Mechanical Music Digest: Picture Gallery

Here is a collection of images sent to us by Digest subscribers. For the time being, there's no particular order. Check back from time to time for additional entries.

Nelson-Wiggen Decal -- by Monica Jones (130916 MMDigest & subsequent)

Sight Trumps Sound in Music Performance Judgment -- by John Iles (130828 MMDigest)

Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ & Charles M. Courboin -- by Dave Krall, 130811 MMDigest

Tribute to Philippe Rouille -- by Joyce Brite (130725 MMDigest)

Dimensions of Carl Frei 29-note Chromatic Stopped Pipes -- by Robert Leber

Unknown Coin-Op Wall Box of Oak -- by Bruce Miller (121111 MMDigest)

Ampico "A" Unit Valve Variant Discovered -- by John Grant (120724 MMDigest)

Seeburg Style C Cabinet Piano -- by Don Teach

Carousel Organ at Keystone Park in Sayre, Pennsylvania (853 kb) -- image courtesy Mike Roseboom (111121 MMDigest)

Label "Directions for Using the Tournaphone" -- by Craig Smith (111001 MMDigest)

Orchestrion in Waldkirch "Bayersepple" Restaurant -- by Wolfgang Brommer (101121 MMDigest)

Seek Lid Support (Lid Stay) for Musical Box -- by Craig Smith (101116 MMDigest)

Symphonion (Leipzig) Musical Box Disc Case -- by Karl Petersen (091124 MMDigest)

Kelley Automatic Music Co. of Albany, New York

Ruth Fair Organ Owned by Meinrad Dominikus Stey -- by Wolfgang Brommer (090718 MMDigest)

Stolen Musical Boxes in UK 16 April 2009 -- by Kevin McElhone (090418 MMDigest)

Wurlitzer Style 148 Band Organ Brass Pipes -- by Bill Klinger (090411 MMDigest)

Calliope at New York Museum of Transportation -- by Craig Smith (090120 MMDigest)

Wurlitzer Tracker Bar of Solid Brass -- by Christian Wittmann (090113 MMDigest)

Wurlitzer Tracker Bar of Acrylic Plastic -- by Bruce Miller (090111 MMDigest)

Gathering of Molinari Barrel Organs -- by Craig Smith (080718 MMDigest)

Sign "The Duo-Art Pianola Reproducing Piano" -- by Andy Ott (080623 MMDigest)

20-note Punching Machine Built With Meccano -- by Christofer Noering (080622 MMDigest)

Triphonola in Roenisch Grand Piano -- by Mario Solimbergo (080618 MMDigest)

French Cylinder Organ in Thomasville, Georgia - by Melissa Sanford

Endless Music Strip In Coin Piano -- by Bob Conant (070725 MMDigest)

Who Invented the Electric Player Piano? Patent by Antoine and Charles Cros -- by Francoise Dussour (070703 MMDigest)

Electrova Post Lamps -- by Jon Fortunato (070608 MMDigest)

Dulciphone Organette Musical Sewing Machine Cover -- by Leslie Hoffman

Unknown Player Action in David Moore Piano -- by John A. Tuttle (070325 MMDigest)

Mason & Hamlin Concert Grand Ampico -- by Bob Taylor (070319 MMDigest)

Unknown Player Action in Heintzman Piano -- by John A. Tuttle (070316 MMDigest)

Hot Hide Glue Headache -- by John A. Tuttle (070315 MMDigest)

Possible Photoplayer Pipes -- by Herb Crandell (070301 MMDigest)

J. Lawrence Cook - Perforated Music Roll Specialist -- by Ken Vinen (070222 MMDigest)

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Buys Wurlitzer 165 -- by Matthew Caulfield

Repairing a Broken Tracker Bar -- by Craig Smith (070211 MMDigest)

1923 Kimball Player Action with Fast Forward -- by John A. Tuttle (070207 MMDigest).

Carousel Organs at Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, California -- compiled by Robbie Rhodes

