Disklavier

I have passed by a number of DKs at hotels, etc. where there was a plastic
face plate screwed in place over the front that somehow attached to the side
mounting screws.

 

Any one know where these come from?

 

It protects the mechanism from anyone ejecting CDs or FDs.

 

--Aaron in SF . MKIII

 

  _____  

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Michael Weinstock
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:31 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit

 

Hi Mark,

My MkIII control box has suffered damage from my nearly 3yo toddler on a
couple of occasions.  In the first instance, she decided to rip the CD tray
right out of the control box !  After I composed myself... I very gingerly
took apart the control box and managed to get the CD tray mechanism back
into place.  It still plays fine now, but sometimes needs a little help
ejecting the CDs.  (small amount of leverage applied to the front face
against the control box chassis with a thin, blunt implement.

 

The CD drive is a generic Panasonic 24X CR-ROM model # CR-176-B .    You can
pickup a 2nd hand drive on ebay for ~USD$30  .  Beats the USD$250 I was
originally quoted from a spare parts rip off merchant.  Even though the
original drive stills works, I decided to order a replacement drive just in
case as to the best of my knowledge these CD drive units are no longer
produced.

 

More recently, the same toddler managed to jam the floppy drive door open.
I suspect she 'ripped' out a floppy disk at a weird angle and caught the
metal guides, bending them.  I managed to bend them back with a couple of
fine screwdrivers through the drive door.

 

BTW, I would not recommend for anyone to take apart their control box for
repairs unless they are very comfortable in dismantling and reassembling
sensitive electronic and mechanical componentry.

 

Bottomline, I would be very willing to pay for such a locking device.  It
took me years to save up for my disklavier.. and to come home from work at
the end of a long day to find my piano has been damaged in a few moments of
unsatisfactory levels of supervision is heartbreaking.  I have seen floppy
drive locks in the past, but to my way of thinking, its the CD drive which
is the most vulnerable to toddler damage. 

 

If anyone knows of a MKIII control box lockable cover, I'd dearly like to
buy one too !

 

Regards,

 

Michael Weinstock

Melbourne, Australia

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Monday, 3 December 2007 5:25 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover 
for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have two 
toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive. 

We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that 
their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire 
face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the 
keyboard; just the electronic parts).

Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen anything on 
the Yamaha site or online.

Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano 
security not a big issue? :)

Mark

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover 
for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have two 
toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive. 

We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that 
their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire 
face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the 
keyboard; just the electronic parts).

Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen anything on 
the Yamaha site or online.

Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano 
security not a big issue? :)

Mark

This is not something Yamaha ever produced (at least not for Europe). I've never seen anything like this on any of the hotel/bar/restaurant pianos I've serviced so I guess it must be a custom installation.

athomik

On Dec 3 2007, Mark wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover
>for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have two
>toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive.
>
>We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that
>their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire
>face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the
>keyboard; just the electronic parts).
>
>Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen anything on
>the Yamaha site or online.
>
>Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano
>security not a big issue? :)
>
>Mark
>
>

Hi Mark,

My MkIII control box has suffered damage from my nearly 3yo toddler on a
couple of occasions.  In the first instance, she decided to rip the CD tray
right out of the control box !  After I composed myself... I very gingerly
took apart the control box and managed to get the CD tray mechanism back
into place.  It still plays fine now, but sometimes needs a little help
ejecting the CDs.  (small amount of leverage applied to the front face
against the control box chassis with a thin, blunt implement.
 
The CD drive is a generic Panasonic 24X CR-ROM model # CR-176-B .    You can
pickup a 2nd hand drive on ebay for ~USD$30  .  Beats the USD$250 I was
originally quoted from a spare parts rip off merchant.  Even though the
original drive stills works, I decided to order a replacement drive just in
case as to the best of my knowledge these CD drive units are no longer
produced.
 
More recently, the same toddler managed to jam the floppy drive door open.
I suspect she 'ripped' out a floppy disk at a weird angle and caught the
metal guides, bending them.  I managed to bend them back with a couple of
fine screwdrivers through the drive door.
 
BTW, I would not recommend for anyone to take apart their control box for
repairs unless they are very comfortable in dismantling and reassembling
sensitive electronic and mechanical componentry.
 
Bottomline, I would be very willing to pay for such a locking device.  It
took me years to save up for my disklavier.. and to come home from work at
the end of a long day to find my piano has been damaged in a few moments of
unsatisfactory levels of supervision is heartbreaking.  I have seen floppy
drive locks in the past, but to my way of thinking, its the CD drive which
is the most vulnerable to toddler damage. 
 
