Jim Canavan recently wrote:

> Every time I go across the river into Washington, DC's Smithsonian,
> and gaze upon the art model Duo-Art grand with Concertola
> attachment, I want to scream out..."PLAY IT!"
> (Instead, one can push a button and hear a sorry lil' upright
> Yamaha disklavier play....big yawn.)

I was just there last week. The little cheesy computer hooked up to the
Disklavier was not booted up/operational. I inquired if I could start
it, and was told by the glazed-over, crowd-jaded security personnel
that even they were not to touch anything.

The Ampico in the cafeteria was unplugged, and I couldn't get any
answers on it's hours of operation. The small unit organ in the corner,
however, was scheduled to play for 1 hour a day, when I wasn't going to
be there.

There used to be an entire pipe organ set up in that (American History)
building, and I was told that it may be in storage (only 10-15% of what
they have is out on display at any one time!). I was further told to
come back next year when it *might* be set up. <sigh>.

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