This is not a new story but food for though. A client of mine, Christian, is a writer for a Music Technology company in the UK. He turned me on to several great links having just returned from the NAMM Conference in LA.
So there is a dream out there among techies of building a piano that tunes itself. Good luck. I think this might be a case of what perfection may or may not be. Technology in and of its self is not bad and much creativity and innovation can come from it so I applaud the effort even though it would seem that the result is a non starter for those piano owners who do not want to pay for their next piano tuning.
Categories: piano
Tagged: Music, music technology, Piano Tuner, Piano Tuning, Tune Piano
Apparently Yamaha Piano Company occasionally gives away their pianos for a charitable cause.
“On March 12, 2004, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Metro St. Louis – supported by the generous assistance of Yamaha Cares, an employee-based, charitable giving initiative of Yamaha Corporation of America – presented Wish Teen Sarah, of Cobden, IL, with her dream piano – a Yamaha Disklavier.”
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I tune many Yamaha pianos and generally find them to be consistent and reasonable instruments to tune.
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Tagged: Disklavier, piano, Piano Tuning, Yamaha Disklavier, Yamaha Piano
