MMD Subject Categories
By Robbie Rhodes
Bob Fitterman is working on an automated scheme to retrieve articles from the Mechanical Music Digest archives, and he has invited discussion about the categories of the topics discussed. Over the weeks that I've been editing the Digest I've felt that these are recurring topics:
Techniques for Restoration and Repair (How To Do It)
Music Box
Piano & Organ
Music Performance:
How to be a "Pianolist" at your pumper
How mechanical music is arranged and expression added
Copyright and Licensing
Sources (new and used) for
Repair Supplies
Music Rolls & Midi files
Books
Audio recordings, CDs
History about (as would be in books)
Manufacturers and Products and Techniques
Songs in Society
Computer activities
Email and Service Providers
Midi
Images
Theory about
Pianos
Pneumatic Mechanisms (incl. players)
Electronic Devices
Society news & General News
MBSI Convention
AMICA activities
Books in progress
Value of Goods
"What's my instrument worth?"
The Mart
For Sale or Trade
Wanted (hard goods, not information)
What other categories are there? What do you think?
Robbie Rhodes
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