Disklavier

No, the upgrade your are talking about, the DSR1, is another control box 
alltogether, and is the upgrade to the Mark II.  There is no modification to 
the Mark II control box.  The DSR1 box gives a DKV the XG sounds and flash 
rom capabilities.

As for the CD Player upgrade, the CD plays audio on one track and MIDI data 
on the other.  If you push L and R, all MIDI data stops and all your hear is 
the audio.  The guitar playing when Simon and Garfunkle sings is on the 
audio track (I tried it today!).

Third party muffler rails may keep the hammers from hitting the strings, but 
the feel of the keys will not be so good.  Also, a system like that must 
come with it's own tone generator for you to hear the MIDI information 
coming from the piano keys when this "silent" system is activated.

Carol Beigel


>From: "Charles F Muller Jr" <cfmuller@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Upgrade Mark II to Mark III
>Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 23:52:38 -0500
>
>Carol,
>Thanks for your input, but the upgrade kit I'm talking about is the kit 
>that
>modifies the Mark II Control Box.  I'm not talking about the Mark IIXG
>Control Box add on.
>I am specifically looking for the answer to the question about the CD 
>player
>and the modified Mark II control box.
>I know that Yamaha's silent feature is the best, however, I'm looking for
>more definitive info on Third Party Mute Rails.
>I'd love to but a Mark III, however, I just don't have the spare change at
>the moment.
>


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