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20-note Punching Machine Built With Meccano
By Christofer Noering

Hello all MMD-ers!  Using Meccano parts I built a "Perforator Simplex,"
or punching machine for 20-note music rolls.  Of course, some parts
were to be machined from brass as the holes in the organ's tracker bar
are not spaced at quarter-inch intervals.  (In fact, the spacing is
a curious fraction of millimeters -- perhaps based on old French lines?)
I couldn't even use my 'X'-parts!

But most important of all, it makes _holes: good ones on ordinary paper
as used in printing calculators, and very good ones using plastic-coated
paper (which sadly doesn't come in rolls).

Is there any independent source for 20-note music roll paper and
perhaps empty spools?  Otherwise I'll have to build them from Meccano
as well. ;-)

Cheers from Sweden and happy Midsummer!

Christofer Nöring
Stockholm, Sweden

 [ Christofer sent a photo which I'll place at the MMDigest
 [ Pictures site, http://www.mmdigest.com/Pictures  -- Robbie


(Message sent Sun 22 Jun 2008, 20:28:54 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

Key Words in Subject:  20-note, Built, Machine, Meccano, Punching

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