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2025.07.09.01 John Tuttle Ailing
2025.06.25.02 Suggested Source for Music Roll Paper
2024.11.18.01 FS: MIDI Compatible Solenoid Valves
2023.12.06.02 Seek Snap Fasteners for Piano Belly Cloth
2023.11.29.04 FS: Mason & Hamlin AR Ampico in New Jersey
2023.11.19.02 Seek 20-note Cob Roller Organ (Or Parts)
2023.11.19.01 Welte Licensee Box Pump Straps Replacement
2023.11.01.01 Troubleshoot & Regulate a 1930 Ampico 'A' Grand
2023.10.01.01 Seek 1983 Universal Player Rewind Belt
2023.06.12.01 Noisy Exhauster Pedal Linkages
2023.03.29.03 Seek Steel Pins from 65-note Roll Spool Ends
2023.03.23.01 Seek Steel Pins from 65-note Roll Spool Ends
2023.03.21.03 FS: Jazzola Style "A" Nickelodeon Rolls
2023.01.04.01 Measuring the Speed of an Air Motor
2022.06.23.01 Seek Special Screws for 3-D Printed Player Parts
2022.03.29.02 FS: Knabe 5'4" Ampico "A" in Philadelphia
2022.03.29.01 FS: Barney Kroger's Steinway Duo-Art
2022.02.19.04 Seek Ampico Rebuilder in Wilksbury, Penna., Area
2021.12.02.01 Musical Box Sounding Board Design
2021.05.17.01 Seek Recordo Documentation
2021.04.30.03 Mystery Tool du Jour
2021.03.23.01 Seek Eubie Blake Piano Rolls or MIDI Files
2021.03.17.03 Ampico B Ball Bleed Check Valve Replica
2021.03.17.02 1908 Buffalo Convention Piano Roll Specifications
2021.03.14.03 Ampico Unit Valve Calibrating Machine Patent
2021.03.11.03 Ampico Unit Valve Calibrating Machine Patent
2021.03.09.01 Seek Ampico Unit Valve Calibrating Machine Patent
2021.02.23.02 Ampico B Rewind-Play Torsion Spring Subscription
2021.01.08.03 Ampico B Rewind-Play Torsion Spring Subscription
2021.01.06.01 Ampico B Rewind-Play Torsion Spring Subscription
2020.12.05.02 3D Printing of Elbows and Tees
2020.12.04.02 Pianola Repeats Chained Note Perforations
2020.11.26.05 Pianola Repeats Chained Note Perforations
2020.11.13.01 Ampico B Rewind-Play Torsion Spring Subscription
2020.11.05.02 Ampico B Rewind-Play Torsion Spring Subscription
2020.10.21.06 Seek Ampico B Rewind-Play Indexing Spring
2020.10.18.03 Seek Ampico B Rewind-Play Torsion Spring
2020.10.18.02 Unknown Adhesive May Be Gutta-percha
2020.10.03.07 Cutting Leather Valve Pouches
2020.10.03.04 Manufacturers of Music Roll Brands & Labels
2020.09.22.01 Unusual Rythmodik Roll With Printed Music Staff
2020.06.23.01 Kimball Phrasonome Player Piano
2020.03.12.06 Valve Seats For Wurlitzer Valve Blocks
2020.02.20.01 How To Pronounce "Harvey Roehl"
2020.02.05.01 Passing of Jasper Sanfilippo
2019.12.06.09 Most Responsive Foot-pumped Player Pianos
2019.10.27.04 A New DeLuxe Licensee Welte-Mignon Label
2019.10.12.03 Regulating Standard Pneumatic Action Valves
2019.09.18.02 Dr. Michael R. Stein Piano Roll Collection
2019.09.11.06 QRS Music Rolls Public Auction Sept. 11
2019.08.19.01 Mechanical Music in Virginia
2018.12.24.02 "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on The Farm"
