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BobM
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Hi Phil,

The guy whose project I am replicating used an 1800 rpm induction motor. I assume a fractional hp something like 1/6. It only has to whirl a 10" disc of bakelite through air. The rpm is important because that determines the pitch of the resulting note.

Bob