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Are Player Pianos Early Computers ?
By Les Smith

Greetings, all!

Two very minor observations that I would like to make. First, Doug Vensel
was recently quoted as calling the player piano the first "computer". One
of the first would probably be more accurate. I believe that the distinction
of being the first "computer" would have to go to the "Jacquard" weaving
looms of France, which considerably pre-dated the invention of the player.
Secondly, the name of the player action under discussion here recently that
was notorious for it pouch pneumatics, was SCHULZ, not SCHULTZ. There was
no "T" in Otto's last name. I know, I know, BIG DEAL! So what? Who Cares?
Apparently no one. So you can just file this under Totally Useless Information!

Have a good week, all.

Les Smith¶
lessmith@buffnet.net

(Message sent Sun, 25 Feb 1996 10:00:04 -0500 (EST) , from time zone -0500.)

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