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Re: [disklavier] MX100 stopped playing?

2015-01-19 by Skanter123

Congrats! Easy fix!

Sam 
www.keyboardcollective.com






> On Jan 19, 2015, at 5:13 PM, Jeff Joseph josephaud@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I”m happy to report the piano is playing happily again with the simple replacement of a fuse in the power supply. 
> 
> 
> I’m guessing there was an excess of pedaling  in one of the midi files I was playing back. 
> 
> Thanks Bill!
> 
> Jeff
> 
>> On Jan 19, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Bill Brandom bill.brandom03@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>  
>> 
>> Yes they do.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jeff Joseph josephaud@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> Thanks Bill, 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I would guess the pedal solenoids draw a fair amount of current?
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
>>> Easy enough to replace. 
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 19, 2015, at 2:11 PM, Bill Brandom bill.brandom03@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>> Jeff,
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>>>> Possibly just a blown fuse. In the older Disklavier pianos, if they were pushed really hard (lots of keys at once with high velocities) it was fairly common for the 7 amp fuse to blow.
>>>> 
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Joseph josephaud@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>> I looked at the power supply and found the 7A fuse is blown, with foil on the glass. Perhaps a capacitor failure ? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Jeff Joseph josephaud@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My MX100 has been cheerfully playing away from its floppy discs and midi connection until the other day. It not will not play from either source. (I thought it was a MIDI issue until I popped in a floppy) 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any thing to troubleshoot? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> IS there a silent mode switch?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>> 
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