•Last year, at the East Coast meeting of the MBSI, we had a fellow who gave an hour-long talk about the trumpet clocks that he collects and restores. I don't recall his name but one of the people who ran the meeting could surely find out who it was. Also, there is a lady in Rochester who recently co...

•In the Wed, 27 Sep 2000 edition of MMD, Craig Smith wrote: > Last year, at the East Coast meeting of the MBSI, we had a fellow > who gave an hour-long talk about the trumpet clocks that he collects > and restores. I don't recall his name but one of the people who ran > the meeting could surely find...

•I am interested in finding someone with a Wurlitzer 105 or other Wurli band organ that is willing to help me out. I need to know what kind of shallot and reed to use on a set of the trumpets. The ones in particular are the ones with wooden resonators and wooden round boots. I need to know the diame...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear sir, I would like to get in touch with the man who gave the hour-long talk at the MBSI East Coast meeting concerning trumpeter clocks. I have come up with a 11-tube trumpeter that I have some questions about. Thank you Gene Wooddell ...

•I know of the existence of two Trumpettos, is there anyone else who owns a Trumpetto? Please let me know. In our Organette Discussion Group, we have posted pictures of the two Trumpettos and they both have eleven notes. We are trying to find out if there is an eight-note Trumpetto. If you look at b...

Hello Everyone, We have had several requests from MMD readers for the reed & shallot assemblies for the 13 trumpets used on the Wurlitzer 104/105 Band Organs. We will probably do a build in the near future of these and sell them in sets. Anyone that is interested let me know ASAP. The more people in...

•We still have room for a few more folks wanting the reed assemblies for the 104/105 Wurlitzer Trumpets. The set includes the 13, Reed Tongues, Shallots, Tuning wires and Reed wedges (as listed in Bob Stanoszeks building plans) Price is $285.00 Us funds includes postage. Reeds and Shallots Not Polis...

•A friend has restored a Wurlitzer 125 band organ and he is looking to purchase a set of trumpet reeds from one of these organs or a similar organ. They do not have to be brass, but usually are 13 in number. Since he isn't on-line yet I have offered to assist in this search. He is excited about the ...

•Is there any reason why I should not use harmonium reeds to make trumpet pipes? Best wishes Nigel Perry

•Nigel Perry asks whether it is possible to make trumpet pipes with harmonium reeds. A harmonium reed is a free reed, that is, the reed vibrates within its metal frame without touching it. Similar types of reeds are used in American organs and organettes. The main difference is that harmoniums blow ...

•> Is there any reason why I should not use harmonium reeds to make > trumpet pipes? Trumpet reeds are beating reeds. This means the reed tongue hits the base of the reed. Harmonium reeds are free reeds because the reed tongue floats through the base. One uses vacuum (the free reed), the other press...

•Hi Nigel, There's one very good reason why you shouldn't make trumpet pipes using harmonium reeds: the pipes you make definitely will not sound like trumpet pipes. There are two kinds of reeds: free reeds and beating reeds. Harmonium (and accordion and harmonica) reeds are free reeds. That is, the ...

•Reed pipes for band organs normally use beating reeds to produce a harsh sounding voice. Harmonium reeds are normally free reeds, not beating, so if one used harmonium reeds I would expect a more mellow voice, as in the trumpets of an old Welte orchestrion. Probably not as loud a voice, but perhaps...

•Nigel Perry asks whether it is possible to make trumpet pipes with harmonium reeds. Being rather naive, but curious, about the same subject, I have been trying to do that. I have been using recycled reed organ reeds from circa 1960 organs purchased on eBay. While the reeds are designed to operate o...

•I would just like to say a big 'thank you' to everyone who has contributed their advice on this subject. Most people feel that there is no reason not to use them, although the sound will be quieter and more mellow. Given that the Orchestrelle uses just this system with a strange wooden resonator to...

•Some Welte orchestrions used a rank of free reed trumpet pipes. Those reeds were made of steel. They could be tuned with a tuning wire like free reed clarinets. There was a brass plate for the shallot face, and the steel reed was ground into a T-shape held in place with a screw and locating pins. T...

•Hello Friends, I have been helping a family who bought this instrument at auction, not knowing what they were in for and having never heard it play. It appears to be an old DeKleist band organ that was modified to try to play Wurlitzer 150 rolls. Both the vacuum pump and pressure pumps were full of...

•A friend told me yesterday something a bit strange, and I would like to know if there is some truth in it. Would there be, on top of a New York City building, a large organ (?), Limonaire style, something called "Trumpeteria" (???). Is it a joke, or could it be serious ? Best regards, Philippe Roui...

•Hi Group, I was wondering if anyone can help me with my quest, which started in the latter part of the 1980's when the then Phillips Auction rooms in Blenheim Place, London, sold an important Black Forest clock, named the "Trumpeter Of Sackingen". Back then I couldn't afford it and off it went -- s...

•A Trumpeter Clock also appears in the "Guests Arriving at the Hotel" scene of the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Lady Vanishes." Christofer Noering