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MMD Archives Authors Bob Taylor The most recent submissions are listed first. Address supressed for SPAM control purposes. Write to the editor if you need assistance Digest Nr Subject 2008.06.26.01 Estey Automatic Player Pipe Organ Rolls 2008.06.24.02 FS: Mason & Hamlin Ampico A 2008.05.26.03 Ampico Demonstration on Web Site 2008.05.04.04 Ampico B Won't Play Softly 2008.04.21.08 Recreating a Master for Duo-Art Organ Roll 2008.04.18.05 Duo-Art Organ Roll Characteristics 2008.02.28.01 Aeolian Player Pipe Organ Inaugural Concert 2008.02.16.05 Duo-Art vs. Ampico vs. Welte-Mignon 2008.02.11.02 Effect of Tracker Bar Hose Length on Repetition 2008.01.24.01 Passing of Cynthia Craig 2008.01.23.02 To Contact Larry Givens 2008.01.04.13 Aeolian 116-note Player Organ Console Crescendo 2007.12.31.04 Aeolian 116-note Player Pipe Organ Console Tabs 2007.12.15.07 Aeolian Pedal Cross Valve Travel 2007.12.14.05 Ampico Transmission Frame & Rubber Motor Mounts 2007.12.01.06 Promoting Non-Mechanical Music 2007.11.23.01 New YouTube Posting 2007.11.06.07 Ampico B Spool Stalls During Rewind 2007.10.30.02 Musical Box Society DVD on YouTube 2007.09.20.05 Ampico-A Test Roll 2007.07.25.05 Seek Ampico A Drawer Panels 2007.07.23.07 MIDI Files of Music Rolls 2007.05.12.03 Unknown Box Pump Might Be Ampico 2007.05.09.05 Seek Mason & Hamlin Ivory 2007.04.27.04 Mason & Hamlin Concert Grand Ampico Web Site 2007.03.27.01 Aeolian Duo-Art Organ Pedal Multiplexing 2007.03.23.11 Motor for H.C. Bay Recordo 2007.03.21.04 Theatre Organ Sounds on Aeolian Organ Web Site 2007.03.19.05 Mason & Hamlin Concert Grand Ampico 2007.03.16.04 New Aeolian Organ Web Site 2007.03.07.01 Service Charges and Traveling Expenses 2007.03.03.04 Duo-Art Electric Motor is Overheating 2007.02.23.07 Duo-Art Rewind & Repeat System 2007.02.17.11 Seek Late Ampico 'A' Expression Unit & Motor 2007.01.07.02 Seek 116-note Aeolian Pipe Organ Rolls 2006.12.31.03 Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ Roll Coding 2006.12.23.01 Articles on Leo Podolsky and New Ampico Rolls 2006.12.06.15 Ampico A Secondary Valves With Restriction 2006.11.20.01 Duo-Art Organ Roll 3618 "Cantique de Noel" 2006.11.11.03 Unfinished Duo-Art Organ Roll 3531 "Finlandia" 2006.11.06.03 Converting 116-note Organ Rolls to Duo-Art 2006.08.08.02 Unlisted Duo-Art 176-note Pipe Organ Roll 3335 2006.08.02.05 Standard Pneumatic Action Co. Control Linkage 2006.07.31.01 Possible Roycroft Seen At AMICA 2006 Convention 2006.07.14.05 AMICA Technical Session 2006.07.03.01 July 4 Independence Day Greetings 2006.06.25.02 AMICA Technical Session 2006.05.19.02 Duo-Art Organ Roll 3281 "Madame Butterfly..." 2006.04.13.09 Seek Antique Porcelain Electric Receptacle 2006.04.12.07 MIDI Files of Reproducing Piano Rolls 2006.04.04.07 Ampico Installation in Mason & Hamlin Grand 2006.04.02.02 Unlisted Duo-Art 176-note Pipe Organ Rolls 2006.03.21.11 Ampico "B" Stack Spill Valves 2006.03.16.04 Seek 116-note Aeolian Pipe Organ Rolls 2006.03.04.03 Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ Roll Coding 2006.03.03.06 FS: Aeolian Duo-Art Player Pipe Organ 2006.02.25.05 Seek Ampico A Motor, Pulley & Control Valves 2006.02.11.01 Sealing Ampico Pouches & Gluing the Lifter Disc 2006.01.29.06 Converting Vacuum Pump to Pressure Pump 2006.01.09.03 Code Letters on Aeolian Pipe Organ Box Labels 2005.12.28.03 Coding the New Ampico Rolls by Leo Podolsky 2005.12.25.04 Music Rolls by Engelbert Humperdinck 