Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

In a message dated 4/9/02 6:38:22 PM, Ed writes:

<< I own a disklavier piano that I purchased in 1996. The control unit 
(DKC5R) 
stopped recognizing my disks (the error reads unformatted disk). This is 
true of all purchased disks as well as disks I have formatted myself. Is 
this unit worth repairing and if so who can I get to do it. Or am I better 
off upgrading, and if so to which unit, how much will it cost, and where can 
I get one? >>

Your Disklavier is called the MX80 series. In my opinion, your best 
alternative is to add a DSR1. This unit will give you all sorts of modern 
features, such as a built-in tone generator, support for high density (HD) 
disks, support of  Standard MIDI Files, etc.

If you choose not to replace your disk drive, playback should work fine using 
the DSR1, as far as I know. However, if you wish to record using the DSR1 or 
to play its internal voices from your Disklavier keyboard, you must insert a 
disk into the drive of the MX80 and engage the record button. This is 
necessary to get the MIDI data to go from the MX80 to the DSR1.

I believe that this will not be possible unless you have a functioning disk 
drive on the MX80.

For more information, I suggest that you call Mark Wisner at Yamaha Piano 
Service: (800) 854-1569 between 8:30-5:00 PST. Push 2 at the first menu 
choice and 2 at the second menu choice.

Regards,
PianoBench