There is a heated discussion taking place as this is being written.
I for one have been receiving e-mail outside of the MMD soliciting
my backing for one side or another.  This behind the back (so to speak)
type of solicitation for support is not why I read the MMDigest.  MMD
is a fun forum that should be taken lightly and not so seriously that
one would get a heart attack.

Two plus two is four and so is three plus one.  There are more
than two ways to get a job done.  The MMD should promote a better
understanding of the attachment that many of us have for player type
pianos.  I love the mechanics of a coin piano while the next guy may
love the reproducing piano.  The MMD is a media that should show our
excitement for these old antiques.

I personally have skipped over the exchange of words on one type of
a player system because I have no interest in that system.  I once
met a rebuilder of player pianos years ago.  Our first meeting was
one in which I blasted his work.  Till this day I still disagree with
everything he says and it is our (my) way of staying friends.  When
he say's it is a beautiful white snow outside, I say it is not.

A big collector in Chicago and I have the same relationship.  We
started out by debating the color of a wall.  We are still friends and
just for whatever reason we always disagree but in a friendly manner.
So as two sides of an opinion debate the merits of a player system
I hopes it ends with both sides parting friends.  By the way, as a
matter of principal (my personality) I disagree with both parties.

Disagreeably
Don Teach