The First Disklavier CFX Concert Grand Piano in Australia
The First Disklavier CFX Concert Grand Piano in Australia
A world-leading full size concert grand, with cutting edge technology.
The Conservatorium High School, secondary arm of the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, is the first major Australian music institution to purchase a Yamaha Concert Grand ‘Disklavier’. Known as the ‘DCFX’, the piano combines the superb quality of a top-of-the-line concert grand with Yamaha’s state-of-the-art technology; an ultra-discrete, multi-sensor mechanism that can capture and playback performances, including video synchronisation if required. Through acoustic playback, the quality of the captured performances can be reproduced in fidelity beyond anything even the most advanced studio mics can capture.
Dr Robert Curry, Principal of the Conservatorium High School, travelled to Yamaha’s factory in Japan accompanied by Mr Bernard Crowe (Yamaha Music Australia’s Institution Sales Manager) and Mr David Kinney (Piano Technical Manager, Faculty of Music, University of Sydney). Dr Curry and his staff were impressed by the educational potential of the Disklavier and its flexibility as a teaching instrument which is enhanced by the wealth of available Disklavier software. The DCFX’s capacity for real-time transmission over the internet (Remote Learning) to centres equipped with Yamaha’s technology enables masterclasses and performances to be conducted from any location around the world.
Along with Remote Learning, the DCFX allows new applications in composition, teaching and music technology, as well as the cataloguing and recording of student performances and recitals, the reproduction of significant performances in a full scale piano, and recording and reproduction of remote auditions.
The piano will be launched officially in late July featuring Stephanie McCallum (Associate Professor of Piano, Sydney Conservatorium of Music), and special guest recitals performed live from London and Seoul.
