<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I forwarded the information and = pics of the mini schulz player to Art Reblitz, a personal friend.  As some of = you know Art is among the world's authority on the restoration and history of = players and other mechanical music machines.  He has published an impressive number of papers, books and articles on the = subject, (in addition to his famous piano tech book).  Art is a somewhat = private individual and does not openly share his e-mail, address, or phone = number so I will not disclose them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>His brief response to the Schulz player = is as follows:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>The player (Recordo?) in a Schulz grand doesn't surprise me, but = the 73-note scale is very rare. It probably has little collectors' = value.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Over the years I've seen one 65-note Aeolian upright made = circa 1907, which looked just like a little player piano, and a Columbus Boudoir = (sp?) piano---a perfectly proportioned upright player with a scale of approx. = 56 keys. The player had been removed. </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>A lot of things were tried, but few had great commercial success, = judging by how few remain.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Best regards,</DIV> <DIV>Art</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, = NV</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>