Jody, A word of thanks to Robbie for his superb discourse on disc vs.
disk.  Old ads for musical boxes generally referred to the music as
"tunes" or "music sheets." The term disk was then in general use.
Clearly, the difference has come with the advent of writable
diskettes.  Thanks to Robbie for  clearing up this never-ending
editor's dilemma.

Regards,

Angelo Rulli¶
MBSI Editor

 [ Editor's Note: I also enjoyed Robbie's explanation on the topic,
 [ but I was particularly entertained by Joyce Brite's definition of
 [ "disc" as a piece of farm machinery.  I spent most of my adult life
 [ living in Illinois in Champaign county.  I worked at, and later near
 [ the University of Illinois.  Except for the University, the lifeblood
 [ of the economy of the county is corn and soybean farming.  In fact,
 [ the piano technician who first "humored" my interest in digitizing
 [ piano rolls was a corn and soybean farmer.  He was only a piano
 [ technician in the winter until about two years ago when he turned
 [ over operation of hiw 1000 acre farm to a "tenant" farmer.  After
 [ Joyce's definition, I will chuckle every time I see "circular flat
 [ data storage object" spelled "disc".
 [
 [ Jody