Auto-Electric Coin Piano Friction Disc Drive -- by Philip Jamison (060727 MMDigest)

Early Wurlitzer Pianino Has Wind Motor -- by Don Teach (060708 MMDigest)

Synthesized Fairground Organ With Real Percussion -- By Andy LaTorre (050710 MMDigest)

5.5" Cardboard Disc Plays Christmas Bell-Lites -- by Bill Wineburgh (060623 MMDigest)

Unknown Piston Airmotor -- by Randolph Herr (060619 MMDigest)

Jake's Painted Player Piano -- by Craig Smith (060526 MMDigest)

Strange Coin Mechanism in Olympia Musical Box -- by Craig Smith (051207 MMDigest)

Swiss "ST" Musical Box Plays 23.8 cm Disc -- by Matthew Caulfield (050915 MMDigest)

Mikune Band Organs -- by Vic Searle, Toyko

Cotton Thread Secures Piano Rolls -- by Christine Robinson (050911 MMDigest)

MIDI-Controlled Chamber Organ by David Leach -- by Phil Dayson (050426 MMDigest)

Seeburg Celesta Super Orchestrion -- by Stephen Kent Goodman (050413 MMDigest)

Reading the Pinned Music of an Organ Barrel -- by Craig Smith (050306 MMDigest)
Barrel Organ Pipes Restored by OSI -- by Craig Smith (050306 MMDigest)

Louis Bacigalupi (Bacigalupo): organ builder, wrestler, actor, herpetologist -- recollections by Thom Yaras (050315 MMDigest)

"Volks-Klavier" Self-Playing Zither -- by Christian Greinacher (050223 MMDigest)

Mystery Player Piano Action Stack Plays 65 Notes -- by Paul Manganaro (050223 MMDigest)

List of Tunes for Capital Cuff Music Boxes -- by Kevin McElhone & Lelland Fletcher

Gavioli "Guitharmonie" Barrel Reed Organ -- by Craig Smith & Hans van Oost

Visual Effects in Mechanical Music Instruments -- by Johan Liljencrants (050123 MMDigest)

Unknown Player Action in Chassaigne Freres Piano -- by John A. Tuttle (041226 MMDigest)

International Karakuri Contest -- by Kazuo Murakami (041207 MMDigest)

Reuge Musical Rocking Chair Movement -- photos by Robbie Rhodes

J. W. Whitlock Violin Playing Machine -- by Mark Reinhart (040827 MMDigest)

Mystery Fair Organ Plays Wurlitzer 165 Music Rolls -- by Jack M. Conway (040804 MMDigest)

Aeolian Organ Factory in Garwood, New Jersey -- by George Bogatko (040802 MMDigest)

Unknown Scene on Interchangeable Cylinder Musical Box -- by Ralf Smolne (040617 MMDigest)

Unknown Player Action in Haddorff Piano -- by John A. Tuttle (040521 MMDigest)

Animated Figures on German Christmas Music Box -- by Karl Petersen (040516 MMDigest}

Tiffany "Flower Girl Nr. 3" Musical Automaton Is Fake -- by Christian Greinacher (040515 MMDigest)

Tiffany "Flower Girl" Musical Automaton Is Fake -- by Christian Greinacher (040419 MMDigest)

Sankyo 20-Note Paper Strip Movement in Model Organ -- by Christian Greinacher (040412 MMDigest)

Nicole Freres Pocket Watch -- by Brian Chesters (040328 MMDigest)

Cremona Case Restoration -- by Bob & Sonja Lemon (040320 MMDigest)

German Organ Clock Plays USA Civil War Tunes -- by Vincent Morgan (040316 MMDigest)

Nickelodeons That Play Style 'A' Rolls -- by Don Teach (040306 MMDigest)

Welte Vorsetzer Includes Tracker Bar Pump -- by Randolph Herr (040108 MMDigest)

Sterling Miniature 61-note Player Piano -- by John McClure (031220 MMDigest)

Exhauster Pump With Bellows Outside the Frame -- by Bill Chapman (031212 MMDigest)

