Scarlatti: Sonata in A, K.533 played by Gerald Robbins

[OperaBuffet]

So nice to see a demo of one of these systems playing some proper music. Really nice and didn't sound in any way robotic.

Usually these demo videos show us how a $15,000 piano can play the theme from "Cheers", or some ABBA crap, with cheap sounding synthesised accompaniment in the background.

[MrEbaby2010]

This is a China-made Brodmann.

[jsteeber]

Interestingly, Stahnke worked on the Yamaha Disklavier Pro project in the mid-90's. Now that system (currently in it's Mark 4 generation) is powerful enough that classical piano pedagogues treat the playback as if it were live.

This is good, though.

[charleslang]

This is amazing ... I would love to see a direct comparison to the top-tier Yamaha system and also the Bösendorfer system. The guy who invented this system worked on Yamaha's system, so this one may be better (according to his website it is supposed to be). Now that Yamaha bought Bösendorfer those two systems will probably be reduced to one, I expect.

[jlf26]

i think the performance is exemplary, and I think that the piano sounds beautiful. to think that a Brodmann 187 is under 10 grand and sounds like a Steinway is unbelievable (they have a nice action too!)

[r590]

It does not look like the pedals actually move down, which the Disklavier Mark IV does, but the sustain pedal is replicated with the mechanism below the piano. Does this system also reproduce the quiet and middle pedal's action?

[cc213t]

My understanding is that the infrequently-used sostenuto (middle) pedal is implemented in software (a valid way of doing it) but that the soft pedal is currently emulated by reducing note velocities, a less-desirable solution that cannot achieve the una corda effect. A true soft pedal solenoid should eventually be available as an option.

[johnatuttle]

This is so much more than background music. It is the beginning of a new era in Reproducing pianos. Having heard the BEST of every type of reproducing piano, I say without hesitation that the phrasing and technical excellence of this system far exceeds anything I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.

[ikbinhans]

Wow. I think that's awesome! That must be great as nice background music for when guests come over and no one even has to go play it. It probably takes a while to program a song into that thing though, huh?