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Shoe and roller mechanism

Patent drawing of a piano's upper casing showing a self-playing mechanism with paired electromagnets, a rocking armature, a shoe pressing against a spinning roller, and a tape running down to the piano's hammer action and keys.

SELF-PLAYING ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS.George Howlett Davis · May 19, 1908

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