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"Digital Music" Plays Self-Punched Paper Strips
By Craig Smith

Hi;  If she still has them, you can get one of these little mechanisms
from our good friend Nancy Fratti.  I think I paid about $50 for it at
the last meeting.  It is now situated in a very nice miniature barrel
organ replica that I made for my wife as a Christmas present.  Sounds
very good as well.

I also have a small, paper strip music box similar to those mentioned
recently in MMD.   It too is from the 1950's or 60's and runs on 3
cells.  The name on it is "Digital Music".  Isn't that a hoot!

I got it out and tried the strips in my new paper strip box from Nancy.
Guess what?  They play just fine.  And the arrangements are pretty good
too.  I must have 25 strips for that one.  They included a few blank
strips too.  But the one from Nancy had a punch included in the
purchase price.

Craig Smith


(Message sent Tue 17 Aug 1999, 13:44:45 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Digital, Music, Paper, Plays, Self-Punched, Strips

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