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Seek Pianocorder Vorsetzer
By Isaac Oleg

Dear sirs,  I am a piano technician and rebuilder, and for some
time I am looking for a Vorsetzer, not only for fun, but also because
it may allow me to exercise new hammers before final voicing when
I repair a piano.

Today I had a phone call from a recording studio who wish to find
a Vorsetzer because a customer of theirs owns tapes recorded on a
Marantz Pianocorder in the 1970's and they want to have them played
back and recorded.

Short of finding a Vorsetzer, I think I have heard of possible
linkages to use any of the actual player actions, like Disklavier
or PianoDisc.  I'd like to understand what are the possibilities [to
play Pianocorder music on other systems].  I already understand that
the Pianocorder tape player has to run faster than usual.  Is this
equipment available, is there a way to transfer the tapes or have
them read to be played on another system ?

Thanks in advance for your enlightenment.  Incidentally, I am in
France; I have no particular contact with player piano specialists
here but I believe there are indeed some.

With best regards,
Isaac Oleg - PianoTech - Entretien et reparation de pianos
Vitry sur Seine, France
oleg-i@noos.fr.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ Visit Mark Fontana's "Pianocorder Resource" page:
 [ http://dp70.dyndns.org/pianocorder/doc.html
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 16 Dec 2004, 17:06:36 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

Key Words in Subject:  Pianocorder, Seek, Vorsetzer

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