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Wednesday, April 5, 2000
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Yamaha Unveils, And Sells, Piano of the Future
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"..Can you imagine paying $333,000 for a piano?
Neither could Yamaha Corp., but the piano maker has actually tapped a market with its "Rolls Royce of pianos" -- a high-tech instrument with voice activation, a touch-screen monitor and other gadgets -- which it never expected to sell.
Built around an Intel Pentium III computer chip, the piano allows functions to be controlled by a user's voice and lets the user watch an artist's performance stored on disc while hearing the concert. When the disc is inserted into a built-in DVD player, the performance is displayed on a computer monitor as keys and pedals move up and down recreating the piano part.."
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