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Seek Pneumatic Reader for Piano Rolls
By Duaine Hechler

Does anyone out there have a replacement, solenoid driven, system
to replace the pneumatic player stack _but_ still play regular rolls
by vacuum?

Duaine Hechler
St. Louis, MO

 [ I just acquired a discarded Pianomation solenoid player system.
 [ Next I'll assemble a pneumatic reader using pouch switches such
 [ as described at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/vanceSwitch1.html
 [ "Pneumatic Switch Assembly for Reading Music Rolls", by Richard
 [ Vance.  I can't use an optical reader because I have too many
 [ rolls with transparent tape covering unwanted holes.  -- Robbie

(Message sent Sat 20 Dec 2003, 16:32:10 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

Key Words in Subject: Piano, Pneumatic, Reader, Rolls, Seek

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