Re: [disklavier] Pedal problem Disklavier Mark IV (excessive heat)
2009-05-19 by athomik
If the lines on the pushrods line up as per the instructions inside the solenoid cover, and there is no excessive play in the rod (try shaking it side to
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2009-05-19 by athomik
If the lines on the pushrods line up as per the instructions inside the solenoid cover, and there is no excessive play in the rod (try shaking it side to
2009-05-18 by Julien Roche
Thanks for your prompt answer ! I did again the LOUD PEDAL CALIBRATION Result : Loud stroke : 14,51mm Stroke check : OK Calibration : All OK Result is the
2009-05-18 by athomik
The pedal should not need any extra cooling. You need to make sure that the pedal is properly set up (get your technician to check) and the solenoids need to
2009-05-18 by julien.roche@ymail.com
Hi, Again problem with my grand piano that stops right pedal working after about 40 minutes of normal work because of overheating protection. Anybody has
2009-05-15 by Phil Mallory
Hi Joel, I am a professional musician/teacher in the Los Angeles area, and I know almost all the best teachers and players. Call me so I can get an idea of
2009-05-15 by Joel
Does anyone have a suggestion for a piano teacher in Los Angeles? I m an intermediate player on my very best days) and am looking for a new teacher, hopefully
2009-05-14 by Spencer_Lists
Greetings Mark, It looks like APC had the sense to put fuses in their phone and data protectors (many don t)as I had recommended. It is not clear if they will
2009-05-14 by Mark
I think APC (American Power Conversion) makes some of the UPS (Uninteruptable Power Supply) backup power systems with RJ-45 ports to protect the RJ-45 LAN
2009-05-14 by Spencer_Lists
Greetings MichaelFirst, I don t have lightening in California much but I do have the worlds worse electrical distribution system and have had many power surges
2009-05-14 by MichaelFirst Name Boyd
A week ago tomorrow we had a lighting storm. I have the M4 on its own circuit and of course plugged into a nice surge protector. However, I have a LAN
2009-05-07 by lowdebt4me
Thanks for the responses, Phil Becker and Spencer_Lists! In looking around the web, I find that the WIDI device, although still available, is no longer being
2009-05-07 by Spencer_Lists
Greetings lowdebt4me, my high speed internet is down and will be for weeks so i can not check on the availability of WIDI bit it was there, the last time i
2009-05-06 by Phil Becker
I have done this successfully for several years now using a pair of devices by CME called the WIDI-X8 . I bought them online and found them using a search
2009-05-06 by lowdebt4me
Thanks for the response, Spencer_Lists, I saw one of those and I believe they are no longer being manufactured. Plus, for the price, I think I might as well
2009-05-06 by Spencer_Lists
Greetings lowdebt4me, There is a device called WIDI that send midi two way between the pairs of units. You can connect with MIDI or USB. They also have a small
2009-05-06 by lowdebt4me
I don t think one of those Bluetooth adapters will work. All of the ones I can find are designed to enable a computer to hook up to a bluetooth-enabled
2009-05-06 by Dokhanchi
I don t think the midi connection has any power. The midi-to-usb cable I bought off of Ebay is powered by the USB port on the laptop. The cable has a little
2009-05-06 by lowdebt4me
I d like to connect my Mark III disklavier wirelessly to my desktop computer (they are located in different rooms). My compuer is bluetooth-enabled. Would it
2009-05-04 by Keith Yamaha
My wife loves her new Mk 4, however she is getting frustrated with figuring out how to record multiple tracks. She wants to play/ record one track, then play
2009-04-29 by sma3us
Thanks folks for all your replies. I feel safer going for the generic replacment option. Yamaha quoted me a price of $253.20 but said I might be able to get
2009-04-29 by Phil Blah
Hey guys, You might remember my ramble about trying to upgrade my 80GB HD to a much larger HD, for 3 reasons, 1 space, 2 improved performance, 3 fail
2009-04-29 by Phil Blah
Hello Steve, I think I mentioned this ages ago, a Yamaha battery was $261 (what a bloody joke) and I ended up finding a compatable one for $33 it works
2009-04-29 by Sam Sheleby
I too got one for laptop for less and it works fine. I think it s the higher rated one. ... From: Cheetham Subject: [disklavier] Re:
2009-04-29 by Cheetham
The PRC is a Sharp Zaurus PDA and I got a replacement generic battery from laptopsforless.com for about $20 and it works just fine. The original was starting
