•Thanks to Eric Bergstrom for more info on nickel plating! I've had a wonderful response to my question on plating and plating procedures. That's the joy of MMD -- People sharing information!!! One of our MMD'ers is actually putting together a 'plating kit' for me from spare stuff he had. This is sh...

•Seasons Greetings to all MMD subscribers from the land of the Metric Dollar! A merchant in our city, Stratford, Ontario Canada, has just returned from a buying trip in Paris, France. He gave me a brochure for a hotel and told me I must stay there if I ever have the opportunity. The three page leafl...

•Mark Kinsler's comments regarding automatic roll changers have prompted me to reply. Many mechanical music machines have roll changers. The designs are varied. Large commercial orchestrions seem to have the most reliable systems. Home instruments such as reproducing pianos and player pipe organs co...

•Hi all, So often we hear horror stories involving a player piano that we might lose sight of the fact that there just as many, if not more, wonderful stories about player pianos that hardly ever get told. Why is that? I equate it to human nature, along the same line as the reason why there aren't a...

•As for favorite stories: I recommend that you long-time AMICA members look up in your waaay back issues of the "AMICA Bulletin" a two-part series titled "The Making Of An AMICAN," written by Daniel L. Schacher. I have the honor to be the author's son. Dad was an electrical engineer by trade, engine...

•Mikey Mills has acquired a number of old Wurlitzer 150 rolls which he plans to have recut. This roll, #13025 from 1916, is one of the best in the lot and is certainly deserving of being recut. Like many old rolls that were good enough to have been played often over the years, this roll is missing t...

•All of the rolls in my Wurlitzer style 165 collection are factory, Andy Park, or Rich Olsen arrangements. What is the quality of the 165 rolls converted from BAB? Do they make good use of all of the BAB control functions, and all 52 notes? Gordon Ramsey [ To answer your own question, you need to co...

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•Hi everyone, Recently I bought a roll with the brand name 'Little Wonder Music Record'. It was dated as having been bought in December 1921. It's number 114, 'American Patrol March'. The roll is *very* small, the flanges tiny, and the box is plain, with a simple undecorated label. The only printing...

•On February 8th, Robert Perry wrote: > Recently I bought a roll with the brand name 'Little Wonder Music > Record'. It was dated as having been bought in December 1921. It's > number 114, 'American Patrol March'. The roll is *very* small, the > flanges tiny, and the box is plain, with a simple unde...

•Hi there MMD'rs -- I have a friend who is restoring a Wurlitzer C and is in need of the wonder light assembly. Does anyone out there have any parts for a wonder light, anything would be helpful. Also, has anyone made reproduction parts or have any drawings? Anything is better than nothing when you ...

•Hi! An inquiry: I am trying to assemble info on Yale Wonder Clocks and Automatic Cashier and Discount Machines for an article for the Musical Box Society Journal. These were made by the Yale Wonder Clock Co., located on Main Street, Burlington, Vermont. Incorporated in 1901 for $30,000, the company...

•I am putting the finishing touches on an article for "Mechanical Music," journal of the Musical Box Society International. It will be a detailed coverage of the Yale Wonder Clock, its successor the Automatic Cashier and Discount Machine, and the peripherally related Star Trade Register. All three o...

•A couple of weeks ago while I was on vacation my wife and I visited the Musical Wonder House in Wiscasset, Maine. It was a wonderful, memorable experience for us and I thought I would tell the MMD readers about it in case any of you are not familiar with this most interesting mechanical music museu...

•Just in case you need a Yale Wonder Clock to complete your collection of combination coin-operated Regina disc player / Waterbury clock / gambling machines, one is coming up at auction September 18 & 19 in Virden, Illinois. In case you plan to bid on it, you may want to bring an extra credit card. ...

•I've never been to the Musical Wonder House museum in Wiscasset, Maine, but I understand from knowledgeable friends it's great! http://www.musicalwonderhouse.com/ Bob Hodge

•The Musical Winder House is an amazing building with an amazing collection and knowledgeable docents who can discuss most items in the collection. It is located on Route 1 in Wiscasset, one of the prettiest villages in Maine, and is well worth the small admission fee. A short walk from the museum a...

•A visit to the Musical Wonder House is well worth the price. Take the full tour. When my wife and I were there a few people thought the price was too high and took the partial tour. Even before they finished that portion they had their money out for the rest of the tour. My wife and I can't recomme...

•I am revisiting a topic I studied ten years ago: the Yale Wonder Clock Company of Burlington, Vermont, and its two products -- each of which incorporated a 15-1/2-inch inch Regina music box movement -- the Yale Wonder Clock introduced in early 1899 and the Automatic Cashier and Discount Machine a f...

•Henry Waterson (of Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Music Publishers) announced the introduction of Little Wonder Phonograph Records in the October, 1914, issue of "Talking Machine World." The immediate success of these ten-cent discs prompted Waterson to expand into player piano rolls in February, 1915...