2005.12.07.02 My Aeolian Pipe Organ Web Site 2005.11.30.08 Enjoying Classical and Popular Piano Rolls 2005.11.22.01 Donating a Collection to a Museum 2005.11.10.08 Player Piano Motor Runs Backward 2005.10.29.04 Dies to Cut Ampico "A" Gaskets 2005.10.19.10 DuPont "Tyvek" & Sponge Neoprene SC-43 2005.10.10.02 Seek Aeolian Organ Rolls by Alexandre Guilmant 2005.10.04.09 Small Diameter Lead Pipe for Spoolbox 2005.09.11.05 Aeolian Pipe Organ Roll Discovery 2005.09.04.05 Duo-Art Pipe Organ Rolls 2005.08.17.02 CD "The Aeolian Pipe-Organ plays Duo-Art Music" 2005.08.04.05 Seek MIDI Interface for Old Macintosh Computer 2005.08.02.09 Seek Mason & Hamlin Style AA Player Piano 2005.07.20.04 Seek Original Duo-Art Organ Roll 3363 by Dupre 2005.07.11.03 Aeolian Pipe Organ Roll "Orchestra Parts Only" 2005.06.25.09 Pouch Leather As Duo-Art Gasket Material 2005.06.21.05 Ampico Re-roll Lock-up Problem 2005.06.20.03 Seek Duo-Art Organ Rolls 2005.04.27.10 Ampico Spinet 2005.04.27.08 Duo-Art Cross Valves 2005.03.21.01 Pneumatic Valve Transfer Characteristics 2005.01.21.06 Rebuilding & Regulating the Piano Action 2005.01.21.01 Old Coins Found in Automatic Instruments 2004.11.22.03 Seek Aeolian 176-note "Duo-Art Music" Rolls 2004.10.17.05 Playing Aeolian 116-note Residence Organ Rolls 2004.09.02.02 Seek Action Stack for Starr A-1 Player 2004.05.16.06 Post-Production Editing On Ampico Roll 2004.02.23.06 Chickering Duo-Art Grand 2004.01.21.06 Ampico B Expression Control Problem 2004.01.01.05 How To Move a Piano 2003.12.17.11 Duo-Art Regulation 2003.12.14.04 Motor & Pulley Specifications for Ampico Upright 2003.12.12.07 Seek Ampico B Drawer Panels 2003.12.04.10 Duo-Art Expression Regulation 2003.12.03.04 Wonders of Mechanical Music - Roll Changers 2003.12.02.17 1913 Chickering Ampico Upright 2003.11.20.09 Duo-Art Bass/Treble Split Point 2003.11.17.08 Bass/Treble Player Piano Split Points 2003.10.31.06 Chickering Grand With Welte Licensee Player 2003.10.02.13 Welte-Mignon Recording Technology 2003.09.15.09 Ampico Rolls Played By Nicolai Orloff 2003.09.05.07 Ampico B Lost Motion Compensating System 2003.08.26.02 Duo-Art Classical Organ Library as MIDI 2003.07.04.01 Band Organs Playing on America's Independence Day 2003.06.19.08 Seek Duo-Art Piano Concertola Wiring Data 2003.04.15.09 Locating Leaks in Ampico Player System 2003.04.07.03 Ampico "B" Is Indeed the Factory Name 2003.04.06.08 Ampico "A" Wind-Chest Spill Unit Valve Blocks 2003.04.03.03 AMICA Chapter Meetings 2003.03.23.05 Lee S. Roberts, Piano Roll Artist 2003.03.17.05 Nylon Coated Pneumatic Cloth & PVCE-E Glue 2003.03.13.04 Ampico A Rewind & Power Off Tubing Connections 2003.02.26.05 Player for Aeolian 176 & 116 & 58-Note Rolls 2003.02.25.09 Seek Duo-Art Organ Information 2003.02.19.10 Purpose of Ampico A Slow Crescendo Spring 2003.02.13.11 Sparking of Ampico B Spool Drive Motor 2003.02.12.17 Sparking of Ampico B Spool Drive Motor 2002.12.18.19 Determining Ampico "A" or "B" Music Roll 2002.10.31.09 Using Silicone Sealant on Valve Pouches 2002.10.21.02 Added Value of Ampichron 2002.08.13.08 Ampico A Stack Installation 2002.08.12.11 Ampico A Stack Installation 2002.07.11.07 Ampico Player Is Missing Parts 2002.01.09.01 Benefits of AMICA Membership 2001.12.31.07 Should a Restoration Look Like New? 2001.12.04.06 Player Pipe Organ at George Eastman House 2001.08.27.13 Baby Ampico & Top Loader Ampico 2001.07.09.03 Piano Movers and How They Operate 2001.06.25.06 Gasket Material & Gluing Leather