Dear MMDs,  In MMDigest 09.08.09, John Sergeant asks how to repair
his French barrel piano.  A good general 6 pages article with photos
on this subject was published (in French) by the French association
of collectors, AAIMM, in its quarterly journal "Musiques mécaniques
Vivantes" No 38 (2d quarter 2001, pages 16-22), by the excellent
restorer of organs, orchestrions and pianos, Anthony Chaberlot.

To get this issue, you may contact the AAIMM either through its web
site http://aaimm.org/  or by e-mailing (in French or in English) to
the AAIMM at aaimm@aaimm.org.geentroep (suppress ".geentroep").

(I personally do not know the maker Vuarin Le Guy or his original
location).

With best regards,
Philippe Rouillé (Paris, France)
http://www.musicamecanica.org/