The player piano - phonograph that I am familiar with was named Apollophone. The front of the cabinet, if I remember right was divided into three sections. The middle being the tracker bar, with the right side being a door with the turntable behind it and the third was a simulated door on the left s...

•This past Friday night (4-25-97) was the second meeting of the Gateway Antique Phonograph Society, hosted by Harold Jennings of Oakville, Missouri. This "GAPS" meeting featured a review of the printed word. Terry Baer brought in a portion of his phonograph related library and talked about the impor...

•I need an adapter reproducer for this machine to play lateral-cut 78s on it. Anyone have a good one at a reasonable price? Larry Lobel hayforker@aol.com

•Lynn Bilton's Phonograph Show this last weekend was held in the RIchfield, Ohio, Holiday Inn ballroom. It was packed and seemed a big success. With free tables offered as a premium for a new show, there were many dealers and customers there. I don't think that the place was empty from opening to cl...

•Hi Everyone! I'm back from the Bilton Phonograph (and mechanical music) Show in Bound Brook NJ. By the way, he says he's looking for a new place (East Coast) to move it for April. Bummer, but it's his choice. The show was a little slower than usual, but I still sold well -- machines sold, but books...

•I noticed Rob Goodale's name on a recent MMD and thought I would try a long shot. We have an extremely rare (actually probably unique) Goodale celluloid playing phonograph from about 1908. It was patented by a Dr. Goodale. Any relation?? Marty Roenigk www.mechantiques.com

•> It was patented by a Dr. Goodale. Any relation?? Sorry, no direct relation that I am aware of, but who knows. I would be very interested in finding out more. I once did an Internet phone directory search, and something like 100 "Robert Goodales" came up. One can only guess how many other "Goodale...

•I have a friend named Cheney. He is looking for a Cheney Phonograph. Anyone out there who might have one for sale? Bruce Clark [ Isn't there a also phonograph group on the Internet somewhere? [ -- Robbie

•Hi Joel and all, I agree that it is a great web site and I have known about it for sometime now. But you have got to be a member of AOL or you can not join in on the discussion all you can do is visit the archive and they will send you an up date once a month. Every Saturday night they have lively ...

•In response to Bryan S. Cather's interest. When I first started collecting music almost 45 years ago, I loved the sound of the player piano but could only afford to by records, which were plentiful in the second hand stores for five cents each! I am sorry to say that my substantial horde of recorde...

•When I moved into my first house, which was owned by a retired TV repairman, there were approximately 800 TVs and radios in the basement, stacked floor-to-ceiling over 90% of the floor space. I had to arrange that they be removed. (Don't be angry with me.) In that large heap, I found an old portabl...

•A. B. Bonds mentioned that Orthophonic reproducers were pot metal. Not all of them were: the early ones were cast brass. Believe it or not though, several articles in the phonograph collector publication, "New Amberola Graphic" claim that the pot metal ones actually produce better sound. Here's a t...

•Several years ago, we had some neighbors who told a story about their father making fiber needles for phonographs. The family were very clever and industrious craftsman, including the two daughters. In 1901 the father started a woodworking company which produced "Cayuga League" baseball bats, and h...

•During the war (W.W.II) we lived in a rented house and the landlady's daughter, Vivian, had a wind-up acoustic phonograph. Vivian told me that I could play her records but that I had to supply my own needle. Vivian was 16 and had to buy her needles with her allowance. I was 10 and had no allowance...

•I have found that when using the modern lubricants for springs, there's a tendency for the turns of the spring to stick, much like two panes of glass with water between them. I have found that #2 graphite (the large size of the flakes acts as little bearings) mixed with "Lubriplate" works great. I ...

•Greetings: This past week I was given a Brunswick cabinet phonograph. The cabinet is in fine condition, but a number of years ago someone decided to disassemble the mechanism to replace the spring. The job was never completed and the motor with other parts were left in a rather dirty cardboard box...

•A local antique shop has a couple of cabinet phonographs. They are $400 each, and restored and working. I believe they are Edisons. The cabinets look like new, the felt on the turntable is new, and everything is polished. I am considering buying one, as restoring one would probably be more hassle a...

•Damon: $400 is not a bad price for a restored phonograph, depending on the model, as well as quality of restoration. If the ones you are looking at are indeed Edisons disk machines, keep in mind that these are Diamond Disk machines, made to play special 1/4-inch thick Edison records, with a permane...

•Hello MMD'ers. I was shopping over the new year holidays and found some brand new NOS (New Old Stock) 78-rpm wind-up phonograph motors. The units are Swiss made by Thorens, the number: NO 144\F stamped on the chassis. The Thorens logo is a cross with an anchor inside. These are all-steel frame with...

•Fellow MMD'ers: Someone is selling new [from un-sold inventory] Thorens 78-rpm windup movements (less crank) for $50. I don't know this fellow, and I must congratulate him for his "entre- preneurial spirit", but anyone contemplating buying one might like to know they can be ordered for only $15 plu...