Yamaha's Player Pianos Get New Songs Over the Net

Yamaha's ridiculously fancy Disklavier player grand pianos can now be hooked up to "DisklavierRadio," an internet streaming service that sends MIDI files down the pipe to the piano to be played live or stored on the piano's 80GB hard drive. They'll even send along accompaniment parts that can be be heard from the piano's built-in speakers. I don't expect I'll be getting a review unit any time soon. Which is a shame, because I need something over which I can drape seductively, cooing pop standards in the wet silence of my dark apartment, the reflection of my nude, hairy body reflected in the piano's black finish by streetlight.

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[#1 posted by Aaron , October 16, 2007 4:55 PM]

80 gigs worth of storage to play MIDI files?

That's enough to play, oh, ever piano piece ever written.

[#2 posted by strider_mt2k , October 17, 2007 4:30 AM]

Our feature movie, "Wet Silence" will not be seen tonight so that we can bring you this special presentation...

[#3 posted by Anonymous , October 17, 2007 8:11 AM]

Thanks, Joel. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit there.

[#4 posted by Halloween Jack , October 17, 2007 11:52 AM]

the reflection of my nude, hairy body reflected in the piano's black finish by streetlight.

I'd be impressed if you could play a piece that included a middle C when your hands were at opposite ends of the keyboard, if you know what I mean, and I think that you do.

[#5 posted by Reed Savory , October 17, 2007 1:25 PM]

RE: "reflection of my nude, hairy body reflected in the piano's black finish by streetlight."

Joel, dude - that is just so very, very, very wrong.