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QRS roll boxes are labeled Playasax but some adverts spell the name
Newly perforated Playasax rolls are available from
[published by QRS in the late 1930s]
1 -- Note that each Playasax roll has a slot in one end and a round hole in the other. The slotted end is the bottom and the end with the round hole is the top. To place this roll in position to play, adjust the bottom or slotted end in the roll holder with the left hand, then raise the spring roll holder at the top slightly to admit the Playasax roll with the round hole at the top, and the spring will go back into place and hold the roll firmly in position. 2 -- After placing the roll as directed in the left hand roll holder, draw the paper across the tracker bar of the Playasax or where the openings are across the front of the Playasax, and then thread the paper through the slot in the core of the empty roll on the right hand side, folding the end that comes through over slightly, and turn the crank away from you until the openings in the roll appear over the slots In the tracker bar. The Playasax is then ready to operate. 3 -- Take a firm hold of the lower part of the Playasax with the left hand and turn the crank away from you with the right hand. Turn the crank slowly and breathe or draw on the mouthpiece -- do not put the mouthpiece in your mouth; put your lips against it and simply breathe naturally into it -- do not draw or blow hard. Before the supply of air in your lungs been exhausted by blowing, start drawing on the mouthpiece and blow or draw in turn while you are turning the crank until the selection you have on the Playasax has been played through. You will find after doing this a time or two that the Playasax can be very easily played. 4 -- To reroll, press the crank IN or to the left, and turn the crank in the same direction you have been turning it to play, which is away from you, and when the roll has been completely wound back to the left hand side, release the pressure you have been putting on the crank and it will come back into position itself ready to play again. 5 -- Remember, you do not have to wind the roll off the core at any time except when you change rolls -- simply watch when you are through playing or rewinding and when you come to the end of the perforations in the roll, stop turning the crank before the paper is pulled away from the core. This will save you the bother of having to thread the paper back on the core each time. 6 -- You can play the Playasax as fast or as slowly as you choose according to your own idea of how the roll should be played. Simply suit yourself, but we recommend that you do not try to play it too fast, as you will get a far better result by using the slower motion with the crank. The Playasax rewind gear rewinds the roll three times as fast as it plays. QRS-DEVRY CORPORATION
11 May 2004, 25 May 2004 |
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