> For the record, I replied to Gordon's question about escaine. > I did not advocate its use in player pianos. I don't either. The systems were designed around the physical characteristics of the leathers and felts available at the time, and worked quite well, and for a very long time with these materials. > This is certainly no big deal in this case, but confused attributions > live in the archives forever. > Tom Driscoll > P.S. I find players to the epitome of anachronism <G> > >>--- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> wrote: I consider players to be the epitome of the mechanical marvel - a pre-electronic source of magic which, like anything else, should be understood reasonably well in their original form before arbitrarily deviating from that original form. Ron N
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