I enjoyed your letters in the bulletin.  Larry,  I too, enjoy mechanical
things (it showed even as a 4 year old, and I have never overcome it).
I hope that the MBSI or Amica will enter the 20th century by aligning
with computers.  One thought that I had, however, is that if the net
overtakes the bulletin for advertising, the revenue may drop as the ads
contribute fairly well to the $$ for the org.

   [ Editor's Note:  There are 4 MBSI "officials" that I know of that
   [ read this mailing list.  At least one of them knows what the "WEB"
   [ is.  I think your concern will be given some thought.

   My thoughts are that the a users group might really benefit
from a lost or orphaned parts department where users could list
stray parts of pianos and music boxes.  It would be a chore to
keep up, but who hasn't chased down a lot of false leads
looking for parts?  I think the internet costs would be cheaper
than the gasoline I've used.

   [ Implementing a "subscribers-only" classified ad section
   [ would be pretty easy.  Kind of like a 900- number dating
   [ service.  You could leave ads for free but have to pay for
   [ the replies, or vice versa.  Given the way the Internet
   [ works these days there would have to be good value added
   [ or someone would just start a new news group: alt.old.parts!
   [ Pleeeez don't go off and do _THAT_ just yet.

Jody,  rolls and literature are a natural for the newsgroups.
Wouldn't it be fun if people scanned their rolls for Duo Arts
and Ampicos, etc and uploaded them to the users groups.  I for
one plan on interfacing my piano with the computer.¶
    YES, l think there should be a usenet or www site for MBSI
and AMICA.¶
                                    Later,    Bill Chapman,¶
Seattle, WA

   [ I now have anonymous ftp working (129.91.163.1) for all our
   [ articles.  No WEB HTTP services yet.  I'd _LOVE_ to have
   [ something to do with an archive of piano roll material.
   [ If we were to do that, we'd have to have some technical
   [ discussions about what format the data should be in.  For
   [ those of us with real instruments to play them back on,
   [ its probably best to have the expression holes as MIDI
   [ "note events".  For those of us with synthesizers, its probably
   [ best to have the expression converted to MIDI velocities.
   [ Anyone want to start a thread of discussion on this, or is
   [ it premature ?
   [ Jody

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