•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Who can provide new rubber motor mounts for my Chickering Ampico grand piano? The old ones are really hard and crusty, and they need to be replaced. Thank you for any help that you can provide! Steve Bucknam Oakland, Maine

•Hello, I bought rubber motor mount cushions for my Ampico B from Bob Streicher. They were very reasonably priced and well made. He also makes the ball bleeds for the Ampico B unit valves and some other parts. Everything he makes is good or better. Best regards, Spencer Chase

•I need just a few parts to complete a project of refitting an Ampico B mechanism back into a very nice 6' 2" Mason & Hamlin. The metal brackets that support the rubber motor mounts are needed. Actually, these same brackets are used in the Ampico A, so they are not at all scarce. These metal support...

•Bob Streicher has those Ampico motor mounts. Bob's phone number changed some time back, people may want to make a note of it: Bob Streicher P.O. Box 39 Pond Eddy, NY 12770 Phone: 1-570-559-7403 Bruce Mercer

•Hello, I've been on an Ampico rebuild binge lately and my stock of motor mounts is zero. I would like to purchase five or six sets of Ampico motor mounts to have them on hand. I need one set as soon as possible to finish the one I'm working on now. Any help is appreciated. Jeff Davis - in Seattle, ...

•I am getting closer to finishing up my Steinway Duo-Art restoration and need new motor mounts for the pump motor. The old ones are red rubber. It looks like a two-part assembly, with smaller rubber pieces above the four metal mounting flanges and larger rubber pieces below, which the flanges actual...

•I am in need of four rubber electric motor mounts for an Ampico grand. Lester Wolff Lithia, Florida leswolff@live.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•I'm looking for someone who is willing to make me up a few dozen sets of Ampico motor mounts. Please contact me if interested in the job (john@plyer-care.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep]) John A. Tuttle Player-Care.com

•I too worry about the availability of motor mounts. I recently saw an Ampico that had been somewhat restored, and the motor mounts had been replaced in a fashion I had never seen before. The restorer used a strip of appropriate replacement rubber and had wrapped it around the rods of the system and...

•Bob Streicher used to make these, and he may still be making them. His phone number is 570-559-7403. As I recall, he used to freeze the rubber blocks before drilling them. Randolph Herr [ The word was that Bob Streicher was retiring. But it is worth a [ phone call to him to find out. See the MMD Su...

•I made motor mounts at one time and sold them on eBay along with Ampico transmission frames. I never was really happy with my motor mounts as I made them with a rather rough die which I whipped up from scraps. I was happy with my transmission frames and sold several of them, but they were not a ste...

•In yesterday's MMD, Don Teach asked: "_IF_ I were to make the motor mounts again, would anyone mind that they were more of a honey color?" I would like to ask whether the motor mounts for the grand are the same as the mounts in an upright? I have an upright, but haven't started restoration and don'...

•I am posting this as a matter of clarification. The Ampico "Motor Mounts" that have been in discussion the last several days are really not motor mounts. The item of discussion is the rubber sound isolator that holds the _rod ends_ that the motor mount slides on. The true motor mounts are castings ...

•I have finally been convinced to make a run of the rubber motor mounts for Ampico pianos. I have the molds to make these in long strips so that means you can cut them to the width you desire and drill the holes. The rubber will be tan in color as I wanted black rubber but the supply house convinced...

•Is anyone currently making or have available Ampico rubber motor mounts? Thanks! Ron Babb [ John Tuttle offers a set of four rubber mounts for Ampico motors at [ http://www.player-care.com/resale.html#mounts MMD articles on this [ topic are at http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/M/mounts.html [ -...

•Does anyone out there in MMD-land know of a source for the molded rubber mounts used on the Ampico grand to secure the motor and subdue the vibration? There were four used in every installation; the model B also used them to mount the pump, so there are eight in every B Ampico. The mounts were offe...

•I'm currently restoring a late 1928 Mason & Hamlin RA Ampico "A". The shock mounts for the pump motor show a modification not previously seen in my experience. Each mount has a cut-out measuring about 1.125" wide by 1" deep. A 0.375" diameter by 0.1" thick soft leather disk has been inserted into e...

•It looks to me that who ever did the restoration 25 years ago, unaware of the availability of new motor mounts, modified a standard rubber mount one would get at the hardware store to fit. Brian Thornton Woodbury, Tennessee

•Hi Everyone, I am working on an Ampico model B and need two sets of the rubber motor mounts. I thought I would ask here before I order new ones to see if anyone has some in the shop they would like to sell. Ben Gottfried - Ben's Player Piano Service Richfield Springs, New York http://www.bensplayer...

•Just in time for Christmas[*] - Ampico motor mounts! I'm now in production making Ampico motor mounts and taking orders. The rubber is just the right firmness to support the motor rod but soft enough to provide excellent noise insulation. The five sided plate that keeps the rod from puncturing the ...