In response to Christian Greinacher's question on the curious drum and
cymbal machine, I have the following:  If I might allow a friend a word
on this subject, not on MMD, here is his reply.  From Mr. Bert Atwood,
Kelseyville, CA:

 "Shanti Lal Jain was my host in India.  He was in charge of
  funding and building a huge temple in New Delhi for the Jain
  religion.  The Jain religion is very similar to Hinduism (perhaps
  an offshoot?).  It's only a coincidence that Shanti's last name
  is the same as his religion.  Anyway, he also referred to the
  device as (quite logically) a drum and cymbal machine. ..."

When Bert was in India, several years ago, he took a photo of one of
these devices.  In the reverberation of the temple, he said the drum
and cymbal machine was absolutely capable of knocking your hearing for
a loop.  If I can find the photo, I'll be glad to scan it and send it
on if directed to a site.

Tom DeLay

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