2009-04-28 by Brian Bonewitz
I had the same problem with my battery going bad. I called Batteries Plus and got a replacement, exact OEM specifications and they guarantee no problems. It
2009-04-28 by sma3us
Hi folks, My battery for my MKIV PRC-100 is on its last leg. I m looking to replace with a battery compatible with the Sharp EA-BL08 that it came with
2009-04-27 by Todd Muncy
The following forwarded email is self explanatory. I am forwarding it to the Yahoo Disklavier Group since the Google Group never really caught on and is
2009-04-25 by jheitzeb1
If this is a DKVBrowser question it is probably best addressed over on the DKVBrowser forum. However, you could use the pda to do what I would think would
2009-04-25 by Jeff Kovitz
I have a smart pianosoft diskette and cd. If I want to copy a couple of tracks from the Diskette and CD onto the piano and use the Browser to control it, can I
2009-04-20 by Kevin Goroway
With much thanks and appreciation to Spencer, I m happy to provide a link to his hard work: http://www.spencerserolls.com/On_off-gradual_pedalingTK_test3.zip
2009-04-18 by Kevin Goroway
Since I m the one who asked for this in the first place, I d be happy to test it out for you... Furthermore, if you d like to share the source code with me, I
2009-04-18 by Phil Blah
Hey Guys, Was just wondering if it s possible to get a QRS SyncAlong DVD to work with a Yamaha Disklavier M4.. I know that QRS are the big arch enemy lol but
2009-04-17 by Spencer_Lists
Greetings athomik, I have utility for converting proportional pedaling to on / off pedaling, not the reverse. I also have an option in MidiMod2 to set the max
2009-04-17 by George F. Litterst
Good morning, everyone. ... It is true that there are digital pianos, portable keyboards, and other tone generators that do not understand incremental pedal
2009-04-17 by athomik
Have a look at the utilities available on http://www.carolrpt.com/softwaredwnld.htm athomik
2009-04-17 by athomik
The Mark IV uses a linear encoder to obtain pedal information, which means that every time the pedal sensor passes another mark on the encoder, it will
2009-04-17 by Kevin Goroway
I think this reflects cakewalk s representation more than it represents yamaha s cleverness. Yamaha supports different degrees of the pedal being down.
2009-04-17 by Phil Blah
Hey Kevin, It s funny as I noticed MIDI files recorded with the MK4 have the pedal very strange. Using Cakewalk on a normal midi file the pedal symbol is there
2009-04-16 by Freeman Richard
Joan, thanks for the info! Will give it a try.
2009-04-16 by jheitzeb1
I use a program for the Mac called MidiSwing (free) to do editing of midi file names. I just checked their site and they also have a reference to a software
2009-04-16 by Freeman Richard
I also have a Mark II XG (DSC2) without the DCD-1. Having a bit of envy for Mark IV capabilities, I set upon a task to try to emulate capabilities via
2009-04-16 by George F. Litterst
Good morning, everyone. ... Congratulations on the purchase. I have a similar instrument: DC3 Pro Mark IIXG. (Your is actually a Mark IIXG; there were no Mark
2009-04-15 by rondisklavier
Hi, I have MX100, the electronic is not stable, keep reboothing all the time. I want to replace the electronic portion of the disklavier. Could please tell me
2009-04-15 by athomik
Get your piano technician to check that the pedals are set up correctly. I ve often come across Disklaviers which have been moved recently, where the lyre
2009-04-14 by John Cheever
My DC3 Pro Mark II arrived yesterday, what an awesome piano. Of course, it came with no documentation and no disks, so I ve yet to feel the full power of
2009-04-14 by Mark Fontana
... They are probably concerned that some users will record the stream. Changes to the older Disklaviers firmware would be necessary to prevent that; they
2009-04-14 by uecker.juneau@juno.com
If an older model Disklavier can be interfaced to an on-line computer via the MIDI port, I don t see why Yamaha can t come up with a method to allow on-line
2009-04-14 by kgoroway
I m pretty sure that I ve seen mention of a tool that will convert MIDI files from on/off pedaling to gradual (or continuous). Of course, it won t magically
2009-04-14 by athomik
This feature can only be implemented on instruments which have network capability, i.e. some very recent models. Since the DU1A MkIII doesn t have network
2009-04-10 by Joel Ronkin
Does this mean that Yamaha is planning to make the radio feature available to DU1A Mark III users eventually, or is it really just old information repackaged?