Collecting Mechanical Musical Toys -- by Beatrice Robertson

Smith Lyraphone Pneumatic Power Roller Push-Up Player -- by Ray Fairfield

Stella Oiler (Stella Discs Must Be Lubricated Every Playing) -- photos courtesy Lelland Fletcher and Ken Vinen

Tiffany "Flower Girl" Musical Automaton -- by Christian Greinacher (031125 MMDigest)

Power roller instruments: Hupfeld, Pianotist, Pianovo, Lyraphone

Gavioli 44-key "Gavioliflute" Organ No. 2049 -- by Hans van Oost (031026 MMDigest)

Gavioli 38-note "Harmoniflute a Trombone" Organ -- by Marc Kaufman (031025 MMDigest)

48-key Dutch Street Organ "Winnie the Pooh" Stolen -- by Stephen Simpson (031007 MMDigest)

"Das Eichhörnchen" Dutch Street Organ by Pluer -- photos courtesy Rick Inzero

Wurlitzer 125 Band Organ Plays on Canada's Independence Day -- by Ken Vinen

Odd Retrofit Piano Player System of Circa 1900 -- by Philip Jamison (030817 MMDigest)

Band Organ at King's Dominion Park, Doswell, VA -- by William Griswold Jr. (030816 MMDigest)

Wilcox & White Recording Piano -- by Dave Krall (030807 MMDigest)

Simple Orchestrion Coin Mechanism -- by Zach Goldstein (030805 MMDigest)

Gebrüder Bruder 52-key Organ at Sydney Carousel -- by Neil Palmer (030804 MMDigest)

Peerless Model D -- by Don Bryant (030725 MMDigest)

Rönisch Claviola 88-Note Player Piano -- by Robbie Rhodes, photos by Colin Campbell

Barrel Piano by Henri Basile of Brussels -- by Björn Isebaert (030423 MMDigest)

New Edison Cylinder Recording of Street Organ -- by Philip Jamison (030409 MMDigest)

Small Steinway Box -- by Randolph Herr (030322 MMDigest)

Player Action in Canadian Gourley Piano -- by Herb Huestis (030319 MMDigest)

Duo-Art Push-Up Player by Douglas Heffer -- photos by Joyce Brite (030308 MMDigest)

Homemade "O" Roll Orchestrion -- by Steve Bentley (020908 MMDigest)
Homemade 'Pistonola' Player Action -- by Steve Bentley (000226 MMDigest)
Homemade O-roll Perforator -- by Steve Bentley

Mills Electric Piano & Violano in 1923 Music Trade Review -- courtesy Don Teach

Coin Catcher for Coin-op Regina -- by Jere Ryder (030123 MMDigest)

Music Roll Has Center Sprocket Holes -- by Philip Jamison (030116 MMDigest)

Cremona Orchestrions made by Marquette Piano Co. -- catalog images courtesy Don Teach

Rueckenklavier Back Piano Plays Turkish Songs -- by Christian Greinacher (021218 MMDigest)

Edison Phonograph Musical Box -- by Tim Morsher (021208 MMDigest)

Regina Hexaphone Coin Operated Phonograph -- courtesy Jack A. Conway

Street Organ Music & the Savoyards -- by Philippe Rouille (021030 MMDigest)

MBSI Exhibit at Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT. -- contributed by Jere Ryder

Paul Eakin's 52-key Gasparini "Gypsy Queen" -- by Jim Welty (021023 MMDigest)

Storlien Mystery Barrel Organ -- by Philip Jamison (020906 MMDigest)

Musée Mécanique in San Francisco -- by Vincent Morgan (020808 MMDigest)

"Mécanophone" French Air Horn Calliope -- by Philippe Rouillé (991230 MMDigest), photos courtesy Han van Oost

Mechanical Music in Finland -- by Christian Greinacher (020715 MMDigest)

Triola Instruction Manual and Roll List -- courtesy Ron Perry (020706 MMDigest)

Steck Tracker Bar With Extra Slots -- by John A. Tuttle (020702 MMDigest)

