Disklavier

Both the CD drive and the floppy disk drive are replaceable from Yamaha providing the serial number on the piano does not indicate it is a gray market piano.  Try using a paper clip in that little tiny hole that you can barely see and see if the door opens!

Carol Beigel

On Apr 25, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Dave wrote:

> I just checked out a DC5A for sale, which had a number of problems.
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> In addition to not having been tuned in over six years, the Mark III CD player drawer would not open (the yellow light flashes a few times but that's it) and the floppy drive would not pop out the disk.
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> I know that one option is replacing it with the DKC-850 Control Unit. But that's a bit pricey (is it $1,500?) By the way, if I wanted to go that route, where can I buy one?
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> But I'm wondering if it's possible to repair or replace the CD player and floppy drive so that they'll open up.
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