Disklavier

Hi Carol
That's a good suggestion I have a laptop and I could just get a MIDI cable and do it that way.  I have Bill on Facebook so I'll ask him.  Mine's is a Japanese market model although I bought it here in Britain as it's a PPG-10R wagon control unit and that model was only sold in Japan so Bill told me.  I will ask him then.  Your probably right though these modules are probably incompatible with the wagon or the piano hammer or sensor boards and yeah they are pretty old and obsolete bits of gear and these are expensive prices for the tech when you can be a cheap MIDI cable and do a lot of the same stuff.  Reason I'm interested is because we may be getting a Disklavier for work or that's what I had in mind so if we got an older model this option could be good.
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My suggestion is that you email Bill Brandom, privately, before you buy anything! People who get ripped off the most are those trying to things on the cheap. I seriously doubt this DKC-6000CD will work. Each Disklavier model has different electronics and operation systems. They are not compatible with each other. As far as I know, only the add-on modules may work; the DCD1 and DSR1.

Bill Brandom is the ultimate guru of all things Disklavier and he is on this list. George Litterst is the ultimate guru of all things MIDI and wrote the manuals for the early model Disklaviers. I am only a Disklavier and piano technician who has dealt with many instruments in the field. The European models are different from the Disklaviers that were made for the North American market. Although the logic may be the same, the connectors are different. This is probably due to U.S. market being UL approved.

The cheapest way for you to not get ripped off is to use a laptop computer connected to the MIDI ports of your Disklavier. There is free software available to make file conversions and use CD.

Carol Beigel
www.midiplayertools.com