Bösendorfer / Yamaha / Apple Team Up For Tech Disklavier

Filmed on Location at the Music Exchange in Sacramento, CA. Bösendorfer / Yamaha/ Apple team up for a tech knock out program, that is causing a lot of attention in the music world. It is our understanding that Bösendorfer developed this system under financial support from Yamaha, and it presently available under specially built pianos from those two companies.

[@ThePianoforever]

For over one hundred years the player piano has been evolving, and now we have what sits before me here. There are those who will say that this is a system that has been around for awhile, but honestly they are not seeing what I see. This is the next very big step in technology bringing us beyond the edge of anything that has been done before.

[@ThePianoforever]

What an amazing experience!

[@courag1]

What pianos and MIDI did years ago is nothing to what they can do today! Fabulous!

[@proudasiangirl576]

We ended up buying this piano at this location and absolutely love it. It gives us so much pleasure at home!

[@sputnik4216]

Excellent demo! This is what we want to see. Play, record and playback. Thank you, now we know what a disklavier is.

[@quocbaonguyen4588]

imagine showing this to a classical pianist hundred of years ago! truly we are living in the future

[@joshuaweasenforth7757]

This is so amazing! I am so impressed & excited for future pianos! Great share!

[@ThePianoforever]

James Bates, The piano disc system is a system designed to fit many models of pianos, but also requires a long slit to be removed from the bottom of the piano, and honestly would be a great concern to me personally. This system is designed into the piano from the very conception of the instrument. I honestly have seen no better system than the one offered by Bosendorfer / Yamaha Disklavier. It plays wonderfully, and recreates the performance perfectly.

[@whyamihere384]

My digital keyboard allows me to turn pages of music on my iPad using a foot pedal and it is honestly the best idea

[@dees3179]

And also, what an amazing piano show room. Far better than a sweet shop!

[@ThePianoforever]

Piano stores are pretty sweet.

[@John_Schulz]

Superb !!! Fascinating and incredible. Thank you for dedication and perseverance throughout.

[@ThePianoforever]

Thank you.

[@truthseeker3907]

WOW! This Was Cool James, Keep up the Good Work and Thank You! :) Thumbs up Indiana USA.

[@dees3179]

This was really interesting. Thank you for another great video.

[@ThePianoforever]

Thank you for supporting my channel.

[@epincion]

Amazing. thanks for this.

[@ThePianoforever]

Thank you for coming by.

[@TheGilbert48197]

I'm big fan of your video,s, I wanted to say thank you for taken the time out of your day and do this, I in joy seeing what you show, and to here to play, Thank you for being a great person for doing this us, I just want you to know, and again thank you so much.

[@benjaminsmith2287]

C series is all grown up and has turned into the CX. It sounds really wonderful. And it totally records you and plays you back. That's what's cool. And then you can take this and play you on a Bosendorfer or Yamaha anywhere in the world that has the same disclavier technology on the pianos.

[@charleskesner1302]

WOW! Amazing! Thanks.

[@ThePianoforever]

I think so too!

[@radiorexandy]

WOW!! The player piano on steroids and then some! AWESOME & ENJOYABLE!!!

[@ThePianoforever]

Never seen anything like this, it's just the next step in the evolutionary chain.

[@kassemir]

Gotta admit, wasn't expecting that :) I just thought it'd add some effects or warp the sound some how on playback. Not player piano on the fly :D

[@rrjjgg101]

Very Good Sound & Playing.. Beautiful Piano.. Thanx for Sharing ... Now Waiting for new Video.. Rj India

[@ThePianoforever]

You are a super subscriber.

[@rrjjgg101]

@@ThePianoforever Thank you so much for your kind word..I really love all your video which is full of information & Your Superb Playing.. Greetings.. Rj. India

[@bikemike1118]

Hello James, you are an amazing player and this Disklavier system is also really amazing! One question to you: when sitting right in front of the self-playing piano…do you feel that the replayed music on the piano is of the same dynamic as your own personal playing? Or is it slightly less pronounced? Thank you very much

[@BruceInFlorida]

Hi James!! Question?? what is your keyboard and general education background? Enjoying your videos !!

