Nix on that "one-lunger" terminology

Hello Terry (and the MMD readers),  _When_ are these put-down and
trivializing words for player pianos and rolls going to end?  We didn't
need "Half Duo-Art" or "snakebites" for the foot-impelled/pedal Duo-Art
and the Themodist or accent perforations, nor "cow and a calf" for the
external pump on electrically-pumped player grand pianos, and we
certainly don't need "one-lunger" for the Pedal Duo-Art expression box.

The accordion pneumatic assembly is a pneumatic substitute for the
Pianola graduation levers (of the Theme/Accompaniment knife valves),
and these sliding controls were in production _before_ the Duo-Art
actions were built, on what was billed as "The Electric Pianola" --
not to be confused with an 'electrified' Pedal Pianola Piano, installed
in a variety of versions going back to the 65-Note days.

(Don Rand in Maine has a Steinway & Sons upright which has a tracking
system and 65-note capability plus electric power; this is the 'electri-
fied' kind of instrument, and not a "Duo-Art without the automatic
expression unit", which is what "The Electric Pianola" was, also in
console (pushup) Pianola form as well.)

Lungs inhale and exhale.

The accordions just 'tug' on the graduations which a Pianolist can
use more effectively on most commercial rolls, especially for overriding
lackluster commercial Duo-Art arrangements.  It's a vacuum control
solely.  This is akin to "pumper" for pedal players, which is a term
for compressed-air, not vacuum.  A "pumper" is an antique fire engine
in this area of New England.

Most of these dopey terms are less than 20 years old, and they should
be retired, in my opinion.  They were obviously coined by the less
sophisticated rebuilders and collectors -- who often say "cobs" for the
rollers on Roller Organs -- and really shouldn't be spread around, when
the original terms are more descriptive anyway.

Regards from Maine,
Douglas Henderson
Artcraft Music Rolls
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/