The American Fotoplayer

There are some sounds that it seems speakers can&#x27;t still faithfully reproduce.<p>Gunshots are one - the sound difference between a real gunshot and a high end sound system replaying a gunshot is huge.<p>Likewise, the sound of an old nokia ringtone (make by a piezoelectric speaker) can&#x27;t be replicated by a modern speaker really. If you have thee two side by side, you can always tell which is which.<p>I wonder if a modern Fotoplayer could make use of that to make a market for itself?

In today&#x27;s world of consumer 3D printers, recreating this is getting easier and easier.<p>Sure - it would be a 6 month passion project. But you&#x27;d get it done a lot quicker than the original designers took to make the thing out of carved wood.

So cool! I love all the bells and whistles.<p>At some point in my life, I’d love to witness someone playing one of those enormous Wurlitzer theatre organs that need basically entire buildings to house them.