Hi Steve,

I will forward this letter to the Mechanical Music Digest. They
have a daily publication/newsletter and over 600 members. There
are lots of articles on the various electronic/solenoid players
and a number of members are actively involved in improving their
quality. Also, there are lots of articles in their archive. You
can see them by visiting the site at 'mmd.foxtail.com'. I strongly
suggest becoming a member of the group. Check out the details at
the site.

If you would like to be listed at PlayerCare as a Technician, check
out the Tech List Input Form at: www.playercare.com/techform.html

Musically,
John A. Tuttle (johntuttle@playercare.com)
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At 12:30  10/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>   Dear John,
>
> My name is Steve Oman and I've been a pianotech for 6+ years.  I have
> recently (January)  become the "PianoDisc Expert"  (according to the sales
> people and management) at the company I work for.   I went to Sacramento
> to be trained and certified by MSR to make all the problems go away.
>
> For the past months I have worked very hard to understand and make these
> systems perform the best that they can.  I have worked on many,  many units
> (big company), trying my best to make these machines perform at inhuman
> levels.  Like St. Seans Concerto (on that test disc) screaming at fff while
> the player system plays it back at ppp....
>
> What it is I would like to do here is to discover a "dialog" with other
> playertechs, so I can hear from others what works and what does not.
>
> I am a RPT if that matters to you and I really do have a passion for the
> beauty of the player piano, but I don't have the resource of information to
> make these things work better than they are designed to!
>
> I've also just started with the Baldwin Concertmaster,  so any info on that
> system would be fantastic!!
>
> Please help!   Thanks,  steve        soman@aol......
>
> PS   I will wait for an E-reply then possibly we could talk by phone. (much
> faster than my typing...)
>
>