If anyone knows of a MKIII control box lockable cover, I'd dearly like to
buy one too !
 
Regards,
 
Michael Weinstock
Melbourne, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Monday, 3 December 2007 5:25 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit



Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover 
for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have two 
toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive. 

We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that 
their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire 
face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the 
keyboard; just the electronic parts).

Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen anything on 
the Yamaha site or online.

Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano 
security not a big issue? :)

Mark

Greetings Mark,

from reading other postings, it looks like there may be no stock plastic cover for the control box. however, there are plastic fabricators all over the place. TAP plastics (not by any means the best but they have chain retail outlets all over the place) does simple fabrication jobs. unless you can come up with an elegant design and specify it with materials that they have on hand (acrylic and polycarbonate clear plastic and ready made hinges and possibly a lock hasp but you could install one afterwards) they are not likely to be able to design it unless there is a particularly motivated employee at a particular branch. if they can't do any more, they should be able to cut and fold a simple cover. they even have laser cutting machines at most branches so they can make complicated cuts to a sheet and fold it into a box. the plastics can also be cut into simple rectangles and solvent glued together. 

Sunday, December 2, 2007, 10:24:59 PM, you wrote:
> Hi there,

> I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover 
> for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have two
> toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive. 

> We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that 
> their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire 
> face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the 
> keyboard; just the electronic parts).

> Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen anything on
> the Yamaha site or online.

> Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano 
> security not a big issue?  

> Mark

>  

-- 
Best regards,
Spencer_Lists Chase        mailto:lists@...
67550 Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville,  CA 95542    Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454    UPS only.
Spencer@...
http://www.spencerserolls.com
http://www.spencerserolls.com/MidiValve.htm
(707) 984-8356

pre-Christmas Greetings,

I have just uploaded a free file to my website. It is a "Christmas Carillon" player for your MIDI file player. I have tested it on my computer and pianos and have had a few friends test it but it would be good to hear if it works from others.

The program implements a "Virtual Carillon" which plays selected MIDI (or other media files such as mp3) files on a scheduled basis. At any specified time, file playing automatically begins.

As configured, "carillon.exe" will play "Westminster" chimes on the hour and then play a Christmas Carol. Default playing is with the "Windows Media Player" using the default MIDI device. Following the simple installation instructions will create this default configuration. Just unzip the downloaded file and read the simple instructions in the "readme_first.txt" file. This will play the music on you computer sound card unless your computer configuration is highly unusual. 

If you have the ability to connect your computer to your Disklavier or PianoDisc piano you can configure "carillon.exe" to play your piano instead. You will need to read the "use of carillon.doc" or "use of carillon.pdf" file for advanced instructions. Don't be intimidated. You can set up this program to do all sorts of fun things so the manual is several pages long. To have the program play your piano, you just need to change the MIDI device that "Windows Media Player" uses. Look for instructions in the "use of" file.

If you download the program, please let me know if it works or if you have any problems. I will never know if I don't hear from people who try it. If you find the manual confusing, please let me know.

I believe I have the MIDI files set up to play the piano and chime parts correctly. If you play on your Disklavier or PianoDisc (with built in accompaniment synthesizer) and both a chime and piano part do (or do not) please let me know.

The Christmas Carols are from Reproducing Piano Rolls from Ampico and Duo-Art but you can substitute any files that you prefer.
-- 
Best regards,
Spencer_Lists Chase        mailto:lists@...
67550 Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville,  CA 95542    Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454    UPS only.
Spencer@...
http://www.spencerserolls.com
http://www.spencerserolls.com/MidiValve.htm
(707) 984-8356

Greetings,

forgot one little, the link to my Christmas Carillon Program
http://www.spencerserolls.com/Carillon_Program_and_files_Christmas.zip


Best regards,
Spencer_Lists Chase        mailto:lists@...
67550 Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville,  CA 95542    Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454    UPS only.
Spencer@...
http://www.spencerserolls.com
http://www.spencerserolls.com/MidiValve.htm
(707) 984-8356

I am an owner of a Mark III.  My todler broke off the CD tray on my 
unit as well.  I went to the local Yamaha dealer and he order a 
Yamaha cover that consisted of a new bracket to hold the controller 
to the bottom of the piano, with a locking plastic cover.  The remote 
works throug the plastic.

My only criticism was that the holes in the new bracket do not 
exactly fit the existing holes in the piano.  I fixed this by 
drilling a new hole in the bracket -- not into the piano...


