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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] clarification

From: Colin Crawford <g-colin.crawford@...>
Date: 2002-11-24

On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 09:37 am, tron@...
wrote:

>> And Don's mention of the Clavinova (which sucks as a piano)isn't
>> taking into consideration all of the BETTER digital
>> pianos(Korg,Rolands,etc.) that sound great.
>
> The early 1980s Technics range - was it the DX? I thought they sounded
> absolutely fabulous; dummy hammers, 17 layers of touch, wooden facings,
> the lot. They cost ú2000+ at the time. It sems you an get one now for
> about ú200.

I find a Steinway model D is quite a good piano module where space
constraints are not important, though some list members may find the
lack of MIDI facilities on the standard model a bit restricting.

88 Real hammers
infinite levels of touch
wooden everything
the lot.....