<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">RE: Lost motion.  I remember that the= plungers on the PianoDisc were spring loaded so that lost motion was taken = care of.  You can also run a program from the control box that adjusts = the intensity of each note indivudally to make a nice even soft.  I too= have worked on may reproducers from the past.  Playing discs that have= been transfered from reproducing rolls is almost as exciting.. Keyword is A= LMOST.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">   There is really nothing = like the sound of a well rebuilt Steinway DuoArt or Mason Ampico in my book.=   But I think I'm a bit prejudice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">And I might add, happily so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Arthur Marino</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>