Klarinet Archive - Posting 000341.txt from 1998/04

From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: mechanical page-turner
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:10:38 -0400

Lee Hickling asked:

"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."

On a recent Schikele Mix program (hosted by Peter Schikele of P.D.Q.
Bach fame/infamy), none other than Percy Grainger himself invented such
a device for his piano concerts. Apparently it worked through a
cranking cable which sometimes squeaked loudly during its operation.
That's about all I know about it.

Bill Edinger

   
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