Klarinet Archive - Posting 000312.txt from 1998/04

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Page turners
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:51:12 -0400

>On that interminable and convoluted copyright thread, Scott Morrow asked:
>>What ever happened to page turners?
>
>You can't always get them even for performances, and who has a page turner
>for practice? I have often envisioned a spring-loaded gadget that would
>clamp to a music rack and flip a page when you touched a button releasing
>the spring. It's hard to figure why some gadgeteer hasn't come up with one.
>
>Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>

Lee,
I actually made one when I was in high school! I used a small electric
motor and connected a foot switch. The problem was it turned VERY slowly
and you could only turn one page. It also would not turn in reverse for
repeats!

-Scott