There are two instruments available in Rosemead, California (not too
far from Los Angeles).  They both need to find new homes.

1. The first one is a true barn-find of a National Automatic Music
Company piano-jukebox.  The mystique of "barn-find" is probably lost
on this one, since the cabinet will need a lot of veneer work, but all
the mechanism is there and it supposedly was working when it was put
in the barn.

So where is the adventurous restoration person who'd like to revive
this old gal?  My research has explained that "AMI began in 1909 as
the National Automatic Music Co., making automatic player pianos.
Having designed a mechanism which allowed music rolls to be selected,
this was adapted for use in jukeboxes, the first of which was produced
in 1927."  Here is a link to a photo gallery:

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/67715547@N04/sets/72157634654453141/ 

2. The second one is an Apollophone player piano/phonograph combination.
The case is pretty good.  The bellows need rebuilding, but it will
work when hooked up to a vacuum cleaner.   I found this description:

  "Apollophone Player Piano built by Melville Clark Piano Co.  What
  makes this piano so unique is that it has a fully functional
  phonograph built into the top of the cabinet right next to the music
  roll!  The idea was that while the piano roll was rewinding, the
  phonograph could play, keeping your guests entertained without an
  awkward moment of silence!  These Apollophone pianos are exceedingly
  rare, and are among some of the most sought after pianos collected by
  today's enthusiast."

Here is a link to the Apollophone:

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/67715547@N04/sets/72157634937518138/ 

Please contact me to negotiate the adoption papers and some reasonable
purchase prices.

Harry Arends
tel.: 1-323-422-9039
email: hdaprod@yahoo.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]