This early grand piano version of the Disklavier lacked an official model designation and has become known as the Wagon Grand by virtue of the fact that the control unit was built into a 30” tall cabinet on wheels, this model in Japan does have a model designation of PPG-10R and it has been called DKW10. This early upright was followed by the first grand piano model in 1989. ![]() Shortly thereafter, it was slightly modified and renamed MX100B. The first model introduced in the United States was the studio model upright MX100A in 1987 (easiest way to identify this model is the LED Display on the front of the piano is red whilst all later models were changed to green or as in the case of the current E3, a white display). There was also an upright model sold in Japan in 1985 known as the MX100R. It featured a record-and-playback system, floppy disk storage of performance data, and the ability to playback multi-track performance files that included instrumental tracks whose sound was reproduced by a tone generator. Prior to the introduction of the Disklavier in the United States, Yamaha Corporation of Japan debuted an upright reproducing instrument in 1982 called "Piano Player". ![]()
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