__ Ebony & Circuitry __
__ Yamaha __
Yamaha offers 37 models of Disklavier digital/acoustic pianos, including the Disklavier Grand Mark II XG, which can accompany any piano performance with an orchestra of more than 700 instruments.
__ Disklavier: $10,000-52,000. Yamaha: +1 (714) 522 9011, www.yamaha.com. __
__ PianoDisc __
Turn any acoustic piano into a digital player piano with PianoDisc's PDS-128 Plus MIDI retrofit system. If you don't already have an acoustic piano, the system can be factory installed in a variety of new uprights or baby grands and delivered to your door.
__ PianoDisc PDS-128: $5,000 for retrofit system, $7,000-28,000 for equipped piano. PianoDisc: (800) 566 3472, www.pianodisc.com. __
__ QRS __
Like the PianoDisc, the Pianomation MIDI player-piano system can be retrofitted into the acoustic piano of your choice or installed in any of 22 models of Story & Clark pianos. QRS also makes the Playola, a portable version of the Pianomation system that fits onto any piano keyboard.
__ Pianomation: $5,000 for retrofit system or Playola with case, $7,000-28,000 for equipped piano. QRS: +1 (941) 597 5888, www.qrsmusic.com. __
__ Player Piano and Mechanical Music Exchange __
Antiques aficionados from Dover, New Jersey, to Manchester, England, sell everything on the eBay of mechanical music, from dance organs with 376 pipes to a light walnut quarterlodeon loaded with a pair of snare drums, a triangle, a cymbal, a wood block, a xylophone, and a tambourine.
__ Assorted instruments: negotiable. Player Piano and Mechanical Music Exchange: mmd.foxtail.com/exchange. __
