[CAUT] Yamaha Avant Grand Digital questions

[Dennis Johnson]

Hi Paul-

Our department seriously considered buying one of these when they first came
out mostly to save on piano moving costs, but as you point out- it doesn't
move easily enough.  It's unfortunate that should be considered your
responsibility though.  In our case the question was if students and/or
grounds crew could easily move it with their other orchestra equip, and the
answer we got back was no.

best,

Dennis Johnson
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On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> I'm very flustered in why it doesn't have all the flavors and many sounds
> of the Clavinova's.  It sounds just like one.  The touch is a bit closer to
> a grand, and it even has the "bump" feel of where the let off buttons and
> dropscrew connect;  but it still doesn't feel the same as a real piano, and
> of course doesn't sound anything like a real piano.
>
> I tried to discourage this, but it came anyway.(so goes my weight in the
> dept!...and I have some)  The only thing that works really well was our Jazz
> in June series when they play outside in the beating sun and I don't have to
> tune it! i love that part!  However, I'm still in charge of moving it to the
> venue.
>
> Paul
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>  From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: CAUTlist <
> caut at ptg.org> Date: 09/26/2010 03:26 PM Subject: [CAUT] Yamaha Avant Grand
> Digital questions
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> Hi All,
>
> Do any of you have one of these new Yamaha Avant Grand digital "grand"
> shaped pianos?  We just purchased one...not from my input, but the
> director's. Only he and the Dean likes it.  I really need some help!
>
> So, anyway, we have one.
>
> Since they're only 48" long, they're very strange to move and weigh nearly
> 450lbs.  There are no piano trucks I've found to put one on, and we'll still
> need to move it like a grand on it's side on a moving board to get through
> our normal doors and the elevator.  As nice as our Director thinks it is, it
> is to be a nemesis in my pants....rear side!!  I need to move it several
> times in the next 8 weeks and then it will "live" in our new Digital Arts"
> prof's office.  It has some nice features like Midi in and out. But, it only
> has 5 voices like two grand "sounds", two digital piano "sounds" and a
> "harpsichord" sound.  Also, each leg has 6 bolts and the lyre has nearly as
> many, so...lots of time to dismantle and re-assemble.
>
> As lame as this sounds, since I'm stuck with the moving duties:  how do I
> instruct our moving service fellows to move this thing safely?  Should I
> make some sort of wedge thingy for the moving board as the only "straight"
> side on either side of it is just 24" long??? The weight distribution seems
> pretty evenly distributed. It's nearly impossible to strap on a board
> safely.
>
> None of us here are thrilled with this new purchase besides the director
> and dean, so we're all scratching our heads on why did we buy this, where is
> it useful and how to move it, although the professors in the orchestra dept
> think it's great, but then again, they don't think logistically, and they'll
> never need to move it.
>
> Would love some input from anybody! HELP!
>
> Thanks
> Paul
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