•The New Orleans jazzman was "Bunk" Johnson and, as far as I know, he just played the trumpet. I have a few 78 recordings of his band. He teamed up with Sydney Bechet for a few recordings. Steve Bentley. Vancouver, B.C.

•Robert Perry's mention of the 1950s LP makes me think that perhaps we are confusing Buck Johnson, who I must admit I've never heard of, to Bunk Johnson, the black American trumpet player who was part of the great New Orleans jazz revival in the 1940s. Cheers, Tony Dellaway [ Most web sites misspell...

•The Wurlitzer 105 is my next project and I am in the middle of sourcing parts. The valve units and trumpet shallot assemblies are bothering me most. I am sure that I can cope with the remainder of the construction. I have found a source of these valves but, whilst they are of the highest quality an...

•After that fascinating clip on the hurdy gurdy, this seemed appropriate: the "tromba marina", a bowed string instrument that sounds remarkably like a natural (valveless) trumpet: http://www.trombamarina.com/tm.htm Be certain to click on the blue links to sound files. The page (and the site it's att...

•Hi All, Douglas Heckrotte hit the nail on the head concerning the creation of the curve for the 'trumpet' in the slider. I ended up getting four different images and I traced each one as explained in a previous posting. Then I initially divided the curved section into four segments and took measure...

•[ Ref. Lee Rothrock in 200627 MMDigest ] Hi, That's a trumpeter clock on the wall and it plays about 6 pipes from