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Punching Rolls for Small Organs
By Bob Essex

Harald,  About two years ago I built a computer controlled punch in
order to produce punched rolls for Raffin 20- and 31-note organs.  It
also produces a 26-note version of the Raffin scale, and any other
scale you like, even 88-note piano music!

The computer software is designed to read standard MIDI files.  The
mechanics are quite simple and there is a relatively simple electronics
board to assemble.  It uses stepper-motors and the results are highly
accurate.

I wrote a small book which I sell, complete with a copy of the software,
for the equivalent of US$ 68.  The software is fully professional in
its concept.  It reads the MIDI file and converts to stepper motor and
punch commands via the printer port.

There is a user program in which you can enter all the parameters of
the roll you wish to punch: note scale, hole spacing, hole position,
motor stepping rates etc.

If you would like to know more, please mail me back and I will give
details and answer any questions.  My book is written specially for the
hobbyist and is selling well all over the world.

Bob Essex
Warwickshire, England


(Message sent Sun 27 Jun 1999, 18:30:35 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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