Welte Orchestrion at Zaharako's Confectionery -- by Rick Inzero (990830 MMDigest)

Nechada Barrel Organ, Odessa -- by Robbie Rhodes (020621 MMDigest) & Nic Iljine (021111 MMDigest)

Repairing Wandering Holes in a Music Roll -- by Joyce Brite (020524 MMDigest)

Advertisements in National Association of Piano Tuners' Journal -- images courtesy John Rhodes

Seeburg E picture from early Seeburg Catalog (JPEG, 76 kb) -- courtesy Don Teach

Suspended Pipe Organ in Cologne Cathedral -- photo (JPEG, 42 kb) courtesy John Page

Nelson-Wiggen Full Orchestra Keyboard Piano, Style 7 (nelsonwiggenS7.jpg 41 kb) -- courtesy Don Teach

Mills Violano-Virtuoso "Eight Greatest Inventions" Card -- courtesy Don Teach

Fake Monkey Automatons -- by Jere Ryder (020327 MMDigest)

Keyboard Violin "Monocorde" by V.-J. Poussot -- by Christian Greinacher (020326 MMDigest)

Cast Valve for Player Piano Resembles a Locomotive -- by Robbie Rhodes (020325 MMDigest)

Telescoping rod holds keys while restringing -- courtesy John A. Tuttle (020325 MMDigest)

"Cine Rai" Film Strip Projector Organette -- by Christian Greinacher (020323 MMDigest)

Seabreeze Park Carousel Organ -- by Rick Inzero

Pianovo Barrel Piano Resembles Pianotist -- by Kevin McElhone and Hans van Oost

Haarlem Museum "het Kunkelsorgel" Demonstration -- by Jan Kees de Ruijter (020316 MMDigest)

Band Organ Maker Robert Heilbuth of San Francisco -- by Doran Wittelsbach (020309 MMDigest)

Rolmonica Player Harmonica -- photos by Ingmar Krause

Seeburg Mortuary Organ -- photos courtesy Randolph Herr

1902 Pianola Concert Centenary -- by Adam Ramet

'Sur Plateau' Musical Pocket Watch -- courtesy Brian Chesters (020225 MMDigest)

Euphonium Player Reed Organette -- by Christian Greinacher (020223 MMDigest) & Nicholas Simons (020224 MMDigest)

Pierre Van Roy of Belgium -- by Bjorn Isebaert (020204 MMDigest)

Barrel Piano by E. Mazzoletti of Belgium -- by Bjorn Isebaert (MMD 020131)

Empress 15.5" Concert Grand Music Box Restored -- by Larry Wilson (020127 MMDigest)

Electric Self-Playing Piano Co. -- by Bob Kerstein (020116 MMD)

Unknown Music Box Rotating Base -- by Joy McNally (MMD 020111)
Music Box Rotating Base is Christmas Tree Stand -- by Hauke Marxsen, Christian Greinacher, Ralph Heintz (MMD 020112), photos by Christian Greinacher
Cast Iron Cup for Musical Christmas Tree Stand -- by Gary Stevenson (MMD 020114)

QRS Phonograph Model 15 -- by Jane Furlow (MMD 020110); additional photos courtesy Barry Kasindorf.

Mechanical Music in Drawings -- Drawings and cartoons featuring mechanical musical instruments

Music Rolls by Vicente Beltran of San Antonio, Texas -- by Ed Gaida (980324 & 011130 MMDigest)

Wurlitzer 164 Band Organ "The General" -- photo by Jim Kenney (011105 MMDigest)

Coinola Midget Orchestrion -- by Don Teach

Street Piano by Luis Casale, Barcelona -- by Jere Ryder (011101 MMDigest)

MBSI Mechanical Music Exhibit in Camden, NJ -- by Jere Ryder (011030 MMDigest)

Moving Player Grand Pianos -- by John A. Tuttle (011003 MMDigest)

Nickelodeon Wall Boxes -- by Don Teach

Salzburg Stier Barrels at Utrecht Museum -- by Ralph Schultz (011002 MMDigest)