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Spencer_Lists <lists@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings Mark,
> 
> from reading other postings, it looks like there may be no stock 
plastic cover for the control box. however, there are plastic 
fabricators all over the place. TAP plastics (not by any means the 
best but they have chain retail outlets all over the place) does 
simple fabrication jobs. unless you can come up with an elegant 
design and specify it with materials that they have on hand (acrylic 
and polycarbonate clear plastic and ready made hinges and possibly a 
lock hasp but you could install one afterwards) they are not likely 
to be able to design it unless there is a particularly motivated 
employee at a particular branch. if they can't do any more, they 
should be able to cut and fold a simple cover. they even have laser 
cutting machines at most branches so they can make complicated cuts 
to a sheet and fold it into a box. the plastics can also be cut into 
simple rectangles and solvent glued together. 
> 
> Sunday, December 2, 2007, 10:24:59 PM, you wrote:
> > Hi there,
> 
> > I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic 
cover 
> > for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I 
have two
> > toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive. 
> 
> > We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw 
that 
> > their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the 
entire 
> > face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the 
> > keyboard; just the electronic parts).
> 
> > Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen 
anything on

> > the Yamaha site or online.
> 
> > Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano 
> > security not a big issue?  
> 
> > Mark
> 
> >  
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Spencer_Lists Chase        mailto:lists@...
> 67550 Bell Springs Rd.
> Garberville,  CA 95542    Postal service only.
> Laytonville, CA 95454    UPS only.
> Spencer@...
> http://www.spencerserolls.com
> http://www.spencerserolls.com/MidiValve.htm
> (707) 984-8356
>

Any good plastic sheet fabrication shop can make such a cover. They can 
be made by heat bending and by cut and solvent weld, probably the 
cheaper method.

Sounds like a great idea for protecting it from unauthorized use. You 
could still use the remote and play the pieces in memory.

Mark in Idaho

Aaron Zornes wrote:

>
> I have passed by a number of DKs at hotels, etc. where there was a 
> plastic face plate screwed in place over the front that somehow 
> attached to the side mounting screws.
>
> Any one know where these come from?
>
> It protects the mechanism from anyone ejecting CDs or FDs.
>
> --Aaron in SF \ufffd MKIII
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
> *On Behalf Of *Michael Weinstock
> *Sent:* Monday, December 03, 2007 4:31 AM
> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* RE: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> My MkIII control box has suffered damage from my nearly 3yo toddler on 
> a couple of occasions. In the first instance, she decided to rip the 
> CD tray right out of the control box ! After I composed myself... I 
> very gingerly took apart the control box and managed to get the CD 
> tray mechanism back into place. It still plays fine now, but sometimes 
> needs a little help ejecting the CDs. (small amount of leverage 
> applied to the front face against the control box chassis with a thin, 
> blunt implement.
>
> The CD drive is a generic Panasonic 24X CR-ROM model # CR-176-B . You 
> can pickup a 2nd hand drive on ebay for ~USD$30 . Beats the USD$250 I 
> was originally quoted from a spare parts rip off merchant. Even though 
> the original drive stills works, I decided to order a replacement 
> drive just in case as to the best of my knowledge these CD drive units 
> are no longer produced.
>
> More recently, the same toddler managed to jam the floppy drive door 
> open. I suspect she 'ripped' out a floppy disk at a weird angle and 
> caught the metal guides, bending them. I managed to bend them back 
> with a couple of fine screwdrivers through the drive door.
>
> BTW, I would not recommend for anyone to take apart their control box 
> for repairs unless they are very comfortable in dismantling and 
> reassembling sensitive electronic and mechanical componentry.
>
> Bottomline, I would be very willing to pay for such a locking device. 
> It took me years to save up for my disklavier.. and to come home from 
> work at the end of a long day to find my piano has been damaged in a 
> few moments of unsatisfactory levels of supervision is heartbreaking. 
> I have seen floppy drive locks in the past, but to my way of thinking, 
> its the CD drive which is the most vulnerable to toddler damage.
>
> If anyone knows of a MKIII control box lockable cover, I'd dearly like 
> to buy one too !
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Weinstock
>
> Melbourne, Australia
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>     [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mark
>     *Sent:* Monday, 3 December 2007 5:25 PM
>     *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>     *Subject:* [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit
>
>     Hi there,
>
>     I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover
>     for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have
>     two
>     toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive.
>
>     We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that
>     their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire
>     face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the
>     keyboard; just the electronic parts).
>
>     Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen
>     anything on
>     the Yamaha site or online.
>
>     Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano
>     security not a big issue? :)
>
>     Mark
>
>

If anyone needs a cover for their control unit, I would consider making 
some. I could use one myself. I would have to buy some supplies since 
the supplies I had when I did this kind of work making signs is too old.
Let me know if you are interested and I will try to put together a 
proposal.
I have looked at my control unit and I could make a cover that fits over 
and locks in place like a puzzle. An adult could easily get it off but a 
toddler would have a difficulty. I could also find some thumb screws to 
make them removeable without a screw driver.

