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Band Organ Electric Power in a Parade
By Rich Ingram 

Julie Porter wrote:

> How many other MMDers will be using their instruments in parades
> this year?  Or know of a parade that has mechanical music on floats?

I have powered my player in a few floats using an inverter (12 VDC to
120 VAC).  I have a 1500 watt unit that was able to run the piano for
hours on one full charge of a deep cycle storage battery.

Rich Ingram
Southern California

(Message sent Wed 22 Jun 2011, 14:03:17 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Band, Electric, Organ, Parade, Power
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