In a message dated 96-08-12 01:03:09 EDT, you write:

>
> I don't like the look of it at all.  Have any of you rebuilders managed
> an effective conversion or modification to this archaic and dangerous
> switch?
>

No No,  a thousand times no!  I had this on both my KT and KT Special-
you DON'T want to "modify" this "archaic and dangerous " switch as that
would destroy the authenticity and originality.  Yes- I KNOW that an
electrical fire would destroy the whole machine and probably more,  but
I do not know of any occurance of coin mechanism-induced fires since
I've been collecting (1968).   Although it gets quite hot,  that type
of switch,  like the coin mechs on the WurliTzer harps & pianinos,
worked just fine when they were new and they seem to be still working
fine.  Incidentally,  the Wurl.  Harp and early Pianinos actually use
the nickle to complete the circuit.  How's that for a fireman's
nightmare?

> From the Scorch Capitol of the San Joaquin Valley (109 degrees 13 Aug.),

S.K. Goodman