Disklavier

Greetings Carol,

Thanks for the details regarding different models and standards. I did
not realize that the models that do not treat standard midi properly
are just the old ones and the cheaper ones. I now know a little more
about what to look for. I do not want to buy a new piano that sounds
worse than my antique reproducing pianos. Pedal thumping is not OK for
me. I have spent hours adjusting the dampers on my upright Steinway
(very strange spoon design) and the pneumatics so that the pedals are
nearly inaudible.  I expect the same in a new piano and am glad that
it is possible. I hope to do some shopping in the next few days and
now I know a little more what to look for. I will bring my piano roll
transcriptions to test with. I have only had about 30 minutes trying
them on a mid sized DKV grand and they sounded quite good at full
volume. When I turned the volume down (I was forced to by others and
would probably never do this for my own listening) the dynamic
structure became a bit odd. I wonder if this is different for each
model, which would make sense as the dynamics of every piano are
different. This is one of the main reasons for writing the velocity
modifying program. Not to try to fix up bad music, but to tailor it to
particular instruments or listening environments or preferences.



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