•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...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear Jody Kravitz, I am writing to you from the South Dakota State Library in Pierre. We have a patron who is looking for a picture of the Shulz (Schulz) organ. He has one and he said it said Shulz on it, but he thought it might by Schulz, too. C...

•Hi everyone, I have a later Schulz action in my Starck upright (apx late 20's) and I would like to know if the valve pouches are still the small pneumatic type or are more like the standard type. I have the super book by Reblitz and he shows on page 135 several pictures of the pouch blocks but I ca...

•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...

•Does anyone have any tips on how to get the Schulz roll tracking system to work somewhat decently? It's the system where the arms ride on the roll flanges. Matthew Schultz

•Schulz cloth can be ordered from D.C. Ramey Piano in Marysville, Ohio. http://dcramey.com/ http://dcramey.com/Other%20Items.html Don Teach Shreveport, Louisiana

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear Al, My name is James Bahl. My father and I have a piano business, Bahl & Sons Piano in West Salem, Wisconsin. We service and sell all types of pianos (pianos only), and our specialty is the sale and professional restoration of player pian...

•Hi Folks, I have damaged the wind motor in my Schulz upright during disassembly. I believe that the wind motor was re-covered previously and that the current dimensions of the body are not correct. In order to duplicate the body (where the pneumatics attach) properly, I need the dimensions. The dim...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a Schulz player piano that I am getting rid of. It has all those pneumatics in it. Would this be of value to anyone? It's not working but anyone could have it for free for the parts. I live 10 miles west of Omaha, NE. Cindy Kasten cindyrol...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hello, I have a complete action including bellows and all other parts from a Schulz player piano. Other Schulz parts are also available. Thank you. James Williams 799 Maple Street South Ogden, Utah 84403-1921 801-394-7263

•The Schulz pneumatic must have an extremely supple cloth or leather, or it will not work. The thinnest possible pouch leather has functioned well in my experience. Uniform porosity from one pneumatic to another is probably more important than whether the covering is absolutely airtight. Doug Rhodes...

•I have been contacted by a client in North Lincolnshire, UK, who would like to sell an 88-note Schulz (Chicago) player. The instrument was restored in Australia some three years ago and is said to play very well. Needs tuning, though. It has the usual controls plus pitch transposing lever. The case...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I am wondering what's the best way to restore Schulz pouch pneumatics, using currently available materials. Thanks! Gordon Stelter

•Want to buy an un-restored Schulz upright player piano. Anyone having one for sale please contact me at Thanks, Charlie Wasson Kansas

•Wanted: Schulz valve washers, 1.5" o.d. x 0.5" i.d. I'll take incomplete sets. I have one-half set. Don Barton Barton Player Piano Co. tel.: 1-612-378-1102

•--- forwarded message, please reply to sender & MMD --- From: SJouris@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 15:27:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Player Piano Live in Rockford, Illinois and wish to give away a player piano with a box of rolls. The tubing is dried out and needs to be replaced, otherwise everything...

•In Digest 970603 Craig Broughter wrote: > One requirement to rebuilding the Schulz valve is to make sure the > valve pneumatics easily collapse on their own with the hook in place, > and are practically air-tight. You have to be able to open them up and > watch them drop quickly on their own weight...

•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...

•A fellow restorer who does not have access to a computer would like to know if there are any cloths available today suitable for recovering Schulz pneumatic pouches. I have checked the MMD archives and I found that the Australian cloth made for this purpose wore out quickly and therefore may have b...