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2008.03.19.06	Filler Problems in Player Action Stack
2008.01.18.03	Montana Heritage Commission Ridicules Collection
2008.01.10.02	Mechanical Music on TV
2007.12.04.02	Promoting Non-Mechanical Music
2007.11.26.01	Making Videos of Mechanical Music Instruments
2007.11.16.05	Mills Violano With Cracked Harp Plate
2007.11.15.09	Mills Violano With Cracked Harp Plate
2007.11.15.02	Mechanical Music on YouTube
2007.11.13.06	Silvertone Phonograph
2007.10.05.05	Music and the Younger Generation
2007.09.16.03	Salomons House Welte Philharmonic Organ
2007.09.05.02	Great Dorset Steam Fair Video on YouTube
2007.08.31.04	Mechanical Music in Greece
2007.08.27.06	Mysteries of WD-40 Oil
2007.08.16.03	Current Value of Unfinished Player Restoration
2007.08.12.03	Organ Pipes
2007.06.13.02	Player Piano Frame Breaks During Restoration
2007.05.10.02	How Piano Rolls Were Created
2007.05.04.04	Silicone Rubber Tubing
2007.05.02.06	Silicone Rubber Longevity
2007.04.25.08	Source of Rubber Friction Drive Parts
2007.04.14.05	Lauter "Cement" Piano
2007.03.30.07	Glue Technology and Plywood
2007.03.28.03	Glue Technology and History
2007.03.08.08	Duo-Art Motor is Overheating
2007.03.07.10	Duo-Art Motor is Overheating
2007.02.07.04	Repairing a Broken Tracker Bar
2007.01.23.07	Quality of Materials & Testing Materials
2007.01.13.01	Pass On Your Knowledge
2007.01.09.01	"T'aint No Sin To Take Off Your Skin"
