Hofbauer Micro Box
By Robbie Rhodes
[ Editor's Note:
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[ Back in June, Hal O'Rourke posed a question about the
[ Hofbauer system. Quite a bit off "side" correspondence
[ went on, but the results were never sent out to the
[ group. Hal reminded me today -- he was not included
[ the "side" conversations. Oops. Sorry! Here's the
[ correspondence, some of it translated from German by
[ Robbie Rhodes.
[
[ Jody
Hal O'Rourke wrote in Digest 960613:
> Several years ago I know there were some people trying to
> 'understand' the Hofbauer 'black box' system used on their monkey
> organs and similar products. Did anyone make any progress? I'm
> considering buying a used instrument and have heard horror stories
> about maintainability, availability of factory support, cost of
> factory repair, and availability of music.
>
> Any assistance or comments by private e-mail would be appreciated.
I have collected the responses and translated some interesting material sent by Claus Kucher. I'm sorry that there's been a bit of a delay.
Robbie
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