2018.12.23.03 Tubing Diagram For Welte Grand Piano
2018.12.21.04 Tubing Diagram For Welte Grand Piano
2018.12.17.03 Mason & Hamlin Upright Player Pianos
2018.10.21.01 "Home Music Box" Roller Organ Cabinet Parts
2018.08.13.07 Adjusting Aeolian Two-Ear Roll Tracking System
2018.08.13.04 Duo-Art Pump Motor Tensioning Strap
2018.08.10.07 Seek 88-Note Steinway AR Stack
2018.08.09.04 Adjusting Aeolian Two-Ear Roll Tracking System
2018.07.30.02 18-note Movements For New Song Arrangements
2018.06.12.02 Replacement Grid for Ampico B Pump Regulator
2018.06.03.05 Seek Ampico A/B Transition Documentation
2018.03.08.02 Seek Music Roll Cores For Wurlitzer Duplex Frame
2018.02.05.02 Seek QRS 545 "To Think I Cried Over You"
2018.01.23.06 FS: Ampico "A" Power Switch Replacement
2018.01.22.03 Regulating The Ampico A
2017.12.29.03 Duo-Art Expression Unit Worm Gear & Shaft
2017.11.28.01 Contributing Money to MMD
2017.11.23.09 Unknown Ampico "B" Repeat Switch Feature
2017.11.11.02 Unknown Cylinder Music Box Plays 8 Tunes
2017.11.11.01 Can Serinettes Teach Song Birds To Sing?
2017.10.31.03 Linen Phenolic Tubing For Wurlitzer Pouch Rings
2017.09.20.08 Lead Tubing Is Crushed Behind the Spool Box
2017.09.20.05 "Tri-fold" Piano Roll Cabinet
2017.09.13.04 Hurricane Harvey
2017.09.10.02 Unusual Early Upright Steinway Duo-Art
2017.08.17.06 FS: Weber Duo-Art Chinese Motif Art Case
2017.08.17.01 CDs Of New Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ Rolls
2017.08.13.06 Reed Organ Reed Puller
2017.08.09.01 Seek Reed Organ Reed Pullers
2017.07.31.04 Rebuilding Ampico "A" Intensity Valve Blocks
2017.07.09.01 Reproducing a Large Poster Image
2017.07.07.03 Unusual Ampico Motor Mounts
2017.06.18.05 FS: Wurlitzer Duplex Roll Frame
2017.06.17.08 Jesse French String Driven Tracking Mechanism
2017.05.20.05 Mystery Jig
2017.04.30.08 Unknown Gripping Tools
2017.04.30.04 Replicating Baldwin Bakelite Valve Seats & Stems
2017.04.30.02 Seek Ampichron Clock Movement
2017.03.11.02 80-Note Ampico "B" Stack
2017.03.08.04 80-Note Ampico "B" Stack
2017.03.04.02 3D Printing of Player Piano Parts
2017.02.28.05 Making Pouch Rings For Preformed Pouches
2017.02.23.04 Repatriation of Unusual Knabe Ampico in Paris
2017.02.22.09 Making Paper Rings, Washers and Discs
2017.02.21.05 Repatriation of Unusual Knabe Ampico in Paris
2017.02.17.02 Unusual Early Upright Steinway Duo-Art
2017.02.14.04 Unusual Early Upright Steinway Duo-Art
2017.01.11.03 Unusual Knabe Ampico in Paris
2017.01.07.01 Player Piano International Shipping
2017.01.06.05 Player Piano International Shipping
2016.12.28.07 Repairing Stripped Screw Threads in Wood
2016.12.17.07 Repairing Stripped Screw Threads in Wood
2016.10.17.07 Slowing the Duo-Art Rewind Speed
2016.10.15.04 Seek Buyer or Tuner for Spanish Barrel Piano
2016.10.07.05 Ampico A "Play" Switch is Unstable
2016.10.03.03 Ampico A "Play" Switch is Unstable
2016.09.29.06 Ampico A "Play" Switch is Unstable
2016.08.03.03 Wayne Stahnke Interview 1993
2016.07.28.05 Duo-Art 15" Pump Speed
2016.07.15.06 Restored Ampico Piano Without Player
2016.07.12.05 Restored Ampico Piano Without Player
2016.07.12.03 Duo-Art Expression Box Adjustment
2016.07.08.06 Keyboardless Player Organ Console In Old Mansion
2016.07.05.04 Fluoroelastomer Sealant for Leather
2016.06.14.09 FS Free: Upright Apollo Player Stack
2016.05.29.04 Early Duo-Art Roll Tracking Problem
2016.05.26.10 Regulating the Music Roll Tracking System
2016.05.15.08 FS: Ampico "A" Power Switch Replacement
