<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 9" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C3F797.3FC4CB90" rel=File-List> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Comic Sans MS; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; = mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } P.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } SPAN.EmailStyle15 { COLOR: black; mso-style-type: personal-compose; mso-ansi-font-size: = 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; = mso-bidi-font-family: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Dean,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The only thing I remember from that era, = was a unit called the Organ-Matic Player unit, which sat on top of an = electronic organ. You put in the roll and it played the notes. It had to be hard = wired in though.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>On the push up units for pianos, that = played the keys with little fingers, that I have seen, were from around the turn of = the century.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have one that had been in a barn, = horrible shape. I just haven't got around to rebuilding it = yet.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I would be interested in hearing about = the newer version, of the "piano player".</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Snowed in here. The snow plough gave up = trying to clear a drift in front of my house, I guess it felt it shouldn't waste = time, and it went to roads it could clear. Worst blizzard since 1905, they say.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Oh, you lucky guys down South. (Gals too)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=DeanMay@PianoRebuilders.com href="mailto:DeanMay@PianoRebuilders.com">Dean May</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 20, 2004 = 10:52 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> player piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial = color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: = 12.0pt">I am looking for one of those player piano units sold in the 70’s or = 80’s I think that was portable from piano to piano. It was placed in front of the = piano and actually fit over the key tops, depressing the front of the keys to = work. Does anyone know where such a unit might be obtained? I am willing to = rebuild it. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial = color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: = 12.0pt"><![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial = color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: = 12.0pt">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial = color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: = 12.0pt"><![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><B= ><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=6><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; = FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: = 12.0pt">Dean</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=6><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; = FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: = windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: = windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Dean May<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes">        </SPAN>cell 812.239.3359</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: = windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">PianoRebuilders.com<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">   = </SPAN>812.235.5272</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: = windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Terre Haute IN<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>47802</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: = windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: = windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >