Hi Paul- Our department seriously considered buying one of these when they first came out mostly to save on piano moving costs, but as you point out- it doesn't move easily enough. It's unfortunate that should be considered your responsibility though. In our case the question was if students and/or grounds crew could easily move it with their other orchestra equip, and the answer we got back was no. best, Dennis Johnson ______ On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Paul T Williams < pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: > I'm very flustered in why it doesn't have all the flavors and many sounds > of the Clavinova's. It sounds just like one. The touch is a bit closer to > a grand, and it even has the "bump" feel of where the let off buttons and > dropscrew connect; but it still doesn't feel the same as a real piano, and > of course doesn't sound anything like a real piano. > > I tried to discourage this, but it came anyway.(so goes my weight in the > dept!...and I have some) The only thing that works really well was our Jazz > in June series when they play outside in the beating sun and I don't have to > tune it! i love that part! However, I'm still in charge of moving it to the > venue. > > Paul > > > > > > From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: CAUTlist < > caut at ptg.org> Date: 09/26/2010 03:26 PM Subject: [CAUT] Yamaha Avant Grand > Digital questions > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi All, > > Do any of you have one of these new Yamaha Avant Grand digital "grand" > shaped pianos? We just purchased one...not from my input, but the > director's. Only he and the Dean likes it. I really need some help! > > So, anyway, we have one. > > Since they're only 48" long, they're very strange to move and weigh nearly > 450lbs. There are no piano trucks I've found to put one on, and we'll still > need to move it like a grand on it's side on a moving board to get through > our normal doors and the elevator. As nice as our Director thinks it is, it > is to be a nemesis in my pants....rear side!! I need to move it several > times in the next 8 weeks and then it will "live" in our new Digital Arts" > prof's office. It has some nice features like Midi in and out. But, it only > has 5 voices like two grand "sounds", two digital piano "sounds" and a > "harpsichord" sound. Also, each leg has 6 bolts and the lyre has nearly as > many, so...lots of time to dismantle and re-assemble. > > As lame as this sounds, since I'm stuck with the moving duties: how do I > instruct our moving service fellows to move this thing safely? Should I > make some sort of wedge thingy for the moving board as the only "straight" > side on either side of it is just 24" long??? The weight distribution seems > pretty evenly distributed. It's nearly impossible to strap on a board > safely. > > None of us here are thrilled with this new purchase besides the director > and dean, so we're all scratching our heads on why did we buy this, where is > it useful and how to move it, although the professors in the orchestra dept > think it's great, but then again, they don't think logistically, and they'll > never need to move it. > > Would love some input from anybody! HELP! > > Thanks > Paul > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100929/de0cd464/attachment.htm>
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