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Instructions for copying player piano floppy disks.
# The player piano takes 720k floppies. "Convert" 1.44MB floppies by putting a piece of tape over the lower right hole.
# Insert the original disk
# Make an image of the original disk:
ddrescue -b 512 -c 9 -d -r 20 /dev/fd0 classical1.img
# Insert the blank disk
# Format as 720k (Double Density)
superformat /dev/fd0 dd
# Copy the image to the new floppy
dd if=classical1.img of=/dev/fd0
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