Announcing New E3 Controller App & Version 3.20 Upgrade

Announcing New E3 Controller App & Version 3.20 Upgrade

We are happy to announce the release of a new Yamaha app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch specifically designed for E3 and DKC-850 owners. This free app, which provides complete remote control functionality and also includes a song display screen, can now be downloaded from the App Store. Now you’ll no longer need to use the original remote control… Everything is at your fingertips on your Apple device!

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In order to use this new app, the E3 or DKC-850 must be updated to a new version of the operating system (3.20). This update is available in two ways:

1. For customers with Disklaviers connected to the Internet, the update can be downloaded using Yamaha’s Internet Direct Connection (IDC) feature.
2. Other customers can download the update file by visiting disklavier.com
   • Select UPRIGHT or GRAND
   • Locate your E3 model number
   • Click on the SUPPORT tab – the 3.20 Upgrade is at the top of the list under DOWNLOADS.

Please also remember that your Disklavier and your Apple device must be connected to the SAME WIRELESS NETWORK in order to use this app.

If you’re a dealer, please take the time to contact all of your customers who’ve purchased E3 models (or DKC850) and tell them this great news!

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jim Levesque
Disklavier Marketing Manager
Yamaha Keyboard Division
Yamaha Corporation of America

Another amazing use and feature of the Yamaha Disklavier!

The conventional notion of a concert, with the performer and the audience in the same room, is in for a challenge.

This weekend, the Juilliard School is presenting a concert in its Willson Theater that includes music played on three pianos—but only one of the pianists will actually be in the room. The other two will be playing in Japan and California, though every keystroke will take place in Juilliard’s theater.

More information here: http://4wrd.it/wsjstreamingpiano

Video demonstration here!

So long sheet music, hello iPad.

The writing has been on the wall for years, but the iPad is definitely speeding up the obsolescence of printed music.  After 61 years of selling printed music, our retail store front is in the process of having a fire sale on our remaining sheet music and books because of this quickly developing trend — and the trend is here to stay.   Why?  The notion that all of your printed music can be neatly organized on an iPad or similar tablet is a dream come true for musicians in more ways than one can initially imagine:

• No need to create room in your home to store all your music
• Your entire library can be taken with you anywhere and accessed instantly
• Your current music can be scanned into the iPad
• No need to worry about books closing on you while you’re performing
• Your markings and notations can be temporary
• No need for a music light since the iPad is backlit
• You can purchase whatever music you would like right on your iPad and have it instantly
• You can accurately turn pages with the swipe of your finger (or with a bluetooth pedal)
• Interactive sheet music / MIDI is coming from PianoDisc for your player piano
• All sorts of  apps are being developed to cater to every musical need.
• No more need for rare scores to be “out of print”
• MIDI sheet music will allow you to hear the selection you purchased and even offer accompaniment

This trend is also going to likely have an effect on the way music racks are designed on pianos as well.  Many popular professional upright pianos already have a problem holding up books, let alone the sheet music created from printing purchased music on a home computer printer.  Securely holding up an iPad isn’t even on piano manufacturers’ radars yet but it better be soon!  It wouldn’t surprise us if we start seeing a USB charging station embedded into the music racks of pianos with a power cord coming out the back of the piano!