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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:rrg@nevada.edu" title=rrg@nevada.edu>robert =
goodale</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 11, 2000 =
10:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha Pro 2000 =
piano</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I just saw a report on the <U>Nightly Business =
Report</U>
regarding a new piano being rolled out by Yamaha. They say that =
it will
have a price tag of $333,000.00, making it the worlds most expensive =
retail
piano. So far only three have been made.
<P>According to the report, it is a disklavier model that contains a =
voice
recognition chip. The owner can command the piano to select and =
play
music by simply asking it to do so. The reporter said that the =
music was
stored on a DVD disk. Perhaps they are using this format because =
these
disks can store a much larger amount of data than a normal CD =
ROM?? They
also said the piano is hand made from scratch and features a rosewood =
and oak
case.
<P>Has anyone heard of this or knows any details? No word on =
when it
will be offered at dealers. <BR>
<P>Rob Goodale, RPT <BR>Las Vegas, NV </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>