[ Matthew Caulfield wrote in translation:

> The entry fee is 5, reduced 3 euro including exhibition entry.
>
> (This last about the entry fee is not clear to me, but I am not
> going anyway.)

Well, the reduced fee would match for Matthew; as far as I know he's
retired and could claim the reduced fee (as for students, too).

The lecture was a great success.  We hadn't enough chairs and after one
hour the condensed moisture of the room was running down the cold window
panes.  After two hours I tried to calm down the discussions, looking
for an end, and it came at last at three hours.

And what a nice surprise!  After Ludwig Peetz lectured about the carbon
rods and reported Jim Crank's memories about them [060106 MMDigest],
one of Edwin Welte's granddaughters stood up and told us that she could
come up with one she found in the house, but before the lecture she
wouldn't have known what it could have been.

She lives now in Edwin's house and frequently comes to the museum to
bring some excavations.  So I'm waiting for the carbon rods now.

Kind regards from Freiburg
Gerhard Dangel, Augustinermuseum

 [ I asked Gerhard if the critical question was answered, "Were
 [ Welte-Mignon piano rolls produced using a velocity recorder to
 [ establish the expression?"  He replied, "It's 99 percent certain
 [ the editors had the velocity information."  -- Robbie