I checked the instrument, the box, the rolls, and the roll boxes, only
to discover that it was spelled "PLAYASAX", in all caps in all these
places.
But in e-mail conversation, I usually refrain from typing all caps, so
have used "PlayASax" as a compromise, although I recognize that it was
(is) misleading. What say ye? Should we use "PLAYASAX"?
Or does the advertising use something else? Anybody have some to
consult?
Todd Augsburger
http://www.bright.net/~allmax/index.htm
[ Product names in the MMD Archives try to follow the conventions
[ used in the reference book "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical
[ Instruments". Author Q. David Bowers and his advisors seem to prefer
[ the name used by the manufacturer in correspondence or advertising
[ text. "Play-A-Sax" is the entry in the books index, and the advert
[ reproduced on page 776 says, "Music Rolls for Clarola or Play-A-Sax."
[ QRS evidently considered "PLAYASAX" a logotype, like "WurliTzer".
[ -- Robbie
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