Greetings, all.

In Mechanical Music Digest (98.10.04) Richard Day wrote:

> I am building a calliope, air operated, electro-pneumatic.  I would
> like to be able to operate the calliope automatically using disks,
> like the Yamaha Disklavier piano.  I have sources for disk readers
> that would read MIDI data from a disk but need the "black box" that
> translates MIDI into control of individual Note (keys). [snip]

Richard,

You will be surprised at the number of manufacturers of the "MIDI-in"
boards you are looking for. I am sure you will be hearing from several
of them. I have tried to maintain as complete a list as possible with
links to 'web sites:

        http://www.calpoly.edu/~cwoodwor/midi.html

Some of the manufacturers (in no particular order) are:
        Ragtime
        Devtronix
        Emutek
        John Wale Electronics
        Octet Design
        PAVO
        InterMIDI
        QRS Pianomation
        MediaMation
          and others.

MMD subscribers:

I would be very interested in adding users' comments to my list. I
know there are a lot of MMD subscribers who have used the Devtronix
and Octet boards. What have been your experiences?  Why did you choose
those particular boards?

Regards,

Pete Woodworth