Lindeblad Piano Restoration installs Automatic Player Piano Systems in probably 30% of the pianos we sell. They are incredibly popular. Take a look at this Steinway Model B with a QRS player system in it.

Since the re-design of our website we have had very little information about player systems available, the old page is still up. But, we researching some changes for this page already. For a few years we’ve been selling another system, additional to the QRS, called the PianoDisc system. So, more information about that will be up.

We also have a new system available called the Live Performance LX. This system is only two years old and has come rated incredibly high, here are some of the details:

PROPORTIONAL PEDALING. The new LX uses full proportional pedaling. With 256 pedal positions, 100 pedal samples/second, and high-bandwidth closed-loop control, the dampers are raised to their full height and their motion is closely controlled at every instant in time. This reproduces the subtlest and most delicate of pedal effects. Other playing mechanisms use simple “on-off” pedaling, which destroys the pedal shadings that make fine piano playing so satisfying. HIGH RESOLUTION. The new LX has 1020 dynamic levels for each note with a keyboard samples rate of 800 samples per second, standards that emerged after many years of experimentation and study. These standards, combined with high-resolution control of the note solenoids, yield a degree of articulation and subtlety beyond the reach of other mechanisms.

It’s amazing how far player systems have come.

What we’re really interested in seeing is where they will go from here though, there are so many questions in the player piano niche. With the rapid growth of technology, this field will be constantly changing. What is HD sound going to do to the field? Is further integrations with home stereo systems on the horizon? We are excited to see and stay as up-to-date as we can.