> From: "Deland Robert" <Deland_Robert@macmail1.csg.mot.com>
> Subject: New electrical switches?  I hope?
>
> My reason for writing however is to say I have an upright Stoddard
> Ampico with a worn-out push-pull switch which forces me to manually
> shut off the piano after the roll is through rewinding.  I've asked
> everyone I know how to fix this, including Art Reblitz and Durrell
> Armstrong, and still no luck.  I agree with Craig, we really need a
> solution to this problem, and I could use one right now.

I'm an electronics engineer and I have access to switch data up the
wazoo. I'd be willing to burrow through catalogues for a few hours if I
had a clear idea of what to look for. As I don't have an Ampico of my
own to examine, I need either some paper documentation of the switch
(dimensioned sketch + photo of switch in place, if possible), or better
yet, a "pointer" to a suitable instrument in the Toronto area that I
could examine. (Or optionally the Chicago or Minneapolis areas -- I'm
travelling in a couple of weeks.) The latter option would probably give
me a better idea of what to look for, and would certainly be more fun.

- Colin
  asfi@interlog.com