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| 2016.06.14.03 |
T-98 (Green) Welte Roll Recutting Project
from Tim Baxter •Hello, I am looking for a few people who might want to participate in an ongoing T-98 Green Welte recut project. Is anyone interested? Please contact me either via email or on the MMD. Thanks, Tim Baxter - Meliora Music Rolls Atlanta, Georgia perforator@mindspring.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep"... |
| 2016.06.15.01 |
T-98 (Green) Welte Roll Recutting Project
from Julian Dyer •Just to say that I'm happy to scan any T98 Welte rolls in the UK, and have contributed my scans to Tim Baxter's project. Now I have a T98 instrument, and realised that its rolls can be cut on a normal 100-channel perforator as used for Ampico rolls, I strongly support any initiative to make more ro... |
| 2003.10.06.04 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from Robbie Rhodes •T-100 "Red" rolls are spooled to run from bottom to top take-up spool as in other Welte and Weber instruments, while T-98 "Green" rolls run from the top supply spool to the bottom take-up spool as in "Pianola" type player pianos. Therefore it's difficult to make one spool frame assembly that can pl... |
| 2002.11.03.04 |
Converting T-98 "Green" Welte-Mignon to Licensee
from Grahame Code •An inquiry has emerged as to the feasibility of converting an upright Bechstein Green Welte reproducing piano to play Licensee rolls. In theory, a tracker bar swap might be all that's needed. However, on closer examination, not so simple. The Green Welte tracker bar is a transposer, with 5 ports on... |
| 2002.11.07.07 |
Converting T-98 "Green" Welte-Mignon to Licensee
from John McClelland •Greetings all, I had written Grahame Code privately regarding this issue but thought that it might be helpful to others to respond publicly. I had mistakenly mentioned to Grahame that you can use a Green tracker bar with the Licensee rolls, if it is connected to a Licensee expression unit. This is ... |
| 2003.10.05.03 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from Grahame Code •A friend of ours has an upright Bechstein with a "Green" Welte player and wishes to change the instrument so that it will play both Green- and Red Welte rolls. I know that this has been done in a few pianos in the past and we seek technical suggestions and also contacts to beg, borrow, or buy the n... |
| 2003.10.06.03 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from Jonathan Holmes •I am again appalled that yet another original rare instrument is probably going to be butchered. If it was built as a T-98 "Green" system then leave it that way. If you have got a great selection of "Red" rolls then buy a T-100 "Red" piano; they are certainly not that difficult to acquire. Welte in... |
| 2003.10.07.08 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from David Evans •[ Robbie Rhodes wrote in 031006 MMDigest: > The market value of the instrument would likely be increased if > it could play all three styles of Welte-Mignon music rolls. In my book the value would be reduced to absolutely nothing if it had been vandalised like this! I would not want such an instrum... |
| 2003.10.08.14 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from D. L. Bullock •I agree with Jonathan Holmes. I see no purpose in converting one system to another system. The only way I would consider it would be if it could be put back without damage in a short period of time. If it is something that there are lots of them around, that might make it more acceptable. For examp... |
| 2003.10.08.15 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from Eric Shoemaker •Dear Robbie and Group; A response to Jonathan Holmes' thoughts about "butchering" a T-98 green to play Red Welte rolls. I, for the most part, am in agreement with Jonathon but wish to suggest one slight exception. Green rolls are scarce. I'd grow weary of the same box-o'-rolls no matter how well th... |
| 2003.10.08.16 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from Eliyahu Shahar •The story about converting a T-98 "Green" Welte piano to play "Red" Welte rolls upset me terribly. It reminded me of a posting that someone made asking peoples opinion of removing an Ampico mechanism from a Mason and Hamlin grand to install it in a Yamaha grand. (November 2001). Here, with the Welt... |
| 2003.10.09.13 |
Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls
from Grahame Code •There seems to be a misunderstanding on the request I made on behalf of a friend to enable a "Green" Welte piano to be able to play "Red" Welte rolls. At no time was there the suggestion to make it only play "Red". His thought was to have a separate spool box, not part of the piano, and the attache... |
| 2003.10.28.09 |
FS: T-98 "Green" Welte-Mignon Rolls
from Brian Chesters •I unexpectedly have for sale about 45 Green Welte rolls. These are all in the original boxes and are in near perfect condition. Brian Chesters |
| 2006.08.08.01 |
Recutting T-98 "Green" Welte Rolls
from Tim Baxter •Dear Folks, With my recent acquisition of a Green Welte T-98, I am trying to gauge whether there is any interest in a Green Welte recut project. My approach would be a bit different; I would like to convert high quality late Licensee performances into Green Welte format (rather than issuing Red Wel... |
| 2010.09.13.14 |
Rebuilding T-98 "Green" Welte-Mignon System
from Skip Downing •Does a manual exist for the German-built Green Welte? I see lots of listings for all the other Welte machines, but only vague references to the Green Welte, and these are all 15 years back. I would dearly like a manual, a tubing chart, a tracker scale, etc. For those of you who have tackled one of ... |
| 2010.09.15.05 |
Rebuilding T-98 "Green" Welte-Mignon System
from Mark Reinhart •In response to the MMD posting of Mr. Skip Downing, I know of no manual available today for the T-98 Welte Mignon (green) system. Some years ago Frank Adams reprinted some charts showing the expression units and related valve chests as well as the installation manual for T-98 pianos. Other than tha... |
| 2010.09.16.07 |
Rebuilding T-98 "Green" Welte-Mignon System
from Mike Kukral •I have a copy of a Welte-Mignon T-98 Service Manual in German and had it translated to English a few years ago. I would be glad to share this manual with Skip Downing or any other parties seriously interested in rebuilding a "Green" Welte-Mignon system. The layout of the tracker bar can be found in... |
| 2003.10.16.10 |
FS: Bechstein T-98 Welte-Mignon in France
from Albert Petrak •My French friend, Douglas Heffer, advises, "Someone in France proposed to me a Bechstein Welte-Mignon grand piano, foot-blown and electric type, T-98 (the "Green"), with about 50 Welte rolls. Do you know anyone dreaming about this?" Using his sometime pidgin English (he is a transplanted Swede who ... |
| 2004.12.16.06 |
Seek Welte-Mignon T-98 'Green' Rolls
from Janice Osborne •Hello, My husband has been restoring and collecting player pianos and rolls for more than the last 20 years. We have always been looking for Welte 'Green' rolls. If I were able to find one for him for Christmas it would be a wonderful gift. If you have or know of any I would really appreciate info ... |
| 2010.01.31.04 |
Seek Tubing Diagram for T-98 Welte-Mignon
from Julian Zabaloy •Hi MMD readers, I'm trying to make a Bechstein [T-98 "Green"] Welte Mignon grand reproducing piano work. The player is all complete, I only want to "make it play" (like a regular 88-note player). The stack works perfectly and all notes work, too. I have some hoses that aren't in the right place so... |
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