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FS: 88-note Telectra Player Mechanism
By Bob Billings

For sale: Telectra 88-note player, not installed in a piano.  It was
designed to be installed in a straight piano.  Includes two consoles
(roll readers) and a stack, all complete but unrestored.

This is the Tel-Electric Company's answer to Welte.  It dates from
about 1912, when the company began recording actual performances by
name artists.  The expression system is quite sophisticated, with a
split stack and many levels of intensity and accents.  It uses brass
rolls, which are available separately.  Included is our Tel-Electric
book, which contains extensive technical information, diagrams, etc.,
as well as a catalog of all the known rolls.

Price: $1,000, which is less than I paid for it.

Bob Billings
<toadhall@sprynet.com>
tel.: 1-775-853-4659


(Message sent Mon 1 Aug 2005, 03:14:03 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  88-note, FS, Mechanism, Player, Telectra

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