Disklavier

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "rvig51" <rvig@s...> wrote:
> I have a Disklavier Grand Piano (acoustic) with the separate big 
> black Control Wagon and a big umbilical cord that joins them. 
> Over 12 years old, it is a G2 R 49XXXXX series piano and the 
> separate Control Wagon model is a DKW10. The floppy drive 
> stopped reading and writing diskettes about 5 years ago and we 
> were cut off from our music collection. I've tried to get a 
> replacement floppy, but the local Yamaha repairman can't find 
> one and it's not a generic PC floppy mechanism. I recently got 
> frustrated and hooked up an old Mac computer running 
> sequencer software and we are now enjoying the player 
> functions again and an endless collection of piano music in MIDI 
> file format from the internet. Have any other members with old 
> floppy-based systems had drive problems and found a solution 
> to replace it? Ultimately I can live without it, but I would like 
to 
> access all of the PianSoft disks I collected over the years. If all 
> else fails, I'll buy Geibler's conversion software and salvage my 
> Disklavier disk collection as MIDI files.
> 
> P.S. - I just joined the group and I already love it! I'm not alone 
> with my aging Disklavier anymore.

I have a MX100II Disklavier appr. 6 years old. It has the control 
unit built inside. I opened it to check the disk drive:
It is a Mitsubishi MF355-E-492MD. The connector is a double 26 pin 
type for a 'flat cable'.

I got the idea to compare it with the one from my old laptop (6 years 
old).
It has a disk drive with exactly the same connector as the one from
the disklavier. It is very thin too and the case looks similar.
I did not test it in the disklavier, but I will keep it as a spare 
part.
Of course I am not shure now whether it will work. To find it out I 
have to investigate for technical details.

Regards
Bernhard Schmidt