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"David G. Schutt" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Feb 1993 11:14:50 PST
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> Hi, Dave.  A rain machines????  Zowie!  Tell us more!     ;-)
> (It sounds like AJO already had one in his Charleston instrument!)
> Larry Chace  ([log in to unmask])
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This device has a wire-mesh drum about 12" in diameter. The drum is
turned by a wind-motor under control of a wood-block style Skinner
magnet. Inside the drum are steel balls (I have not determined whether
they are genuine EMSkinner) that make a noise when they roll over the
wire mesh. I guess it's supposed to sound like rain--I'll let you know
when I get it hooked up.
 
I understand the Kimball rain machine was similar. Wurlitzer used a blast
of air blowing over a 'tin' plate. It sounded more like a giant wind leak.
Robert Morton had steel balls too, but they rolled over a flat framework
that tilted one direction and then another. I think it sounded more like
surf than rain. In fact, all of these devices were called 'rain' or 'surf'.
 
Dave
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