Disklavier

Recently moved my Disklavier Upright to Retirement Home, which 
involved storing the Disklavier for about 2 months.

I play the Disklavier thru the DSR1 Module to take advantage of the 
MIDI Player, DD Floppies, and Tone Generator.

This Disklavier combination worked perfectly before the move.

When I moved the unit, I left the floppy in the Disklavier.

The following is occuring:

    The Disklavier is playing perfectly, then all of a sudden it 
zones out, stops playing for about 5 seconds and then starts to play 
again.

    The DSR1 appears to be working perfectly and during the piano 
zone out, the Tone Generator continues to work.

    I did notice on the Disklavier Display, the 01 for the floppy 
turns off, a message displays on the Disklavier, and it stops 
playing.  Then the number 01 comes back on, and the title of the 
floppy is displayed, and then the piano zones back in, and starts to 
play.  Also, I did notice the red LED below the floppy slot in on 
continuously (don't know if this did this prior to the move).  This 
occurs randomly with multiple floppies in the DSR1.

    It is almost like the floppy drive thinks that the diskette is 
missing and then realizes, "Oh, it is here all along"

One question I have is that with the DSR1 is inserting a floppy 
requried.  I thought it was, but in previous posts some people have 
indicated that they have gotten around bad floppy drives, by driving 
the MIDI interface.

My thoughts on "tracking down" the issue are as follows:

1)  Replacing the Floppy with the Disklavier and/or trying to clean 
the Disklavier Diskette Drive

2)  Opening up the Disklavier and making sure that the cable are 
secure to the Floppy Disk Drive.  Maybe loosened up during the move.

3)  Replace the Floppy Drive with a new one.

Any thought/diagnosis help would be appreciated.  This Forum is a 
wealth of information and people willing to help and I will 
appreciate any recommendations to assist me in solving this problem.

Thank you.

ralph_specht wrote:
> 
> 
> Recently moved my Disklavier Upright to Retirement Home, which
> involved storing the Disklavier for about 2 months.
> 
Is the floppy bumping and grinding during the zoned out period?
Can you play something from one of the "memory floppies" or even
copy the disk to one of those if you don't have anything stored there
(the first one usually has a few Yamaha test files in it if you
never wrote over it).

You should be able to play the memory songs or use the MIDI IN
without the floppy.   The diskette is not necessary for this.