
The
PNOmation Player System
All of QRS's
PNOmation Player Piano Systems are designed to complement the
life of your piano. Since you will more than likely own the piano
for a long time or want to sell it at a reasonable value you'll want
to know that the player inside compliments its life. There are three
things to look at in that respect - the components - are they built
to tolerances and with materials that can handle the various
climates and conditions while being played over a long period of
time, the manufacturers history of offering an upgrade path to the
latest technology without an expensive replacement, the manufactures
history in the business and the music library. QRS's
PNOmation is the only system that since its introduction has been
offering a migration path to the latest technology. Its use of the
finest components allow the customer the confidence to move forward
with an upgrade with knowledge that the rest of the system remains
solid. QRS's use of longer fully encased solenoids with
Teflon impregnated solenoid plungers delivers much more accurate
control over the range of motion. They also resist corrosion and are
self-lubricating. A lost motion cap on the bottom insures proper
throw, that without can never guarantee you are delivering the
dynamic called for. Next is dynamics - a longer plunger and solenoid
delivers more accurately the dynamic called out for in the music.
This dynamic can be of the new standard HD MIDI or the old MIDI.
QRS supports both.
The
Controller/User Interface
Controller
technology traditionally has referred to the Box that hangs on the
piano where you insert your media. The problem is the only people
that love those boxes are the people who design them. After all who
wants a box hanging under their grand piano? QRS has seen the
writing on the wall for some time now and completely migrated to an
embedded web app system. While our competitors are selling CDs and
Floppies or falsely relying on an internet connection to stream
music, we have taken the bold step to include all of our content on
board. No hiccups in playback, easy to navigate, easy to control all
aspects of your player system -with a simple touch screen user
interface. No reliance on a network connection to the outside world
and instant purchases of your content. Don't be fooled by
competitors who also sell Apple products as an interface have the
following issues we do not. They force the use of ITunes - so now a
PC or Mac is required - your player music is mixed with your regular
music - another thing to think about and plan
around, the music has to be
transmitted from the device (iPad or iPhone) to the piano – it's not
on the piano - so you have to be in range - on the same network ...
and the stream cannot be interrupted. Then of course you want to be
able to control all aspects of your pianos performance - which is
simply not doable with the built in media player; we mean all
aspects not just a speaker and piano adjustment - from record to
solenoid alignments. And last but not least we do not lock you into
one brand of product – any Wi-Fi enabled device will control your
piano. Really it's that simple.
MUSIC
- The QRS Difference
The music library
should be a huge factor in your buying decision. It is not only the
quantity of music but most importantly the quality, artists and
variety. QRS has been in the player piano content business for over
112 years. In the days of the old roll player pianos QRS was the
largest and most recognized music company in the world analogous to
today's Sony's and BMI's. QRS has the largest and most famous player
piano music library in the world. Many of the greatest artists of
the 20th century recorded for the QRS Music Roll Company. We still
make rolls today. The best of these recordings are available to you
today on PNOmation player systems. QRS does not stop there, it has
patented music technologies that ensure their leadership well into
the next 20 years. Their QRS SyncAlong technologies allow your piano
to play along with the popular music you love today in audio or
video form. Nobody else has the SyncAlong capabilities that QRS
does, QRS's competitors answers to our offerings are at best
convoluted and of questionable quality requiring the end user -you -
to do most of the work. QRS has 4 times as much SyncAlong type
content than its competitors. The competitors treat it as more of a
"me too" sales item than serious content for the consumer. Our
competitors solution is a CD and a 3.5 inch floppy, and others
require you to download several files, use ITunes, merge the two
with an app... the others simply do not have an answer. All that
said QRS still pursues artists for recording and continues to
produce solo and performance content that is relevant to today's
music consumer most of the work. QRS has 4 times as much SyncAlong
type content than its competitors. The competitors treat it as more
of a "me too" sales item than serious content for the consumer. Our
competitors solution is a CD and a 3.5 inch floppy, and others
require you to download several files, use ITunes, merge the two
with an app... the others simply do not have an answer. All that
said QRS still pursues artists for recording and continues to
produce solo and performance content that is relevant to today's
music consumer.