A fascinating photograph was recently auctioned on eBay (a friend of
mine was the winning bidder).  It seems to depict some type of prototype
for a player/reproducing piano mechanism, possibly a recording device.
Any information or speculation about the subject of this photograph
would be most welcome.

 [ Larry,
 [    The file on AOL is not properly labeled as a .JPG, so most
 [ of our readers won't be able to view it.  I've put a copy of it
 [ on the MMD Website as:
 [
 [  http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/playerprototype.jpg
 [
 [ I hope this is OK with you and your friend.  The picture is quite
 [ interesting.     -- Jody