Reader C:
I stumbled upon your electone blog and boy! Was happy to find it. I picked up electone when I was young, stopped but still have my el90 with me. I'm now in my 40s! I will still occasionally play it. Kinda sad to see its popularity declining.
I realised now that the latest model has no floppy disk drive! Was wondering if you know whether there's alternative to modify/install USB instead of buying a new model, in order to play the new books.
Teacher Dennis:
The short answer to your question is no, there's no way to install a USB drive to the EL model.
We're living in this destructive era, if you look at the telecommunication sector, from fix line, 2G, 3G, 4G and soon to be 5G, Yamaha Electone is not being spared either, the Floppy Disk is a dinasour now, Yamaha has to move along to adapt, henceforth the new model "Stagea".
Please feel free to "Test Drive" the new ELS 02 series at any Yamaha showrooms if possible , you're going to love it.
Reader C:
So sad to hear. Jus recheck my model it's el700 oops. And I was also told they don't accept trade-in any more..Sob sob sob u think any resale value? ;)
Btw Dennis do you teach outside of Yamaha? and besides electone, do you teach piano?
Teacher Dennis:
Yes! it's very sad and I feel for you, I threw away mine many years back.
Regarding the trade in, it is going to be difficult and may be impossible now, please try to contact the Yamaha's dealer Mr Anthony Soh at 6312xxxx for assistant, need to cross your fingers, LOL.
I'm currently teaching at Yamaha Plaza Sing and Sengkang branch, Electone only. Please call the respective branch for my available time slots if you're interested.
