Disklavier

For the floppy drive itself, I am not sure, but your best bet would be
to call Yamaha to get the part #, and then do an eBay search.  I have
a feeling it will be hard to find.  I took apart my broken floppy
drive from my Disklavier and did Google searches for all the part
numbers but I came up with nothing.  Might need to bite the bullet and
buy from Yamaha, or better yet switch to using MIDIs to/from your
computer instead of the floppy drive.

You can also look for the discontinued Yamaha DSR1 which is an
external unit that converts your older unit to work with HD disks. 
But it's probably not worth it because its floppy drive will also die
eventually...

Bill



--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Allan Zalamea <aaz29@...> wrote:
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> THANKS BILL
> By  the way do you know what model or some kind of description of
floppy drive shall I look for on ebay (DD or HD)
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> To: disklavier@...: bill@...: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:17:19
+0000Subject: [disklavier] Re: PGG10R
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> Allanz,I also have an old Disklavier with DD floppies, and I learned
that thefloppy drives are somewhat proprietary, so that a replacement
wouldset me back about $275, and that's just for another DD floppy
drive. The upgrade to HD floppy disks has been discontinued, and is
difficultto find (and, the HD drive too will eventually go bad). Its
retailprice was around $2000 but I think they go on eBay for a
couplehundred bucks - if you can find one. So...... I decided to go
theroute of simply hooking my computer (laptop) up to the Disklavier
withMIDI cables, and it works great for playing and recording the
piano. See some of the earlier posts in this group for recommendations
onvarious software programs and MIDI interface to use. Bill--- In
disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "allanz_2000" <aaz29@> wrote:>> > I have
an old model PGG10R. Is it possible to attached a cd player so > that
I won't make use of the obsolete floppy disk (DD). If not can I > use
a Floppy Disk HD instead of DD. Another option is how do I connect > a
notebook and play the music from the playlist I will create.> Please
help because my Floppy drive is making too much hizzing sound > and
usually hangs often. Final question, is the floppy drive the same > as
the normal Pc floppy drive on my desktop PC? Where can I find >
guidelines on how to replace floppy drive of PGG10R. I guess it can be
> done by anybody with a computer hardware knowlegable if guided >
properly by Yamaha Technician. Thank you very much for any help you >
can give me, surely will appreciate it. More power to this group!!!!!>
> allanz> 
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