Copper Tubing in Lauter-Humana Player Piano -- by John A. Tuttle (010920 MMDigest)

Duo-Art Cam-Operated "Steamboat" Pump -- by Richard Vance (010911 MMD)

65-key Gebrüder Bruder Elite Orchestra “Apollo” Organ at Coney Island Carousell -- by Jeff Alterman

Barrel pianos by Charles Romano & Theodorus Bruylandt -- by Bjorn Isebaert (010810 MMD) data and photos from books by Stéphane Godfroid

World's First Self-Playing Tuba - Das erste selbstspielende Tuba der Welt -- by Robbie Rhodes

Self-Playing Tuba in Cologne -- photos by Keith Reedman [010905 MMD]

Action Swing for Baby Ampico -- by Craig Brougher

Lauter Tubing Diagram, Tracker Device & Spindle Lock -- by John A. Tuttle (010810 MMD)

Coin-Operated Barrel Orchestrion by Romano -- by John A. Tuttle (010806 MMD)

Thorens Catalog No. 45 of April 1953 -- courtesy Hauke Marxsen

Thorens Catalog No. 44 of August 1952 -- courtesy Hauke Marxsen

Perforator for 20-Note John Smith Busker Organ Rolls -- by Ed Gaida (010712 MMD)

Summer Class on Arranging Street Organ Music, conducted by Jean Potteck in Le Fraysee, France -- by Robbie Rhodes (010605 MMD)

Spool Frame for Caliola Project (JPEG image, 24 kb) -- photo courtesy Julie Porter (010530 MMD)

80-Keyless Gebr. Bruder Organ from Mike Kitner Estate (JPEG image, 125 kb) -- photo courtesy Rick Cooley (010528 MMD)

Prinsen Organ at Dutch Festival in Memphis (JPEG image, 49 kb) -- photo courtesy Philip Jamison (010516 MMD)

1926 QRS Advert for "Real Blues" Recordings -- by Robbie Rhodes (010421 MMD)

Collen-Broadway Pneumatic Player Piano Action -- by Françoise Dussour (010324 MMD)

Wilhelm Bruder Soehne Model 79 Organ in UK -- by Andrew Leach (010307 MMD)

Piano Executant Artiste by Thibouville -- by Lorraine Aressy (010306 MMD)

Piano Executant Artiste book music (JPEG image, 45 kb) -- photo by Brian Chesters (010228 MMD)

Seek Identification of Rollframe Part (JPEG image, 33 kb) -- photo by Julie Porter (010214 MMD)

Duo-Art Supplement in 1922 Harper's New Monthly -- by Terry Smythe (010131 MMDigest)

Odeola Player Piano Action in Klein Piano -- by Jean-Pierre Jouandet (MMD 010201)

Mike Kitner Tribute in "Maine Antique Digest" (GIF image, 71 kb) -- courtesy Philip Jamison (010127 MMD)

l'Odeola Piano Pneumatique -- par Lorraine Aressy (010125 MMD)

Odeola Player Piano Action (French) -- by John Tuttle (MMD 010123)

Coinola "Cupid" Nickelodeon -- by Al Pebworth (MMD 010124)

Peterson Bottle Organ -- pamphlet at NAMM show, Anaheim CA, 19 January 2001

Duplex Roll Player by Lee Music and Mfg. -- courtesy William A. Filler (010116 MMD)

"Lawrence Welk's Music Maker" Organette -- by Lou Kretchek and Dean Randall (001119 MMD)

Irving Caesar Recollections & "Ka-Lu-A" -- by Randolph Herr (001114 MMDigest)

24-key Ariston Organette -- by Ingmar Krause (001112 MMD)

Church Barrel Organ -- by Brian Chesters (001111 MMD)

Milton "Tom Thumb" Piano -- by Phyllis Haynes (001109 MMD)

Wurlitzer Caliola With Upside-Down Brass Pipes -- by Jim Kenney (001104 MMD)

