mkvc
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An interesting experiment in technology.
I haven't heard it, but other Disklavier performances I have heard have not been at all convincing to me. On a good piano, there's simply more to piano expressiveness than simple key speed. I don't know exactly what it is, but on a fine instrument (think Hamburg Steinway or Bechstein) it is possible to achieve significant variations in tonal color using "touch." The Yamaha system does not achieve those variations. I tend to think this is an inherent limitation of the Disklavier system, although I have to admit that for me the Yamaha piano itself cannot achieve those variations even when played by a person.
Glenn Gould without the humming...
I posted this first on the Belles Lettres forum, because I thought that was more appropriate. Unfortunately that forum is rather slow nowadays. Furthermore there must be some readers here that appreciate the synergy of a famous baroque composer, an infamo...
