Our Piano

We found Delores in a Long Island piano studio. We fell in love. img-1811_1_orig.jpg

Meet Delores (the Disklavier)

After almost a year of searching, we finally found a mint condition Upright Yamaha Disklavier.

We felt the Upright Disklavier was the perfect piano for MONOLisa due to it's versatility and size.

She's an older model, an MX100 Mark II, about 15 years old. She plays and sounds amazing, with the added benefit of MIDI compatibility…

MonoLisa Studios Piano, a MX100 Mark II Upright Yamaha Disklavier

(What does that mean?)

It means that we can record MIDI performance data while recording the piano acoustically.

Hypothetical example:

After playback, we notice there’s some drum bleed in the piano. No Problem!

Once everyone leaves, we can playback the MIDI data into the piano and record the acoustic piano "after the fact" without bleed.

We can also correct any mistakes in the performance-

The midi data recorded during the session can also be used to trigger another piano sample from our extensive library to layer or perhaps replace the acoustic sound if so desired.

And if that weren’t enough,.. Here’s another great feature: Clients who perhaps don't have an acoustic piano, can send us MIDI data, we can send it to the Disklavier, and it will play your performance back as you played it. We can send you a recording of your performance using the acoustic piano. 

So many options!