In this video, I take you inside the Yamaha AvantGrand N2 Hybrid Piano, and we get an up close and person view of how this piano works. We will take the piano apart entirely piece by piece, and see how all of the parts work together. I took advantage of an appointment with a Yamaha expert technician (Tony Smith) who is replacing the "brain" of my piano to resolve a problem where 5 notes on that piano don't respond when playing softly. Tony Smith is the owner of Innovative Piano Works, and is the only one you want to call in the Southwest to work on your Yamaha Electronic or Hybrid piano. In this video we learn:
- How the fiber optic conductors work together with the grayscale flags on both the keys and the hammers to determine the velocity of each note
- All about the 12 amplifiers, 10 speakers and 2 transducers on the Yamaha N2
- The Tactical Response System in the N2 that simulates the feeling of the vibration of the strings that travels back to the key
- What a regulation of a piano involves
- How to properly lubricate a hybrid piano or electronic piano
- Key weights and placement of key weights
- How the damper pedal on the N2 simulates the feel and velocity curve of a real damper pedal on an acoustic piano
- How I use the action of the N2 to create MIDI files, and then use Pianoteq 7 to produce the final sound track in my videos
- How the N2 can be used to play orchestra sounds the pianist can play along with
- How the N2 can be used to record piano accompaniment, or left hand/right hand, and then play that back while playing a piano solo on top of it
