Editing Player piano (section)

== Modern implementations ==
[[Image:DisklavierPlayer.jpg|thumb|upright|Player and control unit of [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] [[Disklavier]] Mark III]]
[[Image:DisklavierSilencer.jpg|thumb|upright|Sequencer control unit of [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] [[Disklavier]] Mark III]]

Later developments of the '''reproducing piano''' include the use of [[magnetic tape]] and [[floppy disk]]s, rather than piano rolls, to record and play back the music; and, in the case of one instrument made by [[Bösendorfer]], [[computer]] assisted playback.

In 1982, [[Yamaha Corporation]] introduced the "[[Disklavier|Piano Player]]", which was the first mass-produced, commercially available reproducing piano that was capable of digitally capturing and reproducing a piano performance using floppy disk as a storage medium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/corporate/product_history/|title=Development of Products - About Us |website=Yamaha Corporation  |access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> The Piano Player was replaced in 1987 by the Yamaha [[Disklavier]] and since 1998, the [[Disklavier|Disklavier PRO]] models are capable of capturing and reproducing "high-resolution" piano performances of up to 1024 velocity levels and 256 increments of positional pedaling using Yamaha's proprietary XP (Extended Precision) MIDI specification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yamahaden.com/anatomy-of-a-disklavier|title=Anatomy of a Disklavier|first=George F.|last=Litterst|website=Disklavier Education Network |publisher=Yamahaden |access-date=July 28, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517141308/http://www.yamahaden.com/anatomy-of-a-disklavier |archive-date= May 17, 2022 }}</ref>

Almost all modern player pianos use [[Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] to interface with computer equipment. Most modern player pianos come with an electronic device that can record and playback MIDI files on floppy disks and/or [[CD-ROM]]s, and a MIDI interface that enables computers to drive the piano directly for more advanced operations. The MIDI files can trigger [[Solenoid (engineering)|solenoid]]s, which use electric current to drive small mechanical plungers mounted to the key action inside the piano.  Live performance or computer generated music can be recorded in MIDI file format for accurate reproduction later on such instruments.  MIDI files containing converted antique piano-rolls can be purchased on the Internet.

{{As of|2006}}, several player piano conversion kits are available (PianoDisc, PNOmation, etc.), allowing the owners of normal pianos to convert them into computer controlled instruments. The conversion process usually involves cutting open the bottom of the piano to install mechanical parts under the keyboard, although one organization—[[Logos Foundation]]—has manufactured a portable, external kit. A new player piano conversion kit was introduced in 2007-08 by Wayne Stahnke, the inventor of the Bösendorfer SE reproducing system, called the "LX".

{{As of|2023}} [[Steinway]] manufactures a player piano based on Wayne Stahnke's Live Performance LX system, which was sold to Steinway in 2014 and re-branded as Spirio. Unlike other piano brands, a recording option was not originally available,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qz.com/658430/steinway-just-released-an-ipad-controlled-piano/|title=Steinway just released an iPad-controlled piano|first=Anne|last=Quito |work=qz.com |date=19 April 2016 |access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> but in 2019 Steinway introduced Spirio | r models, which can also record.<ref>{{cite web | title=Steinway Spirio R Piano | publisher=Steinway| url=https://steinway.co.uk/pianos/spirio-r/ | access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

[[Edelweiss Pianos|Edelweiss]] is a British music upcomer on the player piano market offering totally bespoke pianos, available in luxury department store [[Harrods]] since 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/edelweiss-pianos-play-well-at-harrods-9071584/ |title=Edelweiss Pianos play well at Harrods|first=Mike|last=Scialom|date=28 May 2019|publisher=Cambridge Independent |access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> and according to the ''[[Financial Times]]'' [[YouTube]] channel 'How to Spend it', Edelweiss is "regarded as the most upmarket of today's breed of the self-playing piano".<ref>{{cite AV media |date=November 30, 2018 |title=Financial Times 'How to Spend it' featuring Edelweiss Pianos |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXNDpF5vyd0&t=52 |work=www.youtube.com |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hXNDpF5vyd0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=March 10, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>