•Several years ago I was privileged to visit Signor Mancusi's inspiring collection. His great knowledge and manifest love for his subject makes a visit there obligatory for any lover of music or dedicated collector in related fields. The curator's enthusiasm and scholarly presentation renews one's f...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Our museum recently inherited a player piano with six instruments that plays an "O" roll. Is there someone who can make up a roll with Italian music and opera selections? Please let me know. Thanking you in advance for your help, Cav. Uff. Aldo M...

•Yesterday the news just came in from Vincent Morgan that Lisa Mancusi, the wife of fellow 33-year AMICA member and head director of the Enrico Caruso Museum in Brooklyn, Aldo Mancusi, has unfortunately passed away in her slumber one week ago. May all the best happen for her in AMICA Heaven. Andrew ...

Forwarded Message: • From: carusomusi@aol.com To: ALL Orig: MBNET Subj: F.S. Steinway 6' Area: 0-sic.makers.piano Date: 09/16/95 ============================================================================= •1928 Steinway 6' M model grand. Mahogany. Very rare model that was once a player grand. The ...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- We just received a player piano circa 1900. It is in need of repairs. I am looking for someone in southwestern Ontario who can do this. I would also be interested in having an appraisal of it. Sincerely, Tammy Caruso

•For sale: Mason & Hamlin Ampico reproducing grand piano, serial no. 38528 RA (5' 8.5"), scale A6. According to the shipping records the piano left the M&H factory on May 17, 1928, with a Hepplewhite style case. Sometime in its past the distinctive Hepplewhite elements were removed from the legs, wh...

•Caruso's Turntable Greetings: Richard Simonton's contribution regarding turntable speed was one of the most informative so far. I was intrigued by this comment (and Robbie's follow-up about Victor recording turntables): > The 78 RPM speed (actually 78.26) apparently derived earlier from > the use o...

•I recommend a visit to the Enrico Caruso Museum. In addition to a wonderful exhibit of Caruso memorabilia displayed and demonstrated with love by curator Aldo Mancusi, there are a small number of interesting mechanical musical instruments. The Enrico Caruso Museum of America is located at 1942 East...

•Cleaning house -- I am selling a lot (#109) of Ampico rolls; two roll cabinets; a Victor I; a Nipper; Victor Orthophonic; a lot (#20) of Caruso one-sided records (plus book with complete list of recordings). Contact me for more information. Ron Bopp rbopp1@tampabay.rr.com.geentroep [delete ".geentr...

•Vincent Morgan, of AMICA Lady Liberty Chapter, writes that Aldo Mancusi, founder of The Enrico Caruso Museum of America, is in the process of thinning out his vast collection. He has been a proud member of the Music Box Society and the AMICA for over 33 years. Below are just a few of the items offe...

Jody, I also have avoided buying the Gershwin Volume II CD for the same reasons Spencer so clearly articulated however strongly. My main objection is the use of the word "restored" on the liner notes of Volume I. I can't help but think that this was a veiled attempt to put the work into the same lea...

•George Bogatko wrote: "They are from original 78's -- cleaned up using DcArt." OK, what's a DcArt? Some PC-based noise reduction technology? I have a pile of 78s which I would like to resuscitate, including some Caruso. I would suspect that the state-of-the-art has progressed since the analog LP no...

•The well-known BBC radio programme "Desert Island Discs" today featured the TV critic and broadcaster Clive James. The subject is allowed eight records, a book and a luxury on his desert island. Clive James chose a pianola with rolls of songs sung by Caruso. Jeffrey Borinsky

•The topic of the differing turntable speeds has been fascinating. I have at least five turntables with the four different speeds on them, but I have never had a 16 rpm disk, unfortunately, to try out that speed. It was Doug's mention of the Caruso recording that really made me join in the discussio...

•Hi, In several recent articles, I have seen the angular rotation of records reported to four significant figures. While I was tempted to dismiss these figures as obviously over-precise, I suspect that Glenn or someone else has made a serious and earnest effort to define the speed used as carefully ...

•John Tuttle's upsetting experience sending a parcel via the Mexican Mails reminds me of an experience I had many years ago. To persons dealing with antique recordings, I urge you to read on: A friend at the music school of the University of Indiana told me that the University was getting rid of all...

•Jack, Thanks for the posting on MMD. Ellen Barry is an extraordinary writer for the L. A. Times and is stationed in New York City. She also happens to be very interested in mechanical music, organ grinders, etc. We met at our AMICA organ rally on April 9th in Coney Island, where she interviewed a n...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- My 26-note Hofbauer was recently worked on and somehow the tubing arrangement got mixed up. Could you please direct me as to how I may obtain a sketch for the tubing placement for the rear of the tracking bar to the 26 pneumatics? A sketch and...

•In MMD 160718, although Bob Loesch and Dale Rowe identify the music with different titles, they are both correct; 'Over the Waves' is an instrumental waltz from 1888, and 'The Loveliest Night Of the Year' is the popular song of 1950 which was adapted from it (for the film 'The Great Caruso'). Greet...

•[ Ref. 201119 MMD, Michael Broadway In Classical Pianola Video ] Michael Broadway in 1990 gave a concert in Rome with an Aeolian Pianola (photo attached) identical to that of the video sent by Mr. Arthur Jones of North West Player Piano Association. The photo is taken from a book written in 1990 by...