•Dear friends, David Sharp has inquired about Play-a-sax repair using methods other than the one proposed by Spencer Chase. I have used the "Liquid Wrench" method on my own Play-a-sax and it worked very well. Using Liquid Wrench at the top end to penetrate and loosen the semi-fused body is a very ca...

•Thanks to everyone who made suggestions for taking apart a Playasax. I have ordered a can of Kroil. I found it from an eBay seller even cheaper than at Amazon.com. In the meantime, does anyone have a suggestion for the material to make a new gasket? The old one has fallen apart and the pieces I hav...

•I used silicone sponge for the gaskets in my Play-a-saxes. Very resilient and very long lasting. You can use somewhat thicker material than was used originally since the harmonica is held in place with tapered shims. Sponge works well because it can seal without putting undue stress on the old pot ...

•Several months ago I wrote MMDigest asking how to take apart a Playasax. (By the way, a decal on my instrument says "Q.R.S PLAYASAX Q.R.S.DeVry Corp." PLAYASAX is in all caps with no hyphens, and the periods between letters are raised dots along a centerline of the letters.) I got several suggestio...

•My next project is to rebuild a Play-a-sax. How do you take it apart without breaking it? Has anyone out there been successful getting one apart, so that the harmonica internals can be serviced? Any advice on what worked or what didn't will be greatly appreciated. Wayne Finger [ Articles about Play...

Friends, Found this nestled among antiques for sale. Reply-To: rwplute@aol.com (R W PLUTE). Q R S Play-a-sax, by Q.R.S. DeVry Corp., about 1930, 12 inches, with 2 music rolls. $ 150.00 Email Richard W. Plute¶ R.R. 1 Box 43¶ Oologah, OK¶ 74053

---Forwarded message, please reply directly to sender.--- From: Richard Mazur To: rollreq@foxtail.com Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:07:56 -0500 Subject: Help, I need information I am trying to get ahold of a gentlemen named Frank Adams who lives, or lived, in Arlington, Washington. His phone number was ...

•Inspired by the beautiful music my Play A Sax is now making with Ed Schmidt's rolls, I am considering restoring my second one. It has the usual destroyed bottom gear case piece. If there is enough interest, I would make a mold from the one that I have which is perfect and make wax models for invest...

•Hi all, Within the past few days I have had a couple of requests about availability of Play-a-Sax rolls and also take-up and supply spools. I did purchase a few Play-a-Sax rolls maybe ten years ago and they are quite fine, but in the back of my mind I thought that I had read that the supplier of th...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a QRS Play-a-Sax and was interested in what they are worth. It works fine and is in great condition. I have three music rolls also.

•Hello JR and all MMDr's, The QRS player sax is easy to value. You just have to do minimal research on eBay. Learn to use the "completed sales" option. I did your research for you, and the last two sold recently in the $255-$325 range. That is what the current market will bear. I look forward to rea...

•Catching up on MMD, I noticed that the Clarola player harmonica was mentioned last week. Since one doesn't see these every day, I thought you might enjoy seeing a picture. We have a very nice image of a Clarola and a Play-A-Sax on the AMICA web site. This image was contributed to us by AMICA member...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hello, I was surfing the Web to find information on barrel organs and I came upon a Web page where they had information on unusual mechanical instruments; among them, a Violano Virtuoso and a mechanical banjo. Then, I fell upon the name "Play-a-s...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- My friend, John, has a roll playing saxophone made By DeVry Industries with eight rolls, all in excellent shape, that he is wanting to sell. We found your web page after much searching about roll playing saxophones. Can you please give us some in...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Am wishing to sell a roll-playing saxophone. I have a player and nine rolls. The rolls are Singing in the Rain, If I had a Talking Picture of You, O Come All Ye Faithful, Piccolo Pete, If I Had a Hammer, Irish Washerwoman, Let Me Call You Sweethe...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a QRS PlayaSax, with 10 rolls in boxes and 3 without, that I am in need of selling due to a death in the family. It seems to be in relatively good shape and still playable. Some of the gold paint is wearing off but the instrument itself is...

•Mike Walter wanted to know the source of Play-a-Sax rolls and spools. I still have a large selection of Play-a-Sax rolls and spools -- left from when I was punching the rolls. A list of the rolls that are left can be found on my web site, http://www.music-rolls.com/ Ed Schmidt - Schmidt's Music Rol...

•For Sale: Circa 1930s Q.R.S. Play-A-Sax Toy intended for a child (or an adult having fun) to play a saxophone by blowing into the mouthpiece and turning crank which rolls a 16-note perforated music roll. The roll wraps over the front of the sax to play 16 notes through 16 openings in sax. Saxophone...

•A quick answer for Jody to sort the MMD reference section -- On the decal stuck to the unit it says Playasax. On the boxes for the rolls, it also says Playasax. Both are original from Q.R.S. DeVry Corp. Hope this helps to clear thing up. Regards from Ken Vinen, Stratford, Ontario Canada. ...

•The name on the item I have in my collection is "Q.R.S. PLAYASAX" where playasax is all one word. The roll boxes read: "Q.R.S. PLAYASAX ROLL" This item was made by the Q.R.S DeVry Corp. Chicago. Bill Wineburgh