Disklavier

Hi Mark,

Even with international shipping charges, I would still be interested.
Perhaps if you can make a prototype and share some photos with us ?  Also
interested in a rough idea of cost.

Taking a closer look at my control box, I notice that there are 4 rubber
feet on the bottom.  Since the unit never touches the ground, I'd be willing
to remove those rubber feet to accept a cover.  Rubber feet are often fitted
by hand so I'd expect there may be some small variation in placement between
like model control boxes.. Something to keep in mind when making custom
built plastic work.  On the bottom I also notice 3 indentations in the
center of the metalwork from front to back, possibly for ventilation ?
Those indentations I suspect would easily accept a pressure style 'clip
in'...  Easy for an adult to remove..  Not so easy for little fingers ;-)

Regards,

Michael in Melbourne
mweinstock@optusnet.com.au

-----Original Message-----
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 8:03 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Willing to make Locking plastic covers for floppy/CD
drive unit


If anyone needs a cover for their control unit, I would consider making 
some. I could use one myself. I would have to buy some supplies since 
the supplies I had when I did this kind of work making signs is too old. Let
me know if you are interested and I will try to put together a 
proposal.
I have looked at my control unit and I could make a cover that fits over 
and locks in place like a puzzle. An adult could easily get it off but a 
toddler would have a difficulty. I could also find some thumb screws to 
make them removeable without a screw driver.

Mark in Idaho


Mark wrote:
> 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 . MKIII
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---
>>
>> *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
>>
>>  
>>     
>
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