I came across this October 1995 Popular Mechanics 'Time Machine'
clipping about an original Violano article that was published in that
magazine's October 1905 issue - Volume VII, No. 10.

If someone has that issue it would sure be neat to have the article
scanned or transcribed for the Digest.

Secondly, if anyone has the late 1949 through 1950 Volumes of Popular
Mechanics (or Popular Science), could I impose upon you to leaf through
them looking for advertising or a blurb about the 1950 Aeolian American
Pianola keytop piano player 'appliance', as seen in the second image?
If and when you find it please e-mail me directly -- compensation
offered for the page or the issue.

With fingers crossed,

Dave Kerr
sprocket@orc.ca

 [ The Pianola keytop player is now at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/
 [ but we can't reproduce the 1995 clipping without permission from the
 [ magazine.  I think that the article in the 1905 issue of Popular
 [ Mechanics would be very interesting.  I hope someone can locate an
 [ original issue of the magazine for Dave.  -- Robbie