Electramatic player

[John Ross]

Hi List,
I guess I didn't check out the origional message well enough.
I was thinking, the older players, not the plastic wanna'be's.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> Hi Clyde,
>
> I've always suspected they threw these 'player' actions in the pianos to
> sneak them out of the factory to get them the hell out from under foot in
> the first place. Kimball, Aeolian ('Standard', though not the original), and
> Wurlitzer all competed for a re-definition of 'wretched' by the example of
> their product. These wheezers were all still-born on the drawing board and
> weren't noticeably improved by whatever arbitrary re-engineering they
> enjoyed on the factory floor during production. The world will be a brighter
> place when these are finally gone.
>
> BTW, is there any way you can chuck the piano too? 'Artist spinit' is
> somewhat of an oxymoron, you know.
>
> JMNSHO, Ron
>
> >Friends:
> >
> >A high school I service has in one of its practice rooms a 1977 Kimball
> >"Artist Spinet" with a non-working Electramatic player.  Since I hate
> >trying to tune looking over or under this thing, would it be wrong of me
> >to suggest they let me remove the player action and chuck it?  Is there
> >enough value in this PSO to try to keep everything intact?  I suppose it
> >was a donated piano, and of course even without the player, it is what
> >it is.  :-(
> >
> >Clyde Hollinger
> >
>
>  Ron