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Re: [disklavier] Mark IV disklavier no longer driving acoustic piano

2011-11-02 by athomik

Once you've re-booted, go to the Service Center and run the Pedal Calibration. This needs to be done when the piano is delivered, but it might be necessary to repeat the calibration if the piano has been worked on, if it's settling in, etc. to avoid the pedal solenoids overheating (esp. on sustain).

If you still have a problem after that, it'll be time to call someone out to have a look at it.

athomik

On Nov 2 2011, Mark Burby wrote:

>Hi Lloyd
>
>I'm sure you'll get more technical advice if needed but I have encountered
>this 'glitch' with my MkIV once in a while. The way to resolve this was to
>completely power down the MkIV (so that the power light turns off). Once
>off, unplug the piano and after a minute or so boot it back up. Crude but
>effective. If this fails, go to the settings option on the handheld and
>restore the piano to its factory default settings - this shouldn't affect
>any music stored on your hard drive.
>
>I'm not sure what causes it to do this but the DKV is a complex piece of
>circuitry and mechanics and I am simply glad that most common problems can
>be resolved by the above.
>
>Hope that helps.
>Mark
>
>On 21 October 2011 10:02, tunefulwolf wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> My Disklavier has stopped driving the acoustic portion of my Yamaha baby
>> grand piano. I suspect the problem arises from some settings issue -- but I
>> haven't (at least intentionally) changed any settings. I can still play
>> midi files in quiet mode. And the acoustic piano works fine when I do not
>> attempt to invoke the Disklavier. The Disklavier does not drive the piano
>> no matter how I attempt it: not through the handheld, not through
>> DKVBrowser, and not through the media box mounted below the keyboard.
>>
>> Any assistance in diagnosing and correcting this problem would be greatly
>> appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lloyd Randolph
>>
>>
>>
>

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