Valve Facing 2001.05.14.03 Ragtime Festival in Columbia MO 9-10 June 2001 2000.12.15.08 Duo-Art Expression Adjustments & Service Manuals 2000.12.01.11 Duo-Art Expression Box Adjustments 2000.11.06.16 Repair of Reproducing Piano Electric Motor 2000.11.03.01 Aeolian Concertola Roll Changer 2000.08.26.04 Preparing a Duo-Art Grand for Moving 2000.08.20.06 Gaskets Under Pneumatics 2000.07.04.08 Sponge Neoprene Valves 2000.04.21.03 John Wrasse, Piano Mover 2000.04.15.12 Duo-Art System for Steinway OR 2000.04.03.09 Publish Significant Information in Print 2000.04.01.07 Children and Mechanical Music 2000.03.31.21 FS: "Welte Test Roll 2000" 2000.03.19.19 Music Roll vs. PowerRoll 2000.02.04.06 Duo-Art Concertola Automatic Tempo System 2000.01.27.19 Aeolian 116-note Low Pressure Organ Valves 2000.01.26.12 Aeolian 116-note Low Pressure Organ Valves 2000.01.25.14 Duo-Art Regulator Leakage 2000.01.21.15 Valves with Sponge Neoprene 2000.01.12.07 Titles of Aeolian 116-note Organ Rolls 2000.01.09.09 Garfield Pin Block Restorer 2000.01.03.03 Duo-Art Artist Hugh Hodgson 1999.10.27.03 Time Zones 1999.10.06.09 Steinway Serial Number From Case Number 1999.10.03.06 Organ Moving 1999.09.19.06 Steinway Serial Number and Other Interesting Finds 1999.09.15.01 Steinway Duo-Art Serial Number 1999.09.14.08 Aeolian Organ Roll Specifications 1999.03.30.06 Ampico A Equalizer Spring 1999.03.07.10 New Test Roll for Welte Licensee 1999.02.19.12 Seek Welte Licensee Test Roll 1999.02.16.10 Rolls For Regulating Reproducing Pianos 1999.02.07.09 Seeburg Select-O-Matic Home Jukebox 1999.02.05.18 Airmotor Speed Regulation Problem 1999.02.02.05 Aeolian Pipe Organ Duo-Art Music Rolls 1999.01.01.09 Appico A Gear Frame Replacement 1998.12.12.10 History of the Themodist Accenting System 1998.12.04.13 Piano in B-747 Airplane 1998.11.04.12 Offset Expression Holes in Ampico B Tracker Bar 1998.08.18.23 Ampico B Roll Drive Motor 1998.08.15.21 Ampico B Roll Drive Motor 1998.07.14.17 Identifying the Pure Ampico B 1998.06.20.04 Ampico A & B Roll Distinctions 1998.04.26.02 Music Roll Acceleration 1998.04.23.22 Duo-Art Cross Valves - Again 1998.04.23.08 Link Aviation Trainer 1998.04.10.15 Recuts Of Duo-Art Organ Rolls 1998.04.09.06 Internet Book Searching 1998.02.26.12 Pauline Alpert Piano Rolls 1998.02.04.24 Seek Empty Mason and Hamlin AA 1998.02.04.19 Cork-rubber Gaskets 1998.01.15.10 Belly Cloth Bottom Cover for Player Grands 1998.01.07.13 65/88-Note Themodist to Duo-Art Conversion 1997.12.30.16 Regulating the Duo-Art 1997.12.30.15 Replacement Kit for Duo-Art Expression Box 1997.12.30.14 Rebuilding Ampico B Unit Valves 1997.11.26.09 Larry Givens 1997.11.19.11 Ampichron Clock Accessory 1997.11.15.12 Duo-Art Cross Valve 1997.10.30.07 Expression Recording Patent by Josef Hofmann 1997.10.25.05 Residence Player Organs 1997.10.23.14 Ampico B Spool Motor 1997.10.19.02 Violano Strings 1997.10.17.13 Ampico B Drawer - Correction 1997.10.15.14 Seek Parts and Advice for Ampico B 1997.06.21.03 1997 AMICA Convention 1997.04.02.10 The Concert Grand Reproducing Piano 1996.12.05.15 Re: Perforator Advance Distances 1996.12.04.16 Re: Perforator Advance Distances 1996.11.12.06 The Ampico B AND Ampico A Are Not Compatible 1996.09.19.03 Ampico Drawer Stabilizer Bar 1996.09.11.16 Duo-Art Valve Leaking / Velocity 1996.09.11.12 Ampico Test Rolls 1996.09.05.09 Duo-Art for Sale 1996.09.05.02 Introduction 1996.08.03.01 Interest in Ampico Roll Format

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