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Coming Attractions for November 22,2008

We are working on two new series for this blog and wanted to take this opportunity to bring you up to date on them.  Hopefullly we will have at least one post up from them before Thanksgiving, but I have been dealing with some health issues these week and have not been as productive as [...]

The Night The Pianos Burned

Picture if you will, a May evening in the year 1904. The place is Atlantic City, New Jersey. You are walking down a street when you see a crowd up ahead. Curious, you move close enough to see a group of what appears to be fairly successful middle-aged businessmen gathered around a pile of several [...]

A Music Juke Box Is A Part Of American Culture

Music juke boxes are a true part of American culture. They are a symbol of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. They have been featured in many movie scenes from those decades, and were a precursor to things like stereo systems. But how did the music juke box to play piano music evolve? The history of [...]