15.5" Polyphon Has No Dampers -- by Wayne Finger (MMD 001105)

J. Lawrence Cook Family -- by Mike Meddings (MMD 001007)

Player Piano Horror Story -- by John A. Tuttle (MMD 001002)

Rebuilding Duo-Art Steamboat Pump -- by John A. Tuttle (000927 MMDigest)

Musical Boxes klokkespil.jpg (123 kb) -- courtesy Nicolaj Roos (000919 MMDigest)

Polyphon Horror Story -- by Michael Woolf (MMD 000902)

Water Organ at Moldova National Museum, Romania -- by Lenuta Chirita (000818 MMDigest)

Chein Melody Player Music Roll Drive -- photo by David Snelling (000817 MMDigest)

Lauter-Humana Air Motor Pouch Rebuilding Tools -- by John A. Tuttle (000816 MMDigest)

"Taj Mahal" 101-key Mortier Dance Hall Organ -- photos by Craig Robson

Gem Organetta with Brass Music Roll -- by Brian Chesters (000731 MMD)

"De Negentiger" Dutch Street Organ by Carl Frei -- by Hans van Oost (000727 MMD)

More MMDers Around the World -- photos by Richard Vance

Bob Essex MIDster Punch -- by Craig Johnson

Welte Style 2 Cottage Orchestrion, formerly at Callart House in Inverness-shire -- by Jonathan Holmes (000710 MMD)

52-Key Gasparini Organ "Gypsy Queen" -- Tony Marsico (000712 MMD)

Seeburg Sales Ephemera -- by Mark Forer

European "Rolla Artis" Piano Rolls -- by John Phillips (000706 MMD)

Piano Roll Repair Table -- by John Phillips (961218 MMDigest)

Technisches Museum Wien - Technical Museum of Vienna -- text & photos by Thomas Henden

Michael Welte Flute Clock -- by Gerhard Dangel-Reese

Seeburg Wall Boxes -- by Don Teach

Unique Cylinder-Played Music Box Piano -- by Christian Greinacher

Seeburg Style L Automatic Orchestra -- courtesy Don Teach

Nelson-Wiggen Style 6 Nickelodeon -- courtesy Don Teach

Mills Violano-Virtuoso-- courtesy Don Teach

Sheet Music Advertises "The Sterling" Player Piano -- by Damon Atchison (000416 MMD)

Gotthard Arnold, Master Restorer of Bad Schönborn, Germany -- by Hauke Marxsen

The Wilhelmsbau Museum in Speyer, Germany, a new museum for self-playing musical instruments -- by Hauke Marxsen

"Isis Playing the Zither", Automaton by C. E. Nixon -- by Hal Davis

Marantz Pianocorder -- article in Electronic Design magazine, courtesy Mike Knudsen

Autopianos and Battleship Row -- by Harvey Roehl

Boyd Pistonola Player Action -- The mechanism is ingenious, being the smallest player action ever devised. Contributed by David Evans, Keith Pritchett, Richard Vance.

Apply Varnish Transfer Decals with White Glue -- by Don Teach

Percy Grainger's Piano -- Harvey and Marion Roehl at Percy Grainger Museum in Melbourne, Australia

Player Piano Pocket Knife-- courtesy Harvey Roehl

"Artisan Bandbox" Percussion Attachment -- by Tony Leo (MMD 000216)

Looff Carusel at Whalom Park, Luneburg Massachusetts -- photos courtesy Mark Chester

The Welte-Mignon Reproducing Piano, images and newspaper articles courtesy Gerhard Dangel-Reese, Augustinermuseum, Freiburg

Reservoir and pressure governor for Welte original grand piano -- sought by Tony Marsico

Four Active QRS Artists: George Bogatko, Bob Berkman, Hi Babit, Max Morath -- courtesy G. Bogatko

