This is not new. Steinway has these systems for years; only news is the piano can talk to an ipad now ...<p>The first systems that could reproduce dynamics are from 1904:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;translate.google.com&#x2F;translate?hl=de&amp;sl=de&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weltemignon.ch%2Fweltemignon.ch%2Fweltemignon%2Fwelte_info.htm&amp;sandbox=1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;translate.google.com&#x2F;translate?hl=de&amp;sl=de&amp;tl=en&amp;u=h...</a><p>There are actually lots of old piano roll recordings from great artists like Rachmaninoff, Gershwin any many others around. Some people actually scanned them and converted them to MIDI:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pianola.co.nz&#x2F;public&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pianola.co.nz&#x2F;public&#x2F;</a><p>These files can now be played on a Yamaha Disklavier, or the Steinway CEUS or now this new one.<p>Or they can be played with software-modeled pianos like PianoTeq or sampled-based software pianos. Really nice.