Mark in Idaho


Mark wrote:
> Any good plastic sheet fabrication shop can make such a cover. They can 
> be made by heat bending and by cut and solvent weld, probably the 
> cheaper method.
>
> Sounds like a great idea for protecting it from unauthorized use. You 
> could still use the remote and play the pieces in memory.
>
> Mark in Idaho
>
> Aaron Zornes wrote:
>   
>> I have passed by a number of DKs at hotels, etc. where there was a 
>> plastic face plate screwed in place over the front that somehow 
>> attached to the side mounting screws.
>>
>> Any one know where these come from?
>>
>> It protects the mechanism from anyone ejecting CDs or FDs.
>>
>> --Aaron in SF \ufffd MKIII
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
>> *On Behalf Of *Michael Weinstock
>> *Sent:* Monday, December 03, 2007 4:31 AM
>> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>> *Subject:* RE: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> My MkIII control box has suffered damage from my nearly 3yo toddler on 
>> a couple of occasions. In the first instance, she decided to rip the 
>> CD tray right out of the control box ! After I composed myself... I 
>> very gingerly took apart the control box and managed to get the CD 
>> tray mechanism back into place. It still plays fine now, but sometimes 
>> needs a little help ejecting the CDs. (small amount of leverage 
>> applied to the front face against the control box chassis with a thin, 
>> blunt implement.
>>
>> The CD drive is a generic Panasonic 24X CR-ROM model # CR-176-B . You 
>> can pickup a 2nd hand drive on ebay for ~USD$30 . Beats the USD$250 I 
>> was originally quoted from a spare parts rip off merchant. Even though 
>> the original drive stills works, I decided to order a replacement 
>> drive just in case as to the best of my knowledge these CD drive units 
>> are no longer produced.
>>
>> More recently, the same toddler managed to jam the floppy drive door 
>> open. I suspect she 'ripped' out a floppy disk at a weird angle and 
>> caught the metal guides, bending them. I managed to bend them back 
>> with a couple of fine screwdrivers through the drive door.
>>
>> BTW, I would not recommend for anyone to take apart their control box 
>> for repairs unless they are very comfortable in dismantling and 
>> reassembling sensitive electronic and mechanical componentry.
>>
>> Bottomline, I would be very willing to pay for such a locking device. 
>> It took me years to save up for my disklavier.. and to come home from 
>> work at the end of a long day to find my piano has been damaged in a 
>> few moments of unsatisfactory levels of supervision is heartbreaking. 
>> I have seen floppy drive locks in the past, but to my way of thinking, 
>> its the CD drive which is the most vulnerable to toddler damage.
>>
>> If anyone knows of a MKIII control box lockable cover, I'd dearly like 
>> to buy one too !
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael Weinstock
>>
>> Melbourne, Australia
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>>     [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mark
>>     *Sent:* Monday, 3 December 2007 5:25 PM
>>     *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>>     *Subject:* [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive unit
>>
>>     Hi there,
>>
>>     I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover
>>     for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have
>>     two
>>     toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive.
>>
>>     We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that
>>     their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire
>>     face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the
>>     keyboard; just the electronic parts).
>>
>>     Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen
>>     anything on
>>     the Yamaha site or online.
>>
>>     Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano
>>     security not a big issue? :)
>>
>>     Mark
>>
>>  
>>     
>
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If anyone needs a cover for their contriol

Hi Mark,

Even with international shipping charges, I would still be interested.
Perhaps if you can make a prototype and share some photos with us ?  Also
interested in a rough idea of cost.

