Disklavier Question

[Dave Smith]

Terry, from my limited knowledge of disklaviers, I would offer this.  Some
models have a silent mode, activated by a switch, which rotates a quiet-bar
down to stop the hammers before they hit the strings.  The speakers or
headphones then supply a digitized grand piano sound instead of the real
sound.  The quiet bar can become jammed if the action was pulled out when
the silent mode was engaged.  Then the disklavier and the acoustic piano
dont' work properly.  You might call Yamaha service while on the job if you
think this is a possibility.  They can walk you thru the fix procedure.
1-800-854-1569.

I am a little rusty on the exact details, but I think the generalities I
have offered are accurate.  The fix for this is a 2 minute job,  but I
hesitate to try to detail it after having wine with dinner tonight!

Also, I seem to recall that the computer might go nuts during a lightening
storm and forget which model Disklavier it is attached to.  It might begin
to believe it is attached to a silent model and act thusly.  So, again, call
Yamaha Service..  Hopefully your appointment is late morning or after, as
they are in CA.....

Dave Smith
SW FL  2.5 hours S of Tampa
Call me if you have lost ALL hope.\

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:55 PM
Subject: Disklavier Question


> I am stopping by a client's home tomorrow to look at her Yammy grand with
a Disklavier. I told her I only know a VERY little about them, but she wants
me to at least look at it (heck, maybe I'll find a cord not plugged in!).
She says the piano has been set up for two years, but only recently she
tried using it. She says the keys go up and down when she turns a disk on,
but the piano makes no noise (no music). She thinks it has the Quiet Time
feature (which I know almost nothing about).
>
> Anyone care to throw out a few things to look at? Thanks for any crumbs.
>
> Again, I know almost nothing about these things (give me an hour and a
bottle of rum and I MIGHT be able to figure out how to turn it on!).
>
> Terry Farrell
>
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