Viscount Concerto 500, Italian digital baby grand piano

Description

Local pickup only.
We bought the piano new - imported from Italy, and have maintained it well since. It is in an an air-conditioned, virus-free environment and has very few superficial marks barely noticeable. It was played only now and then and was integrated into a digital audio recording system. It works well both independently and coupled with Ableton, Fruity Loops or other music production software.
The add-on MIDI to USB interface enables the connection of the keyboard to the PC/Digital Audio Workstation and the direct playback of MIDI files. With downloads from musescore.com, free-score.com, and other sites, one can read scores while listening to the corresponding music. While composing, the direct input into a preferred music notation editor also becomes possible.
The Viscount Concerto 500 is a rare sight in this hi-gloss mahogany version. This elegant petite grand piano marries Italian aesthetics and wood craft with contemporary, original high-quality digitally sampled sounds. It has a thick 4cm rim made of undulating layers of different hardwood, a lifting lid, brass plated pedals and hardware, a roll top key cover and thick metal legs for a heavy "baby". Also features the 88 Grand-Response™ Keys (Italian technology) which provide realistic touch and accurate dynamic response. Its beautiful sounds are brought to life by a large custom-designed resonant speaker enclosure with two reflex ports.
Sound Characteristics:
"All piano timbres are derived  from  the  painstaking  sampling  of some  of  the  world's  best  grand  pianos. As well  as  the  quality  of  the  stereo  samplings, the instrument also contains a number of special features to give the most faithful reproduction possible of all the shades of the original instrument's sound, such as reproduction of the vibration of the frame, the noise  emitted  by  the  hammer  mechanism, and  all  the  other  typical  components  of  the piano "ambience".  All these features are reproduced inside the piano thanks to the use of  complex  mathematical  algorithms, analyzing the physical situation of the performance  in  progress  at  every  moment and applying the components listed above accordingly." (Viscount Instruments)
These acoustic components can be isolated from the fundamental timbre and listened to on the piano speakers. Listen to "ambience" sounds at https://youtu.be/KRhqNmlmJCU
Viscount Concerto 500
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Functions and Connectivity:
Pedals: Soft, Sustain and Damper
Transposition : Change the keyboard pitch one semitone at a time up to +/-12 semitones
Functions: 8 Dynamic Curves for keypresses , 6 Temperament Selections, 4 Bass Modes, 8 Reverb Modes, 8 Modulation effects (ex. pan-pot, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, vibrato), Keyboard Voice Split, independent Voice Volume presets, voice layering.
Recorder: Record and play back for performance review or for self accompaniment.
MIDI: fully compatible with digital audio workstations, it sends/receives note and velocity data, program change and control change data. A MIDI channel can be separately assigned for 1st Voice, 2nd Voice and Bass. The MIDI implementation chart is included in the manual.
Analog Inputs: RCA connectors, allow the reproduction of an external stereo source
Analog Outputs: RCA connectors, provide the stereo output of piano voices
Added to the instrument are:
1x MIDI to USB adapter for direct connection to DAWs
1x USB extender cable, 16ft
2x RCA shielded cables, 10 ft, for audio input/output
The operating manual, commonly addressing both the Allegro and Concerto versions, may be downloaded from http://galileopianos.com/owners%20manuals/Allegro_gb.pdf
The original in Italian and English is included.
More about the history of the company behind this piano is at https://www.youtube.com/c/ViscountInstruments
[For additional 0  - price when purchased with the piano, we add a rack mountable Windows 10 Pro Workstation (a DAW starter) along with a 34" ultrawide (21:9) LG monitor, professional FruityLoops keyboard (Logickeyboard) and Huge (Elecom Japan) programmable trackball, all in very good condition. Please see https://www.ebay.com/itm/363529143227 ]