Disklavier

Any good plastic sheet fabrication shop can make such a cover. They can 
be made by heat bending and by cut and solvent weld, probably the 
cheaper method.

Sounds like a great idea for protecting it from unauthorized use. You 
could still use the remote and play the pieces in memory.

Mark in Idaho

Aaron Zornes wrote:
>
> 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 \ufffd 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
>
>