Submission + - A Grand (i.e., Cool) Piano
scharkalvin writes: "A Grand (i.e., Cool) Piano
Yamaha has a new digital player piano the runs Linux.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=business
"This instrument, the Disklavier Mark IV, is the first piano in the world with an Internet connection. And since it's also a digital player piano, all kinds of eyebrow-raising possibilities open up. ... Suppose you actually have the $42,000 to spend. After six months, are you still going to be loading up those Chopin files to show your friends when they come for dinner?
If the answer is yes, then you, the affluent owner of this amazing machine, have a lot to look forward to. Grafting the very new (Linux, Wi-Fi, Internet connection) onto the very old (classic grand, hammers hitting strings) might seem like a recipe for a Frankenstein monstrosity — but they mesh surprisingly well. The result is one of the most imaginative, unusual and expensive home-entertainment modules to come along in years.""
Yamaha has a new digital player piano the runs Linux.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=business
"This instrument, the Disklavier Mark IV, is the first piano in the world with an Internet connection. And since it's also a digital player piano, all kinds of eyebrow-raising possibilities open up.
If the answer is yes, then you, the affluent owner of this amazing machine, have a lot to look forward to. Grafting the very new (Linux, Wi-Fi, Internet connection) onto the very old (classic grand, hammers hitting strings) might seem like a recipe for a Frankenstein monstrosity — but they mesh surprisingly well. The result is one of the most imaginative, unusual and expensive home-entertainment modules to come along in years.""
