[CAUT] Yamaha "hybrid" piano

[Ron Nossaman]

> A few of our piano faculty are interested in this new hybrid piano as an 
> alternative to moving a large concert grand for events with 
> non-prominent piano needs to go with various ensembles.  Maybe it's too 
> new for anyone to have experiences, but please share any that might be 
> out there.  They figure it could probably pay for itself with saved 
> moving expenses in about 5 years.  I wondered about the possibility of 
> some groups using it on tours to eliminate the unknown variable of 
> pianos on the road. 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Dennis Johnson


If it's like the Yamaha hybrids I've seen for the last ten 
years, it has an honest to goodness grand action that feels 
like an actual piano (because that part is), and the sound is 
produced, by an amplifier, electronically.
Ron N