2016.05.04.08 Rotary Pump Makes the Grand Piano Shimmy
2016.05.03.03 Rotary Pump Makes the Grand Piano Shimmy
2016.04.27.07 Paper Label on Duo-Art Rotary Pump
2016.04.26.03 Disposing of Old Player Piano Parts
2016.04.25.06 X-Y Laser Cutting Machine To Make Music Rolls
2016.04.25.05 Paper Label on Duo-Art Rotary Pump
2016.04.22.04 X-Y Laser Cutting Machine To Make Music Rolls
2016.04.05.03 Shipping Music Rolls by USPS Media Mail
2016.03.25.06 Average Time to Rebuild a Player Piano
2016.03.20.04 Jumbo Roll is Slipping on Ampico B
2016.03.12.01 Transforming Lever Diagram for Welte Licensee
2016.03.07.06 New Ampico B Transmission Brake Drums
2016.02.27.04 "Sound of Music" & "My Fair Lady" On YouTube
2016.02.15.02 Autopiano Double-valve Player Action Problem
2016.02.08.05 Ampico A Expression Regulator Problem
2015.10.30.03 Unknown Brass Tool
2015.10.28.01 Unknown Brass Tool
2015.10.24.10 Unknown Brass Tool
2015.10.13.06 Unknown Tapered Pin Made by Bob Streicher
2015.10.12.01 Paper Strip Musical Boxes and Tune Strips
2015.09.26.03 Mystery of the Missing Ampico Intensity
2015.09.23.04 Mystery of the Missing Ampico Intensity
2015.09.11.04 Seek Player Technician in Upstate New York
2015.09.10.02 Oval Pouches Made Using a Laser Cutter
2015.08.25.07 Janssen "Modeska" Player Piano
2015.08.20.05 Seek Source of Schulz Cloth
2015.08.19.05 Aeolian Duo-Art Orchestrelle Free-reed Chest
2015.08.17.06 Seek Duo-Art 6716 "Meditations No. 1" Armbruster
2015.08.16.03 Lester Player Piano Valve Problems
2015.07.27.01 Seek 73-note Piano Melodico Music Books
2015.07.12.02 Unknown Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box
2015.07.01.01 Passing of Marv Freund of Mount Airy, Maryland
2015.05.02.06 Ampico B Reroll Brake Adjustment
2015.04.30.04 Low Frequency Vibration in Ampico A Grand
2015.04.08.06 Low-frequency Vibration in Ampico A Grand
2015.03.31.05 Sealing Windways
2014.10.13.02 Seek Plucker for Wurlitzer Harp Project
2014.10.06.05 Laser Cutter Makes Valve Gasket Rings
2014.10.01.01 Player Piano Rolls on "How It's Made"
2014.08.09.07 Internet & Email Privacy
2014.08.08.05 Internet & Email Privacy
2014.08.07.04 Laser Cutter Makes Gaskets for Ampico Valves
2014.07.04.04 Seek Source for PVC-E Glue
2014.06.23.04 Repairing Pot Metal Flanges and Elbows
2014.06.20.03 Seek Ampico "B" Coded "Islamey Fantaisie"
2014.06.07.05 Celluloid Labels for Duo-Art Control Levers
2014.06.03.05 Seek Celluloid Labels for Duo-Art Control Levers
2014.04.28.01 QRS Elepian Player Piano
2014.03.07.03 Welte Expression Shifter Switch Diagram
2014.01.04.03 Leather Treated With Nitrocellulose
2013.10.10.02 Playing 88-note Rolls on Ampico B
2013.09.19.06 Ampico "B" Roll Drive Stops and Starts
2013.08.11.07 Replacing Lead Tubing at the Tracker Bar
2013.07.21.01 Seek Majestic 88-Note Piano Rolls
2013.06.28.04 Value of Pianocorder Vorsetzer & Cassettes
2013.06.14.03 Bleeds for Secondary Valves
2013.06.11.05 Rebuilding Rotary Box Pump Valves
2013.02.10.11 Early Ampico "B" Subdue Switch
2013.02.07.08 FS: Solo Apollo Piano Rolls
2013.02.04.07 Fabricating Swaged Pins for Music Roll Spools
2013.01.16.04 Identifying Airtight Cloth for Player Pneumatics
2012.10.09.04 Phosphor Bronze: Handle With Care
2012.09.13.05 Seek Musical Box "The Old Piano Roll Blues"
2012.09.09.02 Seek Musical Box "The Old Piano Roll Blues"
2012.08.24.03 Seek Rolmonica For Parts
2012.08.19.04 Bypassing Ampico Automatic On/Off Control
2012.08.12.07 Seek 10-point Air Motor
2012.08.12.06 Ampico "A" Action Stack Is Squeaking
