•>[ Tourneur (d'orgue) - organ grinder After reading the article on the French word for "organ grinder", I can only assume the Tournaphone was named that for this reason. Leslie Hoffman

•Anyone ever heard of the Tournaphone Music Co? Apparently they make some sort of mechanical organs. I'm trying to help someone looking for parts and music. A private reply would be fine. Thanks Hal O'Rourke

•I think the Tournaphone Co. made the 23-note Tournaphone or Cabinetto Organette in the 1882-1891 period; Ed Schmidt makes new rolls for these. As for the 'Gally' music roll: what is the paper width? What is the width of the holes in the paper, and the gap between notes (across the width of the roll...

•Today I was given an unrestored and very playable Tournaphone table-top player reed organ. The little instrument has just one roll but it plays quite well. According to the last patent information, the instrument was built sometime after 1882. The organ has 24 notes/reeds. Does anyone have any info...

•I've just finished posting some new info to the Organette Music Repository: a tune list from an October 1885 catalog and supplement from The Tournaphone Music Company, scanned by Arnaud Moyencourt (Thanks, Arnaud!) See: http://music.organettes.com/instruments/tournaphone/home http://music.organette...

•Howdy MMDers, I am pleased to announce that we now have Tournaphone rolls and spools available. I have regrouped many tunes in a more thematic and logical order from how they were listed in Ed Schmidt's catalog. It is a small list, but as soon as we get some issues with the MIDI program resolved it...

•[Karl Ellison wrote that he wants music rolls for a Tournaphone organette.] A selection of recut rolls for the Tournaphone organette can be found on my web site, http://www.music-rolls.com/ Ed Schmidt Schmidt's Music Rolls 6549 Locust Grove Road Easton, MD 21601

•I'm looking for a Tournaphone organette, any condition, as long as it is mechanically complete. Marty Roenigk Eureka Springs, Arkansas tel.: 1-479-253-0405 email: mroenigk@aol.com

•Hello MMD Folks, Well, the inquiry about the Cabinetto got me thinking about my own Tournaphone. I've had it for many years but it has never played. I'm sure that you remember the story about the shoe maker's children... A couple years ago, my wife 'encouraged' me to fix some of my own stuff instea...

•Dear MMD, The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments, by Q. David Bowers, 13th printing, page 769, shows a "Tournaphone", a suction-operated reed paper-hole-as-the-valve crank instrument. A customer of mine owns one and would like to find more rolls for it. Does anyone have suggestions of wh...

•Rolls for Tournaphone can be bought from Ed Schmidt in USA or Kevin McElhone in England. Both have web sites and are part of the "Crank Organ Ring" in the Internet. You did not say where your customer is. The Dulciphone you mention is only 14 notes, against 25 notes for the Tournaphone. Be careful ...

•Karl, Ed Schmidt has recut Tournaphone rolls, I believe. See http://www.actionwebcreations.com/smr/tournaph.html Todd Augsburger - Roller Organs http://www.bright.net/~allmax/index.htm

•Someone on the Organettes Yahoo web site asked for a copy of the operating label for the Cabinetto, which is the same as the Tournaphone, so I took a picture of mine and touched it up for them. Here's a copy for the MMD Archives in case someone else needs it for reference or to copy in the future. ...

•Adding to the list would be the floor standing Tournaphone models, one with a spindle rail at the back of the instrument and another model which has a stand affixed to the organette which is a table top variant. Celestina made a floor model pedal type, the boudoir type (night stand) and even a dini...

Ed Schmidt wrote: > Kevin McElhone has submitted an article on the Tournaphone to the MBSI, > and I will soon send a listing of all of the songs titles that we are > currently aware of for the machine. If any one has titles for original > Tournaphone rolls, I would be glad to hear from you and add t...

Brian, I assume you are referring to the 25 note 13 3/4" wide paper Cabinetto. Actually there are two machines that go by this name. In the UK the Cabinetto was the same as the Tournaphone in the US. However, in the US the Cabinetto is a different machine, but plays the same 25 note roll. One differ...

•Howdy all, Pipes of Pan Music Rolls now has Christmas tunes, recuts and new arrangements for Bijou Orchestrone, Celestina, Clariona, Dulciphone, Mechanical Orguinette (7" 14-note strips), Melodia, Musical Casket, Musette, Peerless, and Tournaphone organettes. Also, just released for Tournaphone Rol...

•Hi Everyone! I just finished making a list of 150 13" Ariston discs I now have in stock. I also just got in 80 more 9" Amorette discs (no list) to add to my stock of those. I have lots of recut Celestina rolls without spools, too (no list). I have a 31/84 Raffin Monkey Organ on cart, as well as a 2...

•I have a lot of organette music to clear -- mostly brand-new recuts, and plenty of Christmas tunes for some types. Some are on wooden spools, for others I have run out of spools so you will have to re-use old spools or make or buy some more. Melodia 14-note Mechanical Orguinette / Drapers 14-note s...

•Following is what I could jot down throughout two nearly 11-hour days of auction which took place at Miles Music Museum in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It is not complete as it only noted items I wanted to keep track of. I will use it to adjust my internal pricing schedule. You may notice that there w...