Disklavier

You can plug USB devices into the DKC-850, including floppy drives.  
Not sure if there are hardware or copy-protection issues.

PianoBench

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On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:13 PM, piano1@... wrote:

> Are all my floppies useless if I update to a DKC -850?
> My present unit is DKC-500RXG will the 850 work?
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George F. Litterst"
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:52 pm
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] DKC-850 Spec Sheet
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>
> > Good evening, everyone.
> >
> > I don't think that this list has a problem with price
> > discussion. (DUG, which is sponsored by Yamaha, is another matter).
> >
> > I don't know if retailers will discount the item, but I can tell
> > you that the suggested list price is $1,495.
> >
> > In addition to the hardware, it comes with a CD that includes
> > 445 song files (assuming that I counted them accurately).
> >
> > The song files are broken down into these categories:
> >
> > --50 Greats for the Piano
> > --30 Pop
> > --20 Holiday
> > --20 Traditional and Country
> > --20 Sacred
> > --30 BGM Classic
> > --30 BGM Pop
> > --140 Lesson Beyer
> > --30 Lesson Czerny
> > --25 Lesson Burgmüller
> > --15 Bach Inventions
> > --45 Lesson Sonatinen Album 1
> > --5 SmartKey
> >
> > Once nice feature of the unit is that its functions execute much
> > more quickly.
> >
> > Regards,
> > PianoBench
> >
> >
> > On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:34 PM, George Husson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > We probably are not supposed to discuss it, but any idea on
> > the price. I have a Mark DUA1 (I think that's it). You can email
> > me privately if you know.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --George
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Freeman Richard
> > > To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 3:38:45 PM
> > > Subject: [disklavier] DKC-850 Spec Sheet [1 Attachment]
> > >
> > >
> > > For those owners of early Mark II and Mark III Disklaviers
> > looking to upgrade the control unit, please find attached a
> > specification sheet supplied by Yamaha USA. I'm told by Yamaha
> > that this unit will be available in May.
> > >
> > > All things considered, I'm excited about this. It will be nice
> > to move away from 3.5 inch floppies and enjoy some of the newer
> > features, such as Piano Soft plus Audio and Disklavier Radio.
> > >
> > > Rich Freeman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>