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Music Typewriter #2686202 10/31/17 01:15 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,439 A bog north of Pittsburgh, PA MacMacMac OP Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
OP MacMacMac Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,439 A bog north of Pittsburgh, PA	A sheet music typewriter. Very old tech, but also very interesting ...

Re: Music Typewriter MacMacMac #2686205 10/31/17 01:25 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 746 Atlanta, GA J Jake Jackson 500 Post Club Member
Jake Jackson 500 Post Club Member J Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 746 Atlanta, GA	Trying to imagine how this might be implemented in software. Seems possible. New document opens as a grand staff. Up and down arrows move from one ledger line to another.

Re: Music Typewriter MacMacMac #2686210 10/31/17 02:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 525 Mountain Time, USA OneWatt 500 Post Club Member
OneWatt 500 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 525 Mountain Time, USA	This looks like a marvelous piece of equipment... would love to have one of these in the house!

Re: Music Typewriter MacMacMac #2686241 10/31/17 05:29 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,201 SE USA WhoDwaldi 3000 Post Club Member
WhoDwaldi 3000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,201 SE USA	I know a choral composer who used a music typewriter that looked more like an IBM Selectric. WhoDwaldi Howard (by Kawai) 5' 10"

Re: Music Typewriter MacMacMac #2686254 10/31/17 06:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,488 Bainbridge Island, WA Chrispy 1000 Post Club Member
Chrispy 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,488 Bainbridge Island, WA	Searching revealed this page with lots of interesting info on music typewriters. The model pictured looks to be a "Keaton Music Typewriter" and there are only a few known to still be in existence. Man I love the internet http://www.musicprintinghistory.org/music-typewriters Now learning: Debussy Clar de Lune, Mozart Sonata in C K. 545, Joplin The Chrysanthemum Instruments: Yamaha N1X, Roland GO:PIANO, Piano de Voyage

Re: Music Typewriter MacMacMac #2917455 11/28/19 08:44 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 299 Canada L LXXXVIIIdentes Full Member
LXXXVIIIdentes Full Member L Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 299 Canada	Here is another nice article about the Keaton music typewriter - even includes a 1 minute clip of demonstration. https://mymodernmet.com/keaton-music-typewriter/

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