I have a copy of their entire database on my MEGA drive. One legitimate resource is, which is also quite a large repository. There are several large online repositories in both eSEQ and MIDI formats. Older disks on eBay are seldom tested, so there’s some risk of receiving junk disks. In addition to the originals you might have, you can sometimes find these on eBay or at local music stores.
Obtaining even More eSEQ Files from the Internet The Player Piano Floppy Backup Utility v1.4 His disklav.py tool is available on GitHub. Most notably, there was a Hack-a-Day project by Tom Nardi that uses a Python script to copy the data off the floppies. It appears to run acceptably on Mac / Linux using emulators. It can read and save directly in eSEQ format, even if the disk it’s reading from is in MIDI. You can download it from him, or you can download ppfbu_v1.4_setup.exe from my MEGA drive. It’s freeware, but he requests donations. There are several tools that will allow you to read them: I use the Player Piano Floppy Backup Utility 1.4, created by Mark Fontana. They use a very primitive form of copy protection. (This is one more reason to back them up!)ĭisklavier floppy disks cannot be natively read by your computer, which makes them difficult to backup.
However, floppy disks often don’t age well, and are very susceptible to sunlight and magnetic fields. Original Yamaha floppy disks are the best source of these files. Using the tools below, you can convert MIDI files to eSEQ so that it will speak your Disklavier’s native language! If you’re adding new music to a floppy disk and have an older Disklaviers (including the popular MX100B), you’ll need to make sure the files are in Yamaha’s proprietary eSEQ format.
If you want your floppy disks files saved on a more modern media, you can also mail your floppy disks to me (please reach out to me at or through my Contact page). This post is intended to help you read from, write to, or replace Yamaha Disklavier floppy disks. And some are interested in writing altogether new songs to their floppies so they can finally listen to something new! Some of them just want to be able to backup their disks so they can make new ones later. Some of my customers choose to upgrade their older Disklavier’s floppy drive to a Nalbantov USB drive, and want to know how to copy songs from their old Disklavier floppy disks so they can put them on USB.
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