[pianotech] Converting Acoustic uprights to Digital

[John Ross]

They closed the Buffalo plant, that made the rolls.
They might have moved the roll making to Florida, where they have another venue.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
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  From: wimblees at aol.com 
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  Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:57 PM
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  Then could it be that I heard that QRS stopped making the old fashioned player rolls?


  Wim

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  From: Ken & Pat Gerler <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>
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  Wim,
  Unless they went out in the last couple of days, they are alive and healthy (as anyone can be in this economy). They make the old piano rolls as well as CDs, DVDs, and now the Memory Flash Drives for the player systems.  The dealer I do work for here in St. Louis has both QRS and PianoDisk units on the floor.

  Ken Gerler

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    From: wimblees at aol.com 
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    Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:15 PM
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    I thought QRS went out of business. 


    Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
    Piano Tuner/Technician
    Mililani, Oahu, HI
    808-349-2943
    Author of: 
    The Business of Piano Tuning
    available from Potter Press
    www.pianotuning.com


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    From: Paul McCloud <pmc033 at earthlink.net>
    To: 'Ken & Pat Gerler' <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>; pianotech at ptg.org
    Sent: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 10:42 am
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Hi, Ken:

    I believe that QRS has a kit to install in old pianos that makes
them a digital keyboard.  I'll confirm it with my QRS installer.
    Paul McCloud
    San Diego

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ken & Pat Gerler
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:54 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Converting Acoustic uprights to Digital

Since most of you all work on acoustic types you may not be able to help. In

1997 I saw a company at the annual Insititute and convention that had a 
digital kit to continue the life of a georgous cabinet that was "dead" on 
the inside. Are any of you familiar with this or a similar company supplying

electronic/digital conversions?

Thanks,
Ken Gerler 



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