Disklavier

Hi Bill,
I posted this online about 10 days ago, but not sure if you saw it.  
There is a Canadian dealer just outside of Toronto - Steve Loates 
Music Gallery which was carrying them even after they were 
discontinued. Jacqui was looking for one also, I'm not sure if she 
had any success, but it's worth a shot.
Their website is MusicGallery.ca and I dealt with Pat Alpaugh at the 
Burlington Store.  He is the store manager and was able to get me the 
module I needed, and was very helpful.
If you do contact them, would appreciate a post if they still have 
them in stock.
Hope that helps.
Jules
--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "boyler1999" <bill@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Mark II Disklavier with a broken 720 KB floppy drive.  
First
> I thought I could simply replace the floppy drive with a new one. 
> Then I learned that they cost about $300 and still require the 
crappy
> 720 KB floppies.  Then I heard about the magical DSR1 box that 
allows
> us to "upgrade" our Mark II to use "normal" 1.44 MB floppy disks, 
but
> according to the Yamaha spokesperson I talked with today, the DSR1 
was
> discontinued about a year ago.  I couldn't find any used DSR1s for
> sale online.  Furthermore, she said that Yamaha won't have a
> replacement for the DSR1 until a year from now.
> 
> So... I am thinking a good alternative at this point would be to use
> my Mac laptop with a UX16 MIDI interface adapter to control the
> Disklavier.  My needs are simple: I want the ability to "record" 
piano
> pieces onto my Mac and then have them play back on the piano with 
the
> real life key movements.  Basically I just want the functionality 
that
> I had with my old 720 KB floppy disks, but using my computer hard
> drive instead.
> 
> Is there such a program for the Mac OS X operating system that will 
do
> the trick?  I understand the Mark II uses "ESEQ" files, but I'm not
> sure if that matters if I do the recording and playback via the MIDI
> interfaces.
> 
> Any thoughts/recommendations?  I am happy to pay for a nice little
> piece of software to get the job done.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill
>