[ Wallace Venable wrote in 080621 MMDigest:

> One of the key events in getting me started in hand punching was
> meeting Mike at the 2006 COAA Rally at Knoebels and hearing him play
> his own compositions from hand-punched rolls.  His article was also
> a help, although I used other software because I am a DOS/Windows
> person.  I cut a tuning roll more-or-less as he describes, but knew
> that the time spent on a simple foot operated punch would be returned
> in higher production very quickly.

Why, thank you, Wallace -- I'm glad I was an inspiration to others!
Have you written up your homemade foot punch?  Pardon me if I missed
the article.  What scale rolls are you making?

> Thanks, Mike.  See you at Knoebels this weekend?

I was all registered, but am pulling out in order to play some
important concerts with my town band.  Dave Wasson, who plays baritone
horn (euphonium) like me, was very understanding when I informed him
of the sad news. :-)

And there's a brand new coaster at Knoebel's to test out, and some
new arrangements on my organ to show off -- sigh!

Mike Knudsen