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Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc

2014-02-07 by Spencer Chase

ohhhh! that could be a real mess if it is onboard. i doubt that Yamaha 
has any tools for recovering. getting the specs for the memory chip, 
reading it page by page and reconstructing the files would be a major 
project.

On 2/7/2014 9:31 AM, Bill Brandom wrote:
> Hi Spencer,
>
> The DKC55RCD has 16 MB of flash memory.
>
> Bill
>
> On Feb 7, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Spencer Chase <lists@... 
> <mailto:lists@...>> wrote:
>
> hard to imagine an OS that could be so badly written as to scramble 
> the disc directory but this could have happened? personally, i would 
> remove the drive and try to read it in computer. data recovery is 
> usually possible even if the directory is missing or scrambled. having 
> it recovered professionally is expensive but there are programs that 
> you can buy to do it yourself.
>
> On 2/7/2014 8:26 AM, Bill Brandom wrote:
>> Hi Herb,
>>
>> Can he access the memory disks? If so, all music is gone from each of 
>> the 16 memory disks?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2014, at 4:00 AM, <herblindahlpianotuning@... 
>> <mailto:herblindahlpianotuning@...>> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings to the group from Connecticut. My name is Herb Lindahl and 
>> I have been in the Piano Tuning and Restoration business for 30 
>> years. I have a client here in CT with a Disklavier with the DKC55rcd 
>> Control unit. He has owned it about ten years. He has made many 
>> recordings of himself playing over the years. Recently, his young 
>> daughter was recording herself playing, and while the song was saving 
>> to a memory disk, she, by accident shut the unit off. Now my client 
>> cannot access any of the music he had stored on the unit. Is there a 
>> way to restore his music, or could it all be lost ?
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Herb Lindahl
>> 860-644-9407
>
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>
> Best regards, Spencer Chase
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> 

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Best regards, Spencer Chase
67550-Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
Spencer@...
http://www.spencerserolls.com
(707) 984-8356
(425) 791-0309

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