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Organettes
By Ed Schmidt

Brian,

I assume you are referring to the 25 note 13 3/4" wide paper Cabinetto.
Actually there are two machines that go by this name.  In the UK the
Cabinetto was the same as the Tournaphone in the US.  However, in the
US the Cabinetto is a different machine, but plays the same 25 note
roll.  One difference between the two machines is the spools that are
used.  The US Tournaphone uses a 2 3/8" wood rewind hub, while the US
Cabinetto uses a 1 1/4" rubber covered rewind hub. Another difference
between the machines is that the US Tournaphone and UK Cabinetto roll
the paper in the opposite direction on the takeup spool while the US
Cabinetto uses the conventional approach that is used on all of the
other organettes and player pianos.  The reverse wind used on the US
Tournaphone and UK Cabinetto put much more wear on the paper since the
paper is rolled in the opposite directions on feed and takeup spools.

There is a complete listing of the rolls that I have available for all
of the Organettes on my WEB site:

    http://world.std.com/~pschmidt/smr.html

Kevin McElhone has submitted an article on the Tournaphone to the MBSI,
and I will soon send a listing of all of the songs titles that we are
currently aware of for the machine.  If any one has titles for original
Tournaphone rolls, I would be glad to hear from you and add them to the
list.

Ed Schmidt¶
eschmidt@erols.com

(Message sent Sat, 22 Mar 1997 07:19:05 -0500 , from time zone -0500.)

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