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Dulcitone 'Piano'
By Jim Heyworth

Hello to all in MMD Land.  First of all, my apologies because a
Dulcitone is not an automatic instrument.

Nevertheless it is similar in many ways to a piano, so somebody out
there may have met one along the way.  Basically it is a small piano-
like, 61-note, small keyboard instrument with a sort of upside-down
grand-like action that plays a set of tuning forks.  It appears to be
somewhat cheaply built and could have been made around the turn of the
century.

Now that I found one at a "really good price" I have to figure out how
best to repair/restore it.

I would be delighted to hear from anyone who has worked on one of these
instruments or who knows of a source of usable information on repair or
restoration.

Thanks in advance,

Jim Heyworth,
Sechelt, B.C., Canada

 [ There are "Keyboard Techs" who specialize in maintaining portable
 [ piano-like instruments.  The Dulcitone resembles both the Wurlitzer
 [ and Rhodes portable 'pianos' made in the 50's, and which still
 [ have a cult following them.  Ask at a cosmopolitan music store.
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Tue 2 Dec 1997, 23:25:01 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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