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[[Category:Yamaha]]

Latest revision as of 21:29, 28 August 2025

File Format
Name E-Seq
Ontology
Extension(s) .fil, .esq
PRONOM fmt/1960
Wikidata ID Q110254444
Released 1987

Yamaha developed the Disklavier reproducing piano to North America in 1987. At the time recordings and playback was via 3.5 2DD floppy disks.[1][2]

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[edit] Format Information

Disklavier recorded and played back in the E-Seq format[3] which pre-dated MIDI. Disks often contained a form of DRM which made copying the disk difficult.[4]

[edit] File Information

FIL files have a header which includes the ascii COM-ESEQ[5].

[edit] Software & Samples

[edit] References

  1. https://disklavier.com/history-of-the-disklavier
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disklavier#Early_models
  3. https://usa.yamaha.com/support/faq/pianos/1636.html
  4. https://hackaday.io/project/164793-hacking-yamaha-disklavier-floppies
  5. https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/12/08/pianosoft-dom-30/
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