Carol
Beigel,
I'm surprised you
didn't respond to my earlier Email regarding my
Silent Disklavier
48" Professional Upright MPX100IIXG with control
unit DKC500R.
The question I
raised is whether Yamaha has considered an upgrade
to this control
unit that can play the new CD's that are designed for
Yamaha's latest
Disklavier pianos. It seems like this would be a more
cost effective than
purchasing a PC or MacBook laptop.
Happy
Holidays!
Mike Chipolone
----- Original Message -----From: Carol BeigelSent: Friday, December 26, 2008 12:40 PMSubject: Re: [disklavier] Re: PGG10RWow! That is some great information!! Two other thoughts occurred to me when I looked through those amazing documents.1) If you can afford a Disklavier, you can afford to have it fixed. Like buying a used car, you should always have in the back of your head that you will need to do a major repair. Once you factor in this most probable reality, do you still save money? I know how to change the oil in my car, but I would actually lose a lot of money, skin, risk the possibility of getting hurt, etc. than just paying $30 or so at Jiffy Lube and have the situation taken of care of in minutes instead of hours. The cost of having a proper floppy drive replaced by a Yamaha Disklavier tech is probably in the neighborhood of $350.2) Since floppy drive technology is on its way out, and Disklaviers last a long, long time, those of us with units older than the Mark IV should all be looking at playlist software to be run from a computer attached to our Disklaviers. I myself have been experimenting along these lines using both PC and MacBook laptops with USB MIDI interfaces. There are even gadgets out there now that use Bluetooth and other wireless interfaces that will send your MIDI files wirelessly to your Disklavier from a computer, but I have not done any real time research on them. I suspect someday in the future it will be possible to control your DKV from your cell phone!!I realize that not every DKV owner has access to genuine Yamaha parts and a tech, and that this kind of information might be helpful under those circumstances. But for those of us who do, I highly recommend the genuine Yamaha repair!Carol Beigel----- Original Message -----From: Scott JacksonSent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:20 PMSubject: [disklavier] Re: PGG10RHave you seen articles such as the following?
Modifying a FDD for a Yamaha EL90
or
How to modify a standard PC floppy drive to be used as a Yamaha MDR
Someone with a little technical ability could try this idea for you.
Scott J
--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "allanz_2000" wrote:
>
>
> 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.No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 12/22/2008 11:23 AM