•Greetings to all: I had a customer drop by the shop today and present me with scant information about her father's reproducing grand she has inherited. We're wondering if any other MMDer's have heard of a "Schulz Bardini Grand - Italian Renaissance with the Aria Divina Reproducing Action." I've run...

•Hello MMD and Scott Lesniak. According to the Billings Rollography, Aria Divina rolls are Recordo coded, and there are plenty of QRS Recordos to be found. I have two Aria Divina rolls and they play perfectly well on my Gulbransen Recordo upright. John Phillips in Hobart, Tasmania

•Greetings all, I almost remember that there was an Aria Divina piano along with some rolls in the Condon collection, now at Stanford University; or perhaps it was an Art Echo. In any case, you might want to check with those folks to see what they have: their restoration plans and possibly a list of...

•An acquaintance has a problem with a totally rebuilt Aria Divina that has me puzzled. On startup, the suction to the tracker bar doesn't begin unless the start switch is momentarily moved from start to rewind, and back to start. Then it plays fine. I wonder if anybody has had a similar problem. ...

•The Schulz Aria Divina was a Recordo pianos. I have had two of them and each one had different types of stacks. One was typical with the little pneumatic pouch and the other had more less regular pouches. One of the better points about these pianos is that they play any of the Recordo rolls. There ...

•The "Aria Divina" was Schulz's version of Recordo. I know of one locally (Arlington, Texas, near Dallas) that is not an art case but, according to Recordo gurus Bob & Ginny Billings, it is the only known example of the "C"-type Recordo. While I'm sure there are other "Aria Divina" pianos out there...

•I recently purchased an untouched 1927 Schulz grand piano in an ex- exquisitely carved art case. The piano is being restored, but I have no need or desire to restore the player system. If anyone is inter- ested in purchasing the entire player system, please contact me. David Winkelblech Bethlehem, ...

•I am interested in obtaining a few Aria Divina Rolls. Please let me know what you have. Thanks, Brice Willis

•I am looking for some Aria Divina rolls for a "Marionette" miniature grand piano with Aria Divina player, made by M. Schulz in 1928 or 1929. I am also wondering if the tubing schematic is the same as the Grand Aria Divina. I just saved this little bugger from going into a dumpster. Unfortunately I ...

•Gary Jones asked in the 000516 MMD about a Schulz Aria Divina belonging to a customer. Aria Divina was the Schulz house name for Recordo. The "Bardini..." part probably refers to the case. In 1925 the Aria Divina system was probably the 5-step Recordo ("B" type). In 1926 Aria Divina was the late 16...

•Hello my name is Bill Deak, I'm located southeast of Cleveland, Ohio, and I'm looking for an air motor for an M. Schulz Aria Divina grand player piano, serial #212826 (1927). This was my mother's piano and she has no recollection as to why the air motor was removed from the piano. If anyone can hel...

•I came across a M. Schulz Aria Divina grand player piano. No rolls and not working, but it's complete. Is a Schulz Aria Divina worth saving? Does anyone have some rolls for it that I could obtain? Bernt Damm Sydney [ The Schulz "Aria Divina" played Recordo rolls. See [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archi...

•This is in response to Mr. Bernt Damm's email in 170116 MMDigest: > Is a Schulz Aria Divina worth saving? > Does anyone have some rolls for it that I could obtain? Dear sir, Although I have not yet personally played or heard a Schulz piano (yet), I understand that as musical instruments they have a...

•The post about the Schultz Aria Divina is an interesting one. I think that I have only seen one, a small grand in a Louis cabinet many years ago. We read about a lot of rare systems. Unfortunately, a huge problem tends to be connected to the music library available for each. I really hope that we s...

•I am having a problem retubing the tracker bar in my Schulz Aria Divina Grand Recordo. I was able to retube the existing expression tubing easily by following the old tubing and the Schulz Tubing Diagram from John Tuttle, but a lot of the key pneumatics tubes were missing and I am not sure which po...

•Hello everyone, I'm Norman Narmore, I live in Atlanta, and I'm restoring two M. Schulz pianos, an Aria Divina Grand and an (un-Recordo) upright, both at the same time. When I get tired of endlessly gluing pneumatics and monkeying with the valves I try to work on the aesthetics. I've had good succes...

•Hello MMD readers, For some time, I've seen a series of postings devoted to the "why" of the Player-Piano industry decline, which began after World War One and then accelerated with the development of radio (especially the alternating current models, which apparently began with the Atwater-Kent rec...

•Cleaning out the storage area; I have several pianos for sale. 1. Mason & Hamlin BB (non-player) 1927. Newly refinished, brown mahogany gloss lacquer finish. Piano completely rebuilt professionally about 10 years ago. Artist bench included. $24,000 2. Weber Duo-Art art case grand. Lots of inlay and...

•I'm liquidating the following project instruments that I have acquired over the years, due to two eye surgeries for glaucoma the past year and looking forward to another for a cataract. I just can't see keeping all this stuff (puns intended)! 1) Model S Orchestrelle -- project started, partially un...

•We are getting to the age where we would like to find good homes for our mechanical music collections. None of our family is interested in them and it would be a shame to have them go to the dump when we aren't around any more. One of these collections is now ready to go -- our Recordo rolls and pi...