Street Organs in Belgium and The Netherlands -- by Adam Ramet

Pianola Lessons at Hickie and Hickie Ltd. (UK) -- by Adam Ramet

Tying a Knot in a Piano String -- by Art Reblitz, John A. Tuttle & Jon Page

Making Wound Bass Strings -- by John A. Tuttle

Hooghuys Organs in Belgium -- by Bjorn Isebaert

Wurlitzer Style 50 Band Organ ("The Kiddie Organ") -- by Hal Davis & Dan Robinson

Wurlitzer Style 103 Band Organ -- by Hal Davis

Cut Music Rolls With Laser Beam -- by Paul Ward

Siren Frequency Counter Measures Organ Pipe Frequency -- by Hans van Oost

Player piano on Wills's Cigarettes "Famous Inventions" card circa 1915 (97 kb) -- courtesy Ian McLaughlin

178-hole tracker bar for Kastner Autopiano -- courtesy Iñigo Perez-España, Madrid

MIDI Controller for Hofbauer 37-key Street Organ -- courtesy Claus Kucher

Organ Pipe Repairs (Rats ate them!) -- by Vicki Webb

Unknown 38-Note Cylinder Music Box -- by Christian Greinacher

Welte Philharmonic 9-Rank Player Pipe Organ -- by Kyle B. Irwin

Music Roll Cupboard Design -- by John Phillips

Seeburg Catalog of Automatic Instruments -- courtesy Don Teach. High quality color images for printing.

Transparent 20-key Belly Organ -- by Robbie Rhodes. "Die durchsichtige 20er-Bauchorgel" and organ grinder Ron Bopp.

1925 Super-Simplex Player Action Advertisement -- courtesy Gabe Della Fave

Jäger & Brommer Transparent 20-key Belly Organ -- by Robbie Rhodes

Empress Electric Cabinet Player -- courtesy Ed Gaida

MMDers Around the World -- photos of MMD authors.

Early Weber Duo-Art Upright -- courtesy Mario Solimbergo

Wurlitzer 157 Facade Replica -- courtesy Tom Grace

Ben Franklin's Glass Harmonica at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia -- courtesy Ed Gaida

"Het Snotneusje", the bravest organ of the Netherlands -- by Hans van Oost

Cast Metal Music Box -- by Christian Greinacher

Mechanical Organs of Mirecourt-- by Françiose Dussour

Repairing Reed Organ -- by John Dewey

Coinola Style SO Orchestrion -- courtesy Don Teach

Coinola Style CO Orchestrion -- courtesy Don Teach

Encore Automatic Banjo -- courtesy Don Teach

The Great Dorset Steam Fair -- photo courtesy Hans van Oost

Wurlitzer Automatic Harp -- courtesy Don Teach

Chickering Cabinet Player Piano (67 kb) -- courtesy Don Teach

Wurlitzer Tonophone Poster "Collecting the Take" (113 kb) -- courtesy Don Teach

Coinola Advertising Postcards & color poster -- courtesy Don Teach

"Memory Lane Special" Coinola when it was on exhibit at Paul and Laura Eakins' Gay 90's Melody Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. (112 kb) -- courtesy Brian Smith

Player Piano Advertisements -- courtesy Damon Atchison

Mills Tune Card "New Violano Music" -- courtesy Don Teach

Solar Eclipse Telescope Controlled by Music Roll -- by Robbie Rhodes

Music Box Plays Self-Punched Paper Strips (92 kb) -- courtesy Hauke Marxsen

Gavioli Residence Pipe Organ -- by Rick Cooley

Monkey Violinist Automaton in San Jose, California -- courtesy Marc Kaufman

Wurlitzer Style S Nickelodeon -- courtesy Hal Davis

"Spirit of Independence" - A New Orchestrion -- by Craig Brougher

"De Poppenspaeler" 47er Drehorgel von Frederic Keller -- by Robbie Rhodes

Player Piano Transmission Repaired Via the 'Net -- by John A. Tuttle

Edison Phonograph Ad in Cosmopolitan Magazine -- by Damon Atchison

Dual 88-Note Spoolbox Unit -- by Dick Beery

De Dulciaan Speelt -- New CD Cover Artwork -- by William Kenney

Temecula CA Organ Rally 15-16 May 1999 -- photos by Robbie Rhodes

QRS Music Roll Company Tour in 1975 -- by Hal Davis

Player Piano Actions -- Bush & Lane action courtesy Ed Gaida

"Kai Orgel" Barrel Piano of Netherlands Antilles -- by Ed Gaida

Music Roll Perforator at Precision Music Rolls -- by Dave Saul

Music Roll Reader & Perforator at Custom Music Rolls, Richardson TX -- by Richard Tonnesen

