Hi Jody,

I've been reading Rob's forwarded mail containing excerpts from the
Automatic Music Instruments mailing list.  I'd sure like to
tap/contribute to this information flow.  Could you put me on the
list?

Thanks!

John Rhodes

  [ Editor's Note:  John, I've put you on.  I found your bio interesting,
  [ so I'm including it w/o editing.  Thanks for sending it.
  [ Jody

Biographic sketch (Jody, edit as you see fit):

I am 55 years old.  Live in Vancouver, Washington, with wife & two
cats. Wife works in admissions office for local private school.  Son
and daughter are in University studying theater/communications and
primary education respectively.

Work for Hewlett-Packard, designing inkjet printers (mechanical
engineering, and engineering management).  Hobbies: general aviation
pilot, ham radio (Extra class, AA7HL), photography, music (piano and
clarinet), astronomy and simple optics design, antique clock
restoration.

Recent projects:  Morse-code tone decoder (analog) and PC software
which decodes and displays clear text on screen along with timing
histogram. Complete restoration of 1965 Citabria airplane (100 hp,
tubing and fabric fuselage and wings).

Historic projects:  with brother Robbie Rhodes, rebuilt (c. 1956)
Ampico B action stack, tracker drawer, pump, and pneumatic expression
control system.