Grand entertainment in the comfort of your home.
These remarkable systems transform a traditional acoustic piano into a modern entertainment and learning experience while preserving the beauty and authenticity of a real instrument.With moving keys, choose from Top 40 pop hits to Classical, Holiday, Jazz and more… all controlled by an easy to operate app on your phone or tablet!
Player Piano Systems
At Piano Centre, we specialize in advanced player piano systems from industry leaders PianoDisc and QRS Music Technologies. These remarkable systems transform a traditional acoustic piano into a modern entertainment and learning experience while preserving the beauty and authenticity of a real instrument.
Imagine coming home, selecting your favorite piano song from your phone or tablet, and hearing your piano come to life—filling your home with the rich, expressive sound of a live acoustic performance. Today’s technology allows you to control your piano effortlessly with intuitive apps, offering convenient playback, volume control, and scheduling automation.
Whether you’re relaxing after a long day or entertaining guests, nothing compares to the elegance of a real piano performing in your home. Player systems can recreate performances by some of the world’s greatest pianists, bringing concert-level artistry directly to your living room. For an even fuller experience, optional hidden speakers can be installed beneath the piano, allowing orchestras, bands, or accompaniment tracks to play seamlessly alongside the acoustic piano.
Piano Centre specializes in QRS and PianoDisc player systems installs and can work with a variety of brands.
Beyond entertainment, player piano systems are also incredibly educational. If there’s a piece you’ve always wanted to learn but don’t read music, you can simply watch the keys as they are played and follow along. Many players find it inspiring to observe professional performances on their own instrument and begin picking out melodies themselves.
Features include:
Wireless control from smartphones and tablets
High-resolution playback that accurately reproduces professional performances
Extensive music libraries with thousands of songs across many genres
Integration with streaming services and automated playlists
Quiet practice and adjustable volume options
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Steinway Spirio - High Definition
The most advanced system on the market that has a playback quality that is utterly indistinguishable from live performance. These Steinways play and feel exactly as a Steinway should, but with the added system that can be used for your musical enjoyment, entertainment, and education.
The new Steinway & Sons Spirio is the world’s finest high resolution player piano. A masterpiece of craftsmanship, technology and artistry, Spirio provides an unrivalled musical experience, indistinguishable from a live performance.
With a touch of an iPad, Spirio brings your Steinway to life with performances from the world’s greatest artists, inviting you and your loved ones to enjoy life’s greatest musical moments.
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For over 170 years, Steinway has been making instruments passionately crafted by dozens of artisans, taking a full year to create… one. Steinway Craftsmen seamlessly install Siprio at the time of manufacture, ensuring no altercations to the feel, touch & sound of the Steinway.
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The technology is utterly remarkable. When you close your eyes, hear the subtle nuances, full expression & dynamics exactly as the pianist would perform in a concert.
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As artists perform the different pieces, you can take note of the tempo, dynamics and scroll back to repeat a particular passage to learn technique. Observe the way different artists perform the same works for perspective & comparison.
The STEINWAY SPIRIO | r is the world's finest high resolution player piano now capable of live performance capture and playback. A revolutionary blend of artistry, craftsmanship, and technology, Spirio | R provides powerful new tools of expression and new ways to access, share and experience performance. Available in models B, D, and M.
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The technology is utterly remarkable. When you close your eyes,
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Steinway Spirio | R Capabilities
Much like the megapixel revolution of the digital camera, SPIRIO | r offers exclusive high-resolution recording, preserving all the music: every nuanced dynamic level from infinitesimal gradations of hammer velocity, and every shade of resonance from proportional pedaling — now at your fingertips.
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Recordings are presented in a piano roll format. Each note, displayed on a grid, corresponds to the note on the left-side reference keyboard. The timeline is visible across the top of the screen.
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Each note has its own color, based on how loud or soft it is. The loudest notes are red, quietest are white.
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To zoom in, pinch in with two fingers. To zoom out, either pinch out with two fingers or press the magnifying glass at the bottom right to zoom out to 100%.
See a QRS player system installed on a BEAUTIFUL Boston GP178 Piano by Steinway & Sons at Piano Centre:
Frequently Asked Questions
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Serving Western Canada
Piano Centre proudly installs player piano systems across Western Canada, including Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Our technicians can upgrade many acoustic pianos with advanced systems from PianoDisc and QRS, bringing modern performance technology to homes throughout the region. Our shop is located in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Typical install time can take 2 weeks by piano technicians in our shop. We like to have the instrument with us for a couple of additional weeks to fine tune and let the system ‘break in’ to the piano.
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Yes, we can install on used grand pianos, but we like to perform an assessment first as variables in manufactures and used conditions can affect install and performance expectations.
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Yes, we can install these systems on uprights. There are limitations on certain size pianos though, reach out to us for details.