A piano playing device was developed by a group of engineers in Tenn. working for Teledyne. It didn't do too well in the limited market and still had some problems. It was bought by Joseph Tushinski of Superscope, cleaned up and marketed as the Pianocorder. The pianocorder division of Marantz was under Superscope. Later, a spin off moved to N. Carolina and did the actual manufacturing of the units. They overproduced and had a two year inventory, the n..c. facility went out of busiiness, Superscope was sold and the new company sold the pianocorder div. to Yamaha. Yamaha wanted the patent rights so that they could market the Disklavier in this country. I've installed many of them and with a few exeptions they were a very reliable unit. That is of they were installed properly. I still hate to work on one that was installed by someone else. I've worked in electronics all my life, so it was a natural for me. Of those I've installed I've serviced less that 20% over the years. The biggest problem was always the actual tape recorder. I still have a large quantity of parts, tapes and few complete units for sale. Carl Meyer Santa Clara, Ca. JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote: > > This question ain't about the Conn, rather it is about the 'Marantz' of > pianocorder fame :-) Who made this thingee and or did Marantz actually make > their own? > Jim Bryant (FL)
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