•In 98-06-29 MMD Joyce Brite wrote: > Recently, I submitted a question to the MMD concerning the monkey music > box used in "Phantom of the Opera." I was very disappointed that there > was no response, especially since my question was in response to a plea > for more discussion about music boxes. > ...

•In Digest 98.09.07 pswoolum@aol.com asked about a 1914 Laffargue piano with Seaverns player. For me this was a remarkable coincidence, because I live in England and friends in Portland, Oregon had been given one and we've never heard of the Laffargue here. Last week I visited them and they asked me...

•Re: Digest 98-10-07 Hello Thomas! Your article in the Digest from the 7th of Oct has absorbed me. A fantastic project. It inspired me to think about an alternative for choosing the right comb. I would try to choose a bigger movement, maybe a movement with a 36- or 50-tooth-comb. I would throw away ...

•In MMD 980122 John Phillips from Hobart replied to Rod Cornelius' enquiry concerning Hupfeld Vorsetzers. Although they are not exactly common, Michael Waters in Mildura (Australia) has two of them: a 73-note and an 88-note. I had been storing a quantity of 73-note Hupfeld "Claviola" themed rolls fo...

•In Digest 980125 there was a post concerning this song. It's one of my all-time favorites. I put the lyrics in my 'puter a while back, so for all of you who are not familiar with the tune, here are the words, taken from a black label Edison Diamond Disc ca. 1920. (And for all the Womens Lib fanatic...

• In MMD 980325 I wrote: ....An interesting property of vibrating bars is their side-tone..... Robbie's comment was: [ I think 'side-tone' is known in English as the overtone or partial. [ Editor's note: [ [> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii [ [ Ugly, isn't it, when HTML encoding isn't view...

•In Digest 980422 I posted asking about an errant wind motor on the player piano at the local museum. After playing it more, I can narrow down the symptoms better, so I'm re-posting my query. When pumping at a steady, even pace, the wind motor is stable. If you play an accent, by giving the pedals a...

•In MMD 980424 Paul DeWitt wrote about rebuilding Celestina pneumatics: > In brief, I rebuilt the pneumatics with zephyr skin ... would be > happy to go into great detail, particularly about how to attach > flexible material to two small Popsicle sticks that aren't even > attached at one end with a ...

•In Digest 980611 Tom Steuer mentioned problems with a Pianocorder. I have repaired many such units, as well as owning one of the Vorsetzer units sitting in front of my 1919 6'1" Stoddard-Ampico Knabe. (The piano and cabinet have been redone, but, sadly, the player mechanism sits idly by in boxes, d...

•[ In Digest 980626, "One Music Box for the Price of Two!", [ Ken Vinen wrote about a music box sold at an estate auction. > "Lot #812 - Antique "Stella" Music Box ... ... complete with > crank and in excellent playing condition ... " ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > There were at least eight teeth ...

•In Digest 980706 Don Teach writes: > There were several versions of the B Ampico. The two most common > references are to what is known as the full B and the half B. Mason > & Hamlin, Knabe, and Chickering all got the full B with everything > you would expect a B to have. The other pianos usually g...

•[ Karl Ellison inquired in MMDigest 980802: ] > I have received a request from a non-MMD person for information on > their 1925 Lagonda player, and can't find a reference for this brand > in any reference, Internet or MMD archives. Can anyone shed light on > this obscure instrument? The Owner wante...

•In MMD 980814, John McClure wrote: > I wish I could say the same for the response from my request as a > member to attend the Mart at the MBSI convention in Charlotte. I am > a florist with a 40-hour week who requested to attend Friday and as a > member I was informed that I would have to pay $190 ...

•Re: 980820 MMDigest Julian Dyer remarked: > If my feeling about the 1914 catalogue is right, it would certainly > suggest that 65-note player production must have ceased around the > same time as the launch of the exclusive 88-note title. Perhaps you > could obtain dual-scale instruments for a whil...

•Art Reblitz wrote: [ MMDigest 980908 ] > Carter's was good enough for the American Piano Company to recommend > its use, and it hasn't caused me any problems yet. Just apply it so > thin that it doesn't stiffen the leather, make sure all of the wood > is sealed properly, and above all, don't drag a...

•In MMD 980917 Jody wrote in a comment to the 'vacation'-note of Robbie Rhodes: > I've been working hard with Bob Fitterman getting the MMD Archives > [ up to date. Please visit: http://mmd/foxtail.com/Archives I suppose you meant: http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives On the address with a 'slash' instea...

•In MMD 980926, Bruce Clark refers to a unusual piano action he recalled from a Lafargue piano. I believe he is talking about the Staib-Abendschein Mastertouch action. I have encountered a few (very few) of these through the eons, always in players. Since it's a very shallow action (no backchecks, a...

•Re: 981009 MMDigest Ed Gaida forwarded this message from Robert Heyes : > My name is Robert Heyes and I am studying sound technology at the > Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in England. I would like to > know about people who used the player piano as a compositional tool. > I already know a...

•[ Jody commented in Digest 981103: [ [> A Yamaha Disklavier with velocity feedback was demonstrated [> at the NAMM show a little over a year ago. I don't know if [> these are being sold yet. ... ) Yes, the Pro version of the Yamaha Disklavier is being sold. I had a Yamaha Disklavier C-7 custom-made...

•[ Jasan Hahn wrote in Digest 98117: ] > If anyone knows of a vertical fire-tube boiler in working condition > I would be interested in purchasing it. Hi Jason, If you don't find a boiler you may want to try Elliot Bay Steam Launch Company at http://www.steamlaunch.com/default.htm They sell plans fo...