Disklavier

Hi, I'm director of The Keyboard Collective in NYC.

I am the lucky owner of a disklavier! My brother, a fine pianist with several pianos, had an MPX100II sitting in his basement for 18 years that was barely used, and gave it to me a s a gift.

Unfortunately, the floppy drive was not reading or writing by the time the movers got it to my apt. I contacted Yamaha and can replace it (for $300), and would have to install it myself unless I want to pay another $300 to a technician.

I'm thinking I can do it myself (I have installed hard drives in computers) but there will be no instructions. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have hooked up the disklavier to my desktop through MIDI and have accessed all the wonderful public domain MIDI performances available, so I'm using the disklaver all the time. Also play it silently using Synthogy Ivory virtual pianos - beautiful.

Would appreciate any thoughts on the floppy, and will look for other tips and tricks. Glad to join this community.

Best,