> Larry Kellogg said the Yamaha Disklavier can be had for "a lot less 
> than $15,000."  Is that for a grand, Larry?  I'm curious to know what 
> they do sell for.  I was quoted $10,000 for a studio upright 5 years 
> ago (but this was in New York City!).

I was referring to an MX100II upright.  I managed to buy mine for around
$8k, but that was two years ago.  I don't know what you can get them for
now; they have more features, like a built-in synth.

Somebody else commented on the fact that the Disklavier didn't sound good
when it was turned down to its lowest volume setting.  Yes, that is true:
a lot of notes drop out.  I never listen to it that way.  Mine has plenty
of volume to be heard all over the house.  I don't have a huge house, but
volume and expression is not the problem.

Sometimes I think Yamaha is hurting their reputation by selling their
Disklaviers to hotels.  A sale is a sale, but an out-of-tune & same-disk-
grinder piano does not make sales.  If I were the head of marketing for
Yamaha I would provide a free tuning service for those pianos plus a
large selection of disks and large signs and brochures showing the capa-
bilities of the Disklavier.  Nice hotels put up a lot of people with nice
money who can afford to buy nice Yamaha Disklaviers.  ;-)

Cheers,

Larry Kellogg