2006.12.20.05	Player Piano Servicing Books by Art Reblitz
2006.12.09.03	Computer Animated Mechanical Music
2006.10.27.02	J. Lawrence Cook on TV
2006.10.27.01	Mammoth Organ & Joyland Louie at Joyland Park
2006.10.13.05	MIDI-played Bagpipes
2006.09.10.01	QRS "Virtuoso Violin" Player Violin
2006.08.11.06	Repairing an Organette Reed
2006.06.20.04	Repairing a Cast Iron Piano Plate
2006.06.17.04	Repairing a Cast Iron Piano Plate
2006.06.17.02	Warning Auction Buyers of Fraud
2006.05.31.12	Laterna Barrel Diameter
2006.05.16.05	Aeolian Vibrations
2006.05.13.01	Auxetophone Pneumatic Amplifier
2006.04.21.03	Player Organ in Scotty's Castle, Calif.
2006.03.31.06	Plating Metal Parts - A Simple Demonstration
2006.02.18.03	Songs Published at Internet Web Sites
2006.02.07.02	Computer Animated Mechanical Music
2006.02.05.12	How to Demonstrate Digital Audio & Sound Recording
2006.01.21.03	Archival Media for Digital Data
2006.01.19.11	Transferring Data Files to Another Storage Format
2006.01.18.09	Electrical Protection for the Player Piano
2006.01.17.08	Electrical Protection for the Player Piano
2006.01.13.02	Archival Media for Digital Data
2005.12.28.10	Mechanical Music Aboard Ships
2005.12.28.09	Celluloid
2005.12.23.07	Mechanical Music Aboard Ships
2005.12.16.04	Rediscover Player Piano Music With a Keytop Player
2005.12.10.03	Pirating Music Rolls
2005.12.09.05	Plastic Calliope Pipes
2005.12.07.03	Pirating Music Rolls
2005.12.04.06	Mechanical Music for Teenagers
2005.12.04.03	Mechanical Reproduction Rights
2005.11.24.02	Tuning Chime Tubes
2005.11.17.03	Simple Mechanical Musical Instrument for Museum
2005.11.13.08	Rewinding Player Piano Motor for European Mains
2005.11.13.03	Simple Mechanical Musical Instrument for Museum
2005.11.10.04	Player Piano Motor Runs Backward
2005.10.27.04	Museums and Their Warehouses
2005.10.26.01	"Puny Tune" Whistle & Automatic Flute Player
2005.10.23.05	Testing Leather and Fabric Materials
2005.10.23.01	Don't Donate Your Collection - Sell It
2005.09.21.07	Teflon Bushings in Steinway Pianos
2005.09.21.06	Repairing a Piano Action
2005.09.20.05	QRS Story & Clark Self-Tuning Piano System
2005.09.15.06	PTFE for Wood Bearings
2005.08.30.04	Player Piano Performance at High Altitude
2005.08.09.06	Editing Liberace QRS Rolls for Ampico
2005.07.27.09	MIDI Files of QRS Rolls
2005.07.09.04	Cahill's Dynamophone Telharmonium of 1898
2005.07.09.01	The Laterna - A Greek Barrel Piano
2005.07.01.02	Laterna Performing in Greece
2005.06.04.05	Declining Prices
2005.05.22.05	Dealing With Other Technicians' Work
2005.05.07.04	New Pouch Ideas
2005.04.28.06	Donating Vs. Selling a Player Piano
2005.03.27.02	Removing PVC-E Glue & Solvent Abuse
2005.03.26.04	Possible Musical Box Auction Scam
2005.03.24.01	Alcohol Solvents
2005.03.17.04	Internet Auction Bidding War
2005.03.09.11	Mechanical Music in Cartoons
2005.02.20.02	James Bond 007 & The Player Piano
2005.01.30.06	Building a Savart Wheel Organ
2005.01.27.03	Carbon for Electric Motor Brushes & Switches
2004.12.31.04	Hammond BA Player Organ Reverberation Unit
2004.12.30.06	Cleaning Keyboard Switch Contacts
2004.11.23.02	"Mr. Christmas" Musical Box At Big Lots Store
2004.11.18.03	Maelzel's Panharmonicon
2004.08.31.11	Chester Kuharski Paper "Kuharski on Duo-Art"
2004.08.15.01	Porter Music Box
2004.06.23.01	Unknown Scene on Interchangeable Cylinder Musical Box
2004.05.18.06	Ridding Musty Smells & Hazards of Ozone
2004.05.18.03	Post-Production Editing On Ampico Roll
2004.05.09.04	Other Uses of Hot Melt Glue Gun
2004.05.09.03	Reducing Blower Motor Speed
2004.05.02.07	Stripped Screw Holes in Wood
2004.05.01.07	Optimizing Hand-Cranked Organ Feeders
2004.04.28.05	Vacuum Transducer for Motor Speed Control
2004.04.24.02	Craftsmanship in Mechanisms
2004.04.22.01	Fake Antiques
2004.04.19.05	The Future of Mechanical Music - Museums
2004.04.17.01	The Future of Mechanical Music - Museums
2004.04.14.03	Automated Tune Identification
2004.04.12.07	Concrete Piano
2004.04.08.07	The "Cement Piano"
2004.04.08.03	Is It Still an Antique?
2004.04.03.01	The Future of Mechanical Music
2004.03.15.02	Paraloid B72 Stick Shellac
2004.03.14.02	Conlon Nancarrow Music on National Public Radio
2004.03.01.02	The Future of Mechanical Music
2004.02.29.02	Carousels at Euclid Beach Park, Cleveland
2004.02.28.11	Carousel Rotation & Cyclonic Storms
2004.02.22.17	Membrane Materials for Mechanical Music Restoration
2004.02.20.09	Deal Softwood
2004.02.19.10	Lauter-Humana "Duplex Pumper" & Silly Patents
2004.02.19.06	Deal Softwood
2004.02.13.07	Earthing & Grounding & Incandescent Lamps
2004.01.31.10	Grounding Connectors for Electric Motors
2004.01.24.04	Casting Brass Rosette Washers
2004.01.13.03	Music Copyright Laws in the USA
2004.01.12.02	Value of Welte-Mignon Music Rolls in 1912
2004.01.04.14	How To Move a Piano - Thank You
2004.01.03.03	Books & Trade Secrets
