Yamaha PT-100 II

[Elian Degen]

Hello Dave

Yamaha had a seminar here in Venezuela for Venezuelan technicians two months
ago, and they brought the Yamaha PT-100II for a demonstration, I can tell
you, I was not impressed, Basically has the same functions, the only
difference with the old one ( I own one of them) is that they are using a
Lithium Ion battery, and is accesible from underneath to be easily changed,
and they installed in it a midi port. Besides, there are no new fatures,
They told us that they improved the circuitry. Also this PT-100 had three
tuning programs removed, so it has less features than before.   It is worth
to mention that I studied electronic engineering, and as a sideline I am
also assembling and selling computers, and in my opinion, I still think SAT
is far better equipment.

I hope this helps.

Elian Degen     Piano tuner and technician
                           Caracas, Venezuela


-----Original Message-----
De: PDtek <PDtek@aol.com>
Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Fecha: Lunes 29 de Diciembre de 1997 07:04 PM
Asunto: Yamaha PT-100 II


>
>My last Schaff invoice announced the arrival of the new Yamaha PT-100 II
VTD.
>I called Schaff but no one seems to know much about it. I was told that it
had
>a new battery configuration and a midi port, but at a price of $1000, there
>must be more changes than that to justify a $300 increase over the previous
>model.
>Has anyone seen or used one of these new models yet? I would appreciate any
>information that might be out there.
>
>Dave Bunch
>