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DC6II

6' 11" Disklavier Grand

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Yamaha designed and manufactured to be a Disklavier piano

Unlike the after-market retrofit systems available for installation into pre-existing pianos, this instrument was designed and manufactured to be a Disklavier piano. The structure and integrity of the piano has not been compromised, in order to incorporate the Disklavier record/playback systems. Rigid quality control standards are maintained by having all work performed by hightly skilled factory craftsmen, using components manufactured by Yamaha.

U/L listed

This Disklavier piano is Underwriters Laboratories (U/L) listed. The customer can rest assured that the product is completely safe, when used in a normal and customary manner, regardless of location.

Touch and sound of a real acoustic piano

Using floppy disks as a recording medium, this digital device plays a high-quality acoustic piano during playback, ensuring that tonal irregularities, noise and distortion typically found in audio recordings of a piano, are completely avoided. The owner enjoys hearing the beauty of "true" sound from a high-quality acoustic piano, instead of a "recording" of one.

Optical sensors

Fast and accurate optical sensors ensure that every nuance of even the most demanding performance is recorded, providing faithful playback - time and time again.

Song playback

Can be repeated, randomized between two specified points, or started from a specified point in the song.

A selection of favorite songs

On a disk can be compiled into a sequence program.

Auto Disk Play

For timer-controlled playback.

Built-in metronome

For practice playing and recording.

Edit Mode

The following note parameters can be changed in Note Edit mode: pitch, velocity, length, and timing. Missed notes can be inserted in a song while in Insert mode. Punch-in/punch out recording.

MIDI functions

This instrument has a wide range of MIDI functions that allow recording and playback with an external MIDI sequencer, and Ensemble song composition using external tone generators, synthesizers, etc.

Seasoned for Destination

Yamaha specifically seasons this piano for the U.S. market. The tuning stability, finish and overall musical integrity are enhanced over the long life expected of a fine piano.

Permanent Crown Solid Soundboard

Yamaha utilizes a process that creates a permanent crown in the soundboard at the same time mimimizes soundboard cracking. The customer can feel confident that not only will the piano last for years, but the beautiful sound of a Yamaha piano will last a lifetime.

Solid Spruce Soundboard

At the Yamaha lumber mill and wood processing facility, the finest spruce is quarter sawn; and less than 10% of the total is selected and reserved for Yamaha piano soundboards. Solid spruce, rather than laminated spruce or poplar, is the choice in all fine pianos for the best amplification of sound, best tone and sustain.

Full Length Ribs

Yamaha reinforces the crown in its soundboards by using ribs that continue to the edge of the soundboard, and are glued into the notched liner (or inner rim on the grand piano). Reinforcing the crown ensures that the tone quality will remain for years and years and improves tuning stability.

V-Pro Plate

Yamaha uses V-PRo (Vacuum Shield Mold Process) in casting iron frame (plate). V-Pro plates are stonger and visually more appealing, Critical dimensions are produced more accurately than before.

Extruded Aluminum Action Rails

Yamaha engineering developed a unique Extruded Aluminum Alloy Action Rail (bearing a Yamaha patent) that is one of the best innovations for improving a piano action in the last 100 years. The usual fluctuations in wood rails that effect touch, caused by periodic weather changes, are eliminated allowing stable, long-lasting action regulation.

Balanced Action

Each key of a Yamaha piano is individually tested and measured for the corrections needed to obtain uniform "down weight" pressure. Yamaha actions play correctly and uniformly. This balancing helps ensure a lifetime of superior touch and control across the keyboard.

Uniform Key Travel

Yamaha designs all grand and vertical pianos to have the same key travel. Regardless of size, type or model of Yamaha piano, the keyboards will always feel the same.

Spruce keys

Yamaha uses Spruce for the keys on all models of pianos. Spruce is very light and possesses a very high ratio of strength to weight. It is ideal for key construction, even though its cost is greater than either sugar pine or bass wood. Yamaha keyboards respond quickly, providing fast repetition for the most intricate piece of music. Yamaha keyboards withstand heavy use over years of fortissimo passages.

Yamaha Servicebond™ Assurance Program

The Yamaha Servicebond Assurance Program is a service that is provided to the customer, without additional charge, 3-8 months after delivery of their piano. This service is a thorough check up and adjustment procedure to "rejuvenate" a piano after initial play-in and acclimation of the piano to its new environment. It takes the form of a "service policy" that assures the piano will start its life in the home correctly, and after six months or so of settling and becoming acclimatized, will receive the benefit of a service visit to return it to the conditions specified by the manufacturer.

Depth (Length)	6' 11" (212 cm)
Height	40 inches (102cm)
Width	61 inches (154 cm)
Net Weight	891 lbs (405 kg)
Soundboard Dimension	2434 square inches
Speaking length of #1 bass string	59.7 inches
# of backposts	Four
White keys	Ivorite
Black keys	WPC (Wood Composite)
Duplex scaling	YES
Middle pedal function	Sostenuto
Soft-Close Fallboard	YES
Control Unit/ Dimensions	17-1/8" x 2-5/8" x 8-1/2" (435 x 68 x 217 mm)
Control Unit/ Weight	5 lbs. (2.3 kg)
Control Unit/ Switches	Power on/off
Control Unit/ Buttons	Song Select Rev/ Fwd, Play/ Pause, Stop, Part Select , L/R, Record, Volume, Transpose, Tempo, Repeat, -/NO, 0, +/YES, <> Cursor, Enter, Disk, Metronome, Function/ Edit
Control Unit/ Controls	Rotary dial with ring of LED indicators
Control Unit/ LCD	24 character, 2 line
Control Unit/ Song Number Indicator	7 segment, 2 digit display
Sensor System/ Key Sensor	88 key, speed sensing, single-beam optical sensors, Dual key hammer locations, 16 note polyphonic
Sensor System/ Pedal Sensor	Sustain- Continuous (half pedal), Sostenuto, Soft- Continuous (half pedal)
Drive System/ Key Drive	Self-calibrating, long stroke, key-end solenoids
Drive System/ Pedal Drive	Trapwork integrated solenoids, Sustain- Continuous (half pedal), Soft/Shift- Continuous (half pedal)
Song Storage/Media	3.5" 2DD floppy disk
Song Storage/ Capacity	Max 60 songs (depends on song file size)
Song Storage/ Disk Capacity	720kbyte
Song Storage/ Song File Format	E-SEQ (read and write) Standard MIDI File Type 0 (read only)
Remote Control/ Buttons	Record, Part Select, L/R, 0 ~ 9 keypad, Search, Repeat, A-B, Transpose -/0/+, Tempo -/0/+, Rev/ Fwd, Volume -/+, Song Select Rev/ Fwd, Play, Pause, Stop
Metronome/ bpm	40 ~ 230
Metronome/ Time Signature	1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4, 9/4
Metronome/ Beep	on/off
Volume	11 steps: 0 ~ -10
Transpose	+/- 24 semitones (2 octaves) in 1 semitone steps
Tempo	-50% ~ +20% in 1% steps
Titles/ Song	Up to 32 characters
Titles/ Disk	Up to 64 characters
Connections/ MIDI	MIDI IN/ MIDI OUT
Connections/ Foot Controller	FOOT CNTRL
Power Requirement	Local AC voltage
Power Supply/ Ambient temperature	5 ~ 40 deg. C (41 ~ 104 deg. F)

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DC6II

6' 11" Disklavier Grand