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#1194247 - 12/03/04 06:45 PM Chopped Down Yamaha
Jazz+ MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 05/15/04 Posts: 3090	_________________________ Roland FP4 (33 lbs), EV SXa-360 powered speakers (36 lbs each), WS 550 stand, padded keyboard bag. Mason & Hamlin acoustic.
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#1194248 - 12/03/04 06:49 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
SteveKVT Member Registered: 04/28/04 Posts: 3 Loc: Vermont	I'll bite... Why???
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#1194249 - 12/03/04 07:00 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
Botch. MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 08/17/00 Posts: 8149 Loc: Ogden, Utard	Got room now in the case for pedals AND cables. Brilliant!! _________________________ Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will http://www.puddlestone.net
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#1194250 - 12/03/04 07:10 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
burningbusch MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 10/22/00 Posts: 4647 Loc: UNITED STATES	Technically it's 53 keys. Why can't Yamaha do this???????? Busch. _________________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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#1194251 - 12/03/04 07:23 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
JimmyJimJim Senior Member Registered: 11/11/04 Posts: 368 Loc: NZ	I don't geddit: why would anyone who wants weighted keys (ie presumably a pianist) be satisfied with 49/53 notes? I can see how they would get by with 76 or 73 maybe but... that really beats me! _________________________ Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
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#1194252 - 12/03/04 07:38 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
Jeep Senior Member Registered: 05/30/01 Posts: 488 Loc: Canadian Rockies
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#1194253 - 12/03/04 07:43 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
88keys4me Senior Member Registered: 05/18/04 Posts: 263 Loc: Stamford, Connecticut	Room for harmonicas, flute, and lunch in the flight case!
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#1194254 - 12/03/04 10:41 PM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
Byrdman MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 10/12/01 Posts: 3084 Loc: Portland,OR,UNITED STATES	Quote: Originally posted by burningbusch: Technically it's 53 keys. Why can't Yamaha do this???????? Busch. They should split it down the middle and have "smart transpose" - the board moves so its always under your fingers (half for either hand) and transposes based on its position. Then you could get by with about 50 keys. Third movement of Beethoven Op 57 (with the crossed hand bits) could be interesting to play. _________________________ Light blue touch paper and retire
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#1194255 - 12/04/04 12:31 AM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
jazzyprof Senior Member Registered: 05/27/04 Posts: 56	Quote: Originally posted by JimmyJimJim: I don't geddit: why would anyone who wants weighted keys (ie presumably a pianist) be satisfied with 49/53 notes? I can see how they would get by with 76 or 73 maybe but... that really beats me! You'll find the answer here: http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/6/423.html] He wanted a lightweight instrument with weighted keys so he could practice in hotel rooms in distant lands while travelling. It's actually a P80. _________________________ "Playing the piano is my greatest joy, next to my wife; it is my most absorbing interest, next to my work." ...Charles Cooke
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#1194256 - 12/04/04 07:37 AM Re: Chopped Down Yamaha
konaboy Gold Member Registered: 09/23/02 Posts: 716	THink of it as a 19" piano sound module (which so many of you have been asking for). The keys are included as a bonus for auditioning sounds. Then the concept starts to makes sense.
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