...
Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 03:19:57 PM
Pianomation systems are sort of the gold standard the others are measured too.  You can add PNO Scan/midi record strip to it also.  I haven't installed one yet, but I got to check a (new) working system out and it is indeed very good with no noticable plunger/solenoid noise.   There used to be a player unit out also that rolls up like a cabinet over the keys, but if I'm not mistaken, they might have gone out of business a few years back.  This one was a play only model.
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Re: After market player pianos...
Reply #2 on: April 22, 2015, 10:08:38 PM
Quote from: pristinepiano on April 22, 2015, 03:19:57 PM
...but if I'm not mistaken, they might have gone out of business a few years back.  This one was a play only model.

That might make sense as I tried contacting them a while back and got no response whatsoever.
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