Label of "The Pearls", Vocalstyle 50488, played by Jelly Roll Morton -- courtesy Karl Ellison
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Seeburg K Art Glass "Dancing Girl" -- by Don Teach

Gasparini Handle Reproductions-- by Philip Jamison

Barrel-Operated 20-key Reed Organ -- by Wolfgang Brommer

The "Taj Mahal" 101-key Mortier dance hall organ. -- photo by Hathaway and Bowers.

Push-up Piano Players and Vorsetzers-- by Robbie Rhodes

Aeolian Keytop Player Ad, circa 1950 -- courtesy Dave Kerr

Photos from John Tuttle (Player-Care) -- courtesy John A. Tuttle

Robbie Rhodes, Jody Kravitz & Beatrice Robertson -- at MBSI meeting in Solana Beach CA, 13 Feb 1999. Photo courtesy Kathleen Eric.

Welte Remote Pump -- by Vicki Webb

"Melodette!" -- A player glockenspiel from 1873, courtesy Philip Jamison

Standard Pneumatic Action Company -- by Robbie Rhodes

Portable Reed Organs -- by Robbie Rhodes

Piano Roll Retail Identification Labels -- by Karl Ellison

Pictures from Etude Magazine -- by Karl Ellison

Unknown 4-tune Serinette in Australia -- by Ralph Meyer

Seabreeze Park Carousel Organ -- by Matthew Caulfield, photos courtesy Rick Inzero

Advertisement for 1976 Duo/Art Player by Aeolian -- Courtesy Al Pebworth

Telektra Paper Roll Reader -- Courtesy Bob Billings

Player Organ for Cruise Ship MS Zaandam -- Courtesy Elbert Pluer

Seventails Productions / Pooker Organ Division -- Courtesy of Vicki Webb

Metal Trumpet Pipe

Trumpet Pipe & Dolceanna

Band Organ

CEO (feline)

H.G. Johnson Nickelodeon -- Courtesy of Tom Dawson

Getz Steam Calliope -- Courtesy of Kathy E. Getz Santiago

Staib-Abendschein Mastertouch Advertising Poster -- Courtesy of Dean Randall

Musical Liquor Cabinet -- Courtesy of Bill Wineburgh

Transposing Duo-Art Tracker Bar -- Courtesy of Ed Hayden

Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ at Glen Echo Park, Maryland -- Courtesy Matthew Caulfield.
Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ owned by John Malone-- Courtesy Marc Elbasani

The Laterna - A Greek Barrel Piano -- Photos courtesy of Gerry Bay. In Digest 98.07.12, Gerry Bay described a cart mounted crank operated instrument. Here are some pictures to go along with his article.

Isle of Capri Player Piano-- Courtesy of Ron Kern

Isle of Capri Player Piano, Percussion Close up -- Courtesy of Ron Kern

Isle of Capri Player Piano, Steel Drum Close-up -- Courtesy of Ron Kern

Isle of Capri Player Piano -- Courtesy of Ron Kern

Mastertouch Artists Edith Murn -- Courtesy of Robert Perry

Mastertouch Artists Laurel Pardey -- Courtesy of Robert Perry

Limonaire -- Courtesy of Hal Davis

Stinson Organ Pictures -- Courtesy of Rick Inzero

Robot Band, The Story -- Courtesy of Rick Cooley

Robot Band, Another View -- Courtesy of Rick Cooley

Robot Band -- Courtesy of Rick Cooley

Robot Band, Hi Resolution View -- Courtesy of Rick Cooley