Adding PianoDisc to Vintage Steinway?

[p***@aol.com]

Does anyone have any experience adding a PianoDisc onto a Steinway (or other
high-end vintage piano?) I love my 1942 5'11" Steinway but also want
PianoDisc in my livingroom. I haven't reached the point of deciding to have
2 pianos side by side, but I also shudder at the thought of permanently
defacing the Steinway. Does anyone have any experience, knowledge, etc. In
particular, do the modifications necessary to install the PianoDisc PDS
interfere with or otherwise compromise the sound or action of the piano?
And if so, are these modifications irreversible?
Any advice you can provide is appreciated. Please email me at

Hi, if you do not want to have the system installed permanently, you could buy the system from QRS that sets on top of the keys. Here is a link that might help in your decision. http://www.qrsmusic.com/Playola.asp

[J.B. Wood]

Post by p***@aol.com

Does anyone have any experience adding a PianoDisc onto a Steinway
(or other high-end vintage piano?) I love my 1942 5'11" Steinway
but also want PianoDisc in my livingroom. I haven't reached the
point of deciding to have 2 pianos side by side, but I also shudder
at the thought of permanently defacing the Steinway. Does anyone
have any experience, knowledge, etc. In particular, do the
modifications necessary to install the PianoDisc PDS interfere with
or otherwise compromise the sound or action of the piano? And if
so, are these modifications irreversible?
Any advice you can provide is appreciated. Please email me at

Hi, if you do not want to have the system installed permanently, you
could buy the system from QRS that sets on top of the keys. Here is a
link that might help in your decision.
http://www.qrsmusic.com/Playola.asp

Hello, and while I can't specifically address your question you raise
some interesting issues. I had considered purchasing a Yamaha
Disklavier grand piano but then I wondered what happens after, say, 20
years or more when the piano itself is perfectly OK (assuming proper
maintenance over the years) but the add-ons (circuits, switches,
solenoids, etc) that made it into a player/recording piano begin to fail
and spare parts are no longer available or only on flea bay. I do know
that piano tuners don't particularly like to service conventional player
pianos because of all the reach-around.

Marantz had its cassette-driven "PianoCorder" add-on decades ago. Is
this system still in operation anywhere? Or are you stuck with perhaps
in great acoustic piano with dead electronics and a lack of replacement
parts? My advice is that if you want a player/recorder piano buy a
high-quality weighted-key digital piano with that capability built-in
and leave the acoustic piano the way it came from the factory. To do
this especially to a S&S Sons grand in good repair is sacrilege IMHO.
My .02 worth. Sincerely,

[r***@gmail.com]

I've had our Steinway B circa 1926 remanufactured w/ new soundboard, pin block, Renner repetition wippens, restrung. & PianoDisc installed in 8 years ago. A slot is precisely cut into the keybed slightly larger than the solonoids. It is
Imperative to "bed the key frame" part of regulation. There is no degridation to the sound or appearance if the install is done correctly. Go visit jobs completed by your installer and take a credentialed tech w/ you. Rdare piano tech Lapeer, MI