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Re: [disklavier] MX100 stopped playing?

2015-01-19 by Bill Brandom

Great news Jeff!

Bill

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On Jan 19, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Jeff Joseph josephaud@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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:
> 
>  
> 
> Yes they do.
> 
> Bill
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jeff Joseph josephaud@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>  
>> 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:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jeff,
>>> 
>>> 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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