2003.12.31.05	How To Move a Piano
2003.12.21.04	Computer Program Teaches Piano Playing
2003.12.15.06	Apparent Frequency Change & Psychoacoustics
2003.12.05.13	Power Supply for Welte-Mignon 110V DC Motor
2003.12.02.04	Mechanical Wonders of Mechanical Music
2003.11.25.03	Lubricants and Lubricant Stability
2003.10.16.08	Burning Holes in Music Rolls
2003.10.01.14	Welte-Mignon Recording Technology
2003.09.19.04	Edwin A. Link Piano Co. & Flight Simulators
2003.09.04.09	Are Mechanical Music Instruments "Robots"?
2003.08.20.03	Repairing Musical Box Comb With Solder
2003.08.12.07	Miniature Steam Engines - Safety
2003.06.25.15	Voltage Converters 115V Input 230V Output
2003.05.10.06	University Declines Ampico Piano Donation
2003.02.27.14	Creating Suction from Airflow
2003.02.27.09	Cultural References in Popular Music
2003.02.15.02	Mortier Vibraton Pipes Based on the Kazoo
2003.01.16.08	Model Steam Engine Usenet Group
2003.01.13.07	Mills Violano AC/DC Rotary Converter
2003.01.04.12	QRS Story & Clark Self-Tuning Piano System
2003.01.03.09	QRS Story & Clark Self-Tuning Piano System
2002.12.07.09	Asbestos in Player Piano Suction Turbine
2002.12.01.07	Asbestos in Player Piano Suction Turbine
2002.11.27.11	Solenoid Pianos & Music Reproduction
2002.11.26.07	Impact Of the Player Piano Upon Society
2002.11.22.11	Pneumatic vs. Solenoid Pianos
2002.11.21.01	Music Boxes by Thomas Edison
2002.10.29.08	Repairing 8-Track Tape Cartridge
2002.09.21.04	Customer Wants a Non-Original Case Finish
2002.07.21.09	Substitute for Open Cup Mercury Switch
2002.06.30.02	Steam Calliope Lore
2002.06.06.07	Making a Musical Box
2002.05.30.08	Technically Dead: Electrocution
2002.04.18.07	PowerRoll Technical Problems
2002.04.03.02	Music Wire & Cast Piano Plate
2002.01.19.04	Motor Driven Mechanical Actuators
2002.01.16.07	Is Automated Music a Dinosaur ?
2001.12.18.07	Knick-Knacks on Top of the Player Piano
2001.12.06.02	Lubricating a Small Music Box Movement
2001.10.28.01	Modern Music and Player Pianos
2001.09.10.06	Pianos in Unfriendly Climates
2001.09.09.10	Electromagnet Oscillator Excites Piano Strings
2001.09.01.04	Same Melody Used For Different Songs
2001.08.23.01	Repairing Spring Motor
2001.07.28.02	Piano Music in the Old West Saloons
2001.07.23.02	Cottage Industries Business Methods
2001.07.20.03	Player Piano Failed After Tuning
2001.05.10.03	Mechanical Music at the Silent Movies
2001.04.23.06	Rewinding a Motor Coil
2001.04.11.03	Chester Kuharski
2001.04.09.06	Engineering Musical Instruments at Tufts University
2001.04.05.11	Reversing the Rotation of Small AC Motor
2001.04.01.08	Small Variable Speed Induction Motor
2001.04.01.07	Variable Speed DC Motor
2000.11.08.05	Replacing Lead Tubing - Safety
2000.09.28.05	Methane Gas Generator for Water Organ
2000.08.20.01	"Guitarbot" Automatic Guitar
2000.07.14.14	Phonograph Turntable Speeds
2000.06.18.08	Filling Cast Iron Surfaces
2000.05.26.05	Books On Wood Refinishing
2000.05.22.08	Ivory & CITES Endangered Species Agreement
2000.05.18.03	Scientific Musical Instrument Challenge
2000.05.15.05	Tuning of Stamped Steel Bells
2000.05.01.04	Music Box from Clothes Dryer "How Dry I Am"
2000.03.31.15	Source of Urethane Belt Material
2000.03.19.06	Pitch Perception
2000.03.09.07	Alloy Quality of Piano Plates
2000.03.01.05	Phono Record Reproducer Uses Laser Beams
2000.02.19.05	Mechanical Speech Machines
2000.02.02.07	Welte-Mignon T-100 Recording System Technology
2000.01.27.25	The Mercury Delay Line
2000.01.23.02	The Bamboo Saxophone
2000.01.19.12	Plastic Musical Instruments
2000.01.17.08	Cardboard Organ Pipes
1999.12.21.07	Musical Memory and Autism
1999.12.14.16	Replacing Ampico B Motor Governor Points
1999.12.12.05	Strohber Nickelodeon
1999.10.31.05	Fleecing the Collector
1999.09.19.11	Rotating Heads for Audio Tape
1999.08.11.14	Installing 3-Speed Motor in 78-RPM Phonograph
1999.07.07.18	Edison Phonograph Ad in Cosmopolitan Magazine
1999.07.07.13	SciFi Movie "Forbidden Planet"
1999.05.20.16	Unusual 1950s 45-RPM Record Player
1999.03.20.07	Columbia Grafanola
1999.03.17.02	Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland, Ohio
1998.12.02.01	Strange Lightweight Pianos in Transportation
1998.11.20.07	Steam Boiler Certification
1998.11.08.06	Cost and Sound of Music
1998.10.19.06	Value of Columbia Graphophone
1998.10.09.04	Steam Calliope Tuning
1998.09.20.06	Crank Organs in 1998
1998.09.16.04	Hand-cranked Organs - Where Do They Play?
1998.09.10.10	Silicone Glue, Grease, Oil & Rubber
1998.09.02.07	R.M.S. Britannic - Titanic's Sister Ship
1998.07.25.17	Race and Music
1998.06.09.01	QRS Music Article in "Invention and Technology"
1998.05.13.11	Switch Arcing in Player Piano
1998.04.30.04	"Funky Winkerbean" & Chicago Coin Band Box
1998.02.12.01	Introduction
1995.08.15.02	Re: Music Boxes

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