Taking a closer look at my control box, I notice that there are 4 rubber
feet on the bottom.  Since the unit never touches the ground, I'd be willing
to remove those rubber feet to accept a cover.  Rubber feet are often fitted
by hand so I'd expect there may be some small variation in placement between
like model control boxes.. Something to keep in mind when making custom
built plastic work.  On the bottom I also notice 3 indentations in the
center of the metalwork from front to back, possibly for ventilation ?
Those indentations I suspect would easily accept a pressure style 'clip
in'...  Easy for an adult to remove..  Not so easy for little fingers ;-)

Regards,

Michael in Melbourne
mweinstock@optusnet.com.au

-----Original Message-----
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 8:03 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Willing to make Locking plastic covers for floppy/CD
drive unit


If anyone needs a cover for their control unit, I would consider making 
some. I could use one myself. I would have to buy some supplies since 
the supplies I had when I did this kind of work making signs is too old. Let
me know if you are interested and I will try to put together a 
proposal.
I have looked at my control unit and I could make a cover that fits over 
and locks in place like a puzzle. An adult could easily get it off but a 
toddler would have a difficulty. I could also find some thumb screws to 
make them removeable without a screw driver.

Mark in Idaho


Mark wrote:
> Any good plastic sheet fabrication shop can make such a cover. They 
> can
> be made by heat bending and by cut and solvent weld, probably the 
> cheaper method.
>
> Sounds like a great idea for protecting it from unauthorized use. You
> could still use the remote and play the pieces in memory.
>
> Mark in Idaho
>
> Aaron Zornes wrote:
>   
>> I have passed by a number of DKs at hotels, etc. where there was a
>> plastic face plate screwed in place over the front that somehow 
>> attached to the side mounting screws.
>>
>> Any one know where these come from?
>>
>> It protects the mechanism from anyone ejecting CDs or FDs.
>>
>> --Aaron in SF . MKIII
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---
>>
>> *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
>> [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com]
>> *On Behalf Of *Michael Weinstock
>> *Sent:* Monday, December 03, 2007 4:31 AM
>> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>> *Subject:* RE: [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive
unit
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> My MkIII control box has suffered damage from my nearly 3yo toddler 
>> on
>> a couple of occasions. In the first instance, she decided to rip the 
>> CD tray right out of the control box ! After I composed myself... I 
>> very gingerly took apart the control box and managed to get the CD 
>> tray mechanism back into place. It still plays fine now, but sometimes 
>> needs a little help ejecting the CDs. (small amount of leverage 
>> applied to the front face against the control box chassis with a thin, 
>> blunt implement.
>>
>> The CD drive is a generic Panasonic 24X CR-ROM model # CR-176-B . You
>> can pickup a 2nd hand drive on ebay for ~USD$30 . Beats the USD$250 I 
>> was originally quoted from a spare parts rip off merchant. Even though 
>> the original drive stills works, I decided to order a replacement 
>> drive just in case as to the best of my knowledge these CD drive units 
>> are no longer produced.
>>
>> More recently, the same toddler managed to jam the floppy drive door
>> open. I suspect she 'ripped' out a floppy disk at a weird angle and 
>> caught the metal guides, bending them. I managed to bend them back 
>> with a couple of fine screwdrivers through the drive door.
>>
>> BTW, I would not recommend for anyone to take apart their control box
>> for repairs unless they are very comfortable in dismantling and 
>> reassembling sensitive electronic and mechanical componentry.
>>
>> Bottomline, I would be very willing to pay for such a locking device.
>> It took me years to save up for my disklavier.. and to come home from 
>> work at the end of a long day to find my piano has been damaged in a 
>> few moments of unsatisfactory levels of supervision is heartbreaking. 
>> I have seen floppy drive locks in the past, but to my way of thinking, 
>> its the CD drive which is the most vulnerable to toddler damage.
>>
>> If anyone knows of a MKIII control box lockable cover, I'd dearly 
>> like
>> to buy one too !
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael Weinstock
>>
>> Melbourne, Australia
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>>     [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mark
>>     *Sent:* Monday, 3 December 2007 5:25 PM
>>     *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>>     *Subject:* [disklavier] Locking plastic cover for floppy/CD drive 
>> unit
>>
>>     Hi there,
>>
>>     I was wondering if anyone's heard of or seen a locking plastic cover
>>     for the face of the electronic pieces of the Mark III unit. I have
>>     two
>>     toddlers who find it amusing to stick things in the disk drive.
>>
>>     We were at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and saw that
>>     their piano in the lobby had a locking plastic cover over the entire
>>     face of the area where you put the CD and floppy drives. (Not the
>>     keyboard; just the electronic parts).
>>
>>     Am hoping something like that is for sale, but haven't seen
>>     anything on
>>     the Yamaha site or online.
>>
>>     Any thoughts? Has anyone had this custom made, or is home piano
>>     security not a big issue? :)
>>
>>     Mark
>>
>>  
>>     
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You can get floppy drive locks have a look at this site and many 
others have the same sort of thing.

http://www.wedgwood-group.com/loxit_cd_dvd_drive_lock.htm

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