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Sankyo 33-note Paper Strip Movement
By Robbie Rhodes

A recent journal article says that Sankyo Shoji will produce
a 33-note paper strip musical movement, like the Sankyo MM11 but
with a true chromatic gamma (scale).

Reference:

  "Le Rêveur, une composition originale pour boîte à musique", par
Yves Strobbe, Musiques Mécaniques Vivantes, Revue de l'Association
des Amis des Instruments et de la Musique Mécanique, No. 71 (2eme
trimestre 2009), Juillet 2009, pages 32-33.

  En plus de ce modèle à 20 lames, la firme Sankyo a relancé -- depuis
  peu -- la fabrication d'un modèle chromatique -- à une basse près! --
  à 33 lames, mais de même étendue (et également une gamme à une lame
  par note).

My translation:

  In addition to the model of 20 blades, the Sankyo firm has recently
  restarted the manufacture of a chromatic model -- with a near bass --
  of 33 blades, but of the same compass (and also a scale of one blade
  per note).

I find nothing about this at the Nidec Sankyo Shoji Corporation
web pages:

  http://www.nidec-sankyoshoji.co.jp/ 
  http://www.nidec-sankyoshoji.co.jp/e/top.html 

Does anybody have more information about the (revived) Sankyo 33-note
punched paper strip movement?

Robbie Rhodes - Mechanical Music Digest
Etiwanda, Calif.
http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/S/sankyo.html 


(Message sent Tue 11 Aug 2009, 23:07:16 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  33-note, Movement, Paper, Sankyo, Strip

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