[@ThePianoforever]

My mom was a piano teacher, but I studied classical instruction from a composer, and touring classical pianist. I also studied Jazz, drums, and about anything else we could think of that sounded like fun. When I was still in a high chair I use to play around with a Roland 106 Keyboard, but honestly just liked to play with the crazy sounds I could get it to make.

[@fitzy7735]

What are the models for both Yamaha and bösendorfer that incorporates this technology?

[@ThePianoforever]

Only ones made from the beginning for this system, but my understanding is the Bösendorfer 214 VC, and the Yamaha C2X (maybe other CX versions as well?)

[@benjaminsmith2287]

It's called DC2X and it's on most of the CX pianos, but it's also on the CF pianos. Including the 9 foot CFX. It's the DCFX. It's also called Enspire. And it's on a few Bosendorfers as well.

[@jobce1]

Nancy Shen asked - Could you provide the device and the app name? Thank you! I would also be interested as I have a modern Disklavier and would be interested in doing the same with my Ipad Pro

[@AT-jo4fy]

Cool technology!

[@suzyflorida1193]

I'm in shock! Did you try the "silent piano" feature? If so, when you played it, did it feel the same as if you were playing it without the "silent piano" feature? And that piano is absolutely stunning just to look at, with that polished ebony. If I had this piano, I don't think I'd ever leave the house!

[@ThePianoforever]

I honestly did not try the silent feature as I have before, and have always found them to work very well.

[@suzyflorida1193]

Okay, thanks.

[@nancyshen4861]

Could you provide the device and the app name? Thank you!

[@kenno615]

Hi James, would I be right in saying that this kind of technology would be incorporated in electronic pianos, as you stated that MIDI technology is used?

[@ThePianoforever]

I really don't think you can compare the two very easily.

[@wazramzi6614]

Unfortunately, I've discovered the love of piano music in relative old age(24 yrs). I don't think I can ever be good as @ThePianoForever and many others who've started learning piano when they were children. But I do still want to listen to acoustic piano music in person , preferably played by someone better than me. Do you think this system can replicate at least 99 percent of the performance of some the great piano artists who've provided recordings for the Yamaha disklavier system?

[@networkguy153]

I know this is 4 months old but I see you never got a reply. I think the answer is yes, a modern disklavier can reproduce a performance very accurately, they have been able to for about 20 years now. In early 2000s, there was an international piano competition where one of the performers couldn't be there in person for some reason, so he performed remotely using 2 disklaviers - he played in his country on one, while the judges heard his performance thousands of miles away on the 2nd disklavier. They also had a video feed to judge his hand movements, and the performance was recorded at both ends so they could be compared. If its close enough for a competition of this level, I'm sure it will exceed the expectations of an amateur listener :) I want one myself!

[@Bonecrusher27WTF]

Would this system work with Steinway piano? Provided Steinway wants to collab on this.

[@ThePianoforever]

The Disklavier system is one that is designed into the piano from the first day of production and could not be added to any piano after the piano has been made.

[@Bonecrusher27WTF]

@@ThePianoforever Ah I see. So this has to be a collab from the ground up! Thanks!

[@chuck1prillaman]

Teen boys will be using this technology to impress girls with their amazing musicianship! Beware.

[@JOCKATEO]

be great for frightening people as make it start playing as they will not know it can do this

[@PassTheCemeteryGates]

The thumbnail from this video reminds me of Aphex Twin lol

[@Nightyyou]

Wow I love this. During the playback, could you actually play along with "yourself" to play a piece for 4 hands? That would be cool :-)

[@ThePianoforever]

What a great idea!

[@kenno615]

Yes, I also think that this is also used in electronic organs too James, because of the MIDI technology and playback facilities on an organ, would allow an organist to play a piano and allow playback of a piece of music - to allow the organist to do a duet

[@borisc6714]

Just like a roller-piano, only better and completely different.

[@ThePianoforever]

Yes, but without all the rolls, and with dynamics

[@borisc6714]

I was kind of joking. I admire you enthusiasm. And I hope you will have a long career as a musician.

[@ThePianoforever]

I knew you were.

[@Er-sv5tn]

What has happened to you??