2012.08.03.03 Rebuilding Aeolian Wind Motor Bellows
2012.07.24.05 Ampico "A" Erratic Expression Problem
2012.07.24.04 Ampico "A" Unit Valve Variant Discovered
2012.07.07.06 Tubing Schematic for Welte-Mignon Licensee
2012.07.03.03 Tubing Schematic for Welte-Mignon Licensee
2012.06.27.06 Modern Duo/Art Player Won't Play Duo-Art Rolls
2012.06.23.12 Ampico A Take-up Spool Leaking
2012.06.13.03 Seek 7-foot Mason & Hamlin Ampico B
2012.03.09.07 Seek Drive Pulley for Duo-Art Steamboat Pump
2012.03.09.06 Seek 20-note Cob Roller Organ For Parts
2012.02.07.01 Music Roll Slips On Take-up Spool
2012.02.05.05 Seek Auto-Typist Typewriter or Tracker Bar
2012.02.04.02 Music Roll Slips On Take-up Spool
2012.01.27.03 Reproducing Grand Piano is Shaking
2012.01.24.07 Ampico B Pump Problem
2011.12.10.05 VirtualRoll MIDI System for Pneumatic Players
2011.11.21.08 Troubleshooting Baldwin Electric Player
2011.11.18.10 Building a Pneumatic One-way Valve for Duo-Art
2011.10.12.05 FS: Player Piano Gaskets
1997.03.20.10 Value of Hammond Player Organ
1996.09.11.11 Re: Test rolls
1996.08.21.02 Mercuric Oxide
1996.08.20.04 Re: Mailing List Group Meeting in Chicago ?
1996.08.17.05 Re: Duo-Art Playing Too Loud
1996.08.16.09 Re: Switches and Safety - Vendors
1996.08.10.04 Re: Electrically Conductive Tubing
1996.08.03.06 Gluing Valve Blocks, etc.
1996.07.31.14 In Defense of Bilon
1996.07.07.04 Playing Non-expression Rolls on Ampicos
1996.07.07.03 Unknown Orchestrion
1996.06.28.04 Reed Organ Listserver
1996.06.22.02 Pressure Air Motor Replacement
1996.05.14.07 Concert Grand Reproducers
1996.05.09.03 Who's Looking for QRS Organ Roll Info?
1996.03.22.10 Re: Force Versus Distance of a Pneumatic
1996.03.22.06 Re: Force Versus Distance of a Pneumatic
1996.03.07.10 Roll Scanning Methodology
1996.03.04.07 RE: Scanning Rolls (Stahnke Method)
1996.02.25.05 Are Player Pianos Early Computers ?
1996.02.25.03 Are Player Pianos Early Computers ?
1996.02.22.05 Rolls and Copyrights
1996.02.20.04 "Graceful Ghost Rag"
1996.02.18.07 Document Transfer
1996.02.18.04 Re: NBC Chimes
1996.02.06.04 Rest in Peace (?)
1996.02.03.04 Re: Frozen Gulbransen, anyone?
1996.01.30.03 Even More Paper Skidding
1996.01.22.04 Paper "Skidding" (Continued)
1996.01.22.03 Paper "Skidding"
1995.12.31.08 Electric Valves
1995.12.23.06 Re: Visioneer "PaperPort" Scanner
1995.12.18.04 Pianocorder Servicing
1995.12.14.02 Reproducing Rolls on 88-note Mechanisms
1995.12.09.07 Re: Valve Subscription Project
1995.12.01.11 Solenoid Valve Subscription Project
1995.12.01.10 Electric valves for reproducing pianos
1995.11.30.03 Converting MIDI Performance to Player Piano Commands
1995.11.30.02 Converting MIDI Files to/from Text/ASCII
1995.11.28.05 Second Thoughts (verbose AND wordy)
1995.11.26.06 Roll Transcribing Methodologies
1995.11.26.05 Reproducer on TV? (Cybil 95.11.26)
1995.11.12.03 Re: PianoDisc solenoid placement?
1995.10.11.04 Re: MIDI Interface for Player Wurlitzer
1995.10.11.03 Re: Coupler Controls for Pianos
1995.08.05.02 Should we become a newsgroup?
1995.07.27.05 Re: AMPICO Problem
1995.07.03.02 Sources for Rolls - A thank you
1995.07.02.01 Wanted: Sources for Rolls
1995.06.06.01 Re: MIDI to Pianocorder
1995.05.18.02 Electronic Player Retrofits
1995.05.12.04 WTB: Seeburg "C" Art Glass/Post Lamps
1995.05.10.01 WTB: AMPICO Grand Stack
1995.04.29.01 Hammond Solovox
1995.04.18.01 Dang newfangled toys!
1995.04.17.05 Hello / Introduction
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