Hi Chony,

When I got my Yamaha PSR3000, I asked my family to get me a 1 Gig Flash Drive for Christmas. I ended up getting two 1 Gigs, a 512MB and a 256MB. I have enough styles saved on the 1 Gig which would fill over 50 floppies, and I also have the registrations and midifiles of all the songs I've played saved on it...about 100. I use the second 1 Gig as a backup and duplicate all that's on the first flash drive. I still don't need the other two smaller flash drives after 6 months because the 1 Gig Flash Drives are less than half full.

When I went to Florida to be with some KB friends at a reunion, all I took was my 1 Gig Flash drive and used it in another PSR3000 another member had taken there. In your case, you had to rent the KB you needed.

I'm just an amateur who plays by ear; but would like to give you a suggestion that might be worthwhile. Why not get an external USB Floppy Drive for your TYROS-2 and hook it to the back of your TYROS-2 using a simple 4 Slot USB Hub to use as a backup too? I have both the 1 Gig Flash Drive and the USB Floppy plugged into the hub and can access whatever is on both at will just by accessing them in my KB.

If what happened to you happened again,and you had both the Flash Drive and USB Floppy Drive, you could transfer stuff from your Flash Drive onto a blank Floppy using any computer and then have the option of using any other Yamaha KB that has a Floppy Drive...for example, a PSR740, PSR2000,or TYROS-1. Finding another TYROS-2 might be very hard to find in some areas.

For a gig, you need only transfer the styles and registrations you need for the songs you planned to play onto a blank floppy and put it into an appropriate Yamaha KB with a floppy drive. Certain instruments might not work on the lesser KB's; but at least you would have something to work with.

I like the above because I can still use all my floppies from the PSR740 and put them into my PSR3000 or copy or cut and paste stuff either way directly using only the PSR3000 instead of needing a computer.

You may already know all this; but thought I'd advise in case anyone else might like the idea.

A few years ago, I played an Organ for a relative's wedding and had it break down about an hour after starting to play. So, I can relate to your horrible experience.

BTW, the way you dealt with your situation was very impressive; and it's great to know that you would pull out all the stops to make sure your client got what was requested.I hope they realize what you did for them. Congratulations.

Del