Disklavier

I have passed by a number of DKs at hotels, etc. where there was a plastic
face plate screwed in place over the front that somehow attached to the side
mounting screws.

 

Any one know where these come from?

 

It protects the mechanism from anyone ejecting CDs or FDs.

 

--Aaron in SF . MKIII

 

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From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Michael Weinstock
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:31 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit

 

Hi Mark,

My MkIII control box has suffered damage from my nearly 3yo toddler on a
couple of occasions.  In the first instance, she decided to rip the CD tray
right out of the control box !  After I composed myself... I very gingerly
took apart the control box and managed to get the CD tray mechanism back
into place.  It still plays fine now, but sometimes needs a little help
ejecting the CDs.  (small amount of leverage applied to the front face
against the control box chassis with a thin, blunt implement.

 

The CD drive is a generic Panasonic 24X CR-ROM model # CR-176-B .    You can
pickup a 2nd hand drive on ebay for ~USD$30  .  Beats the USD$250 I was
originally quoted from a spare parts rip off merchant.  Even though the
original drive stills works, I decided to order a replacement drive just in
case as to the best of my knowledge these CD drive units are no longer
produced.

 

More recently, the same toddler managed to jam the floppy drive door open.
I suspect she 'ripped' out a floppy disk at a weird angle and caught the
metal guides, bending them.  I managed to bend them back with a couple of
fine screwdrivers through the drive door.

 

BTW, I would not recommend for anyone to take apart their control box for
repairs unless they are very comfortable in dismantling and reassembling
sensitive electronic and mechanical componentry.

 

Bottomline, I would be very willing to pay for such a locking device.  It
took me years to save up for my disklavier.. and to come home from work at
the end of a long day to find my piano has been damaged in a few moments of
unsatisfactory levels of supervision is heartbreaking.  I have seen floppy
drive locks in the past, but to my way of thinking, its the CD drive which
is the most vulnerable to toddler damage. 

 

If anyone knows of a MKIII control box lockable cover, I'd dearly like to
buy one too !

 

Regards,

 

Michael Weinstock

Melbourne, Australia

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Monday, 3 December 2007 5:25 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover 
for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have two 
toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive. 

We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that 
their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire 
face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the 
keyboard; just the electronic parts).

Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen anything on 
the Yamaha site or online.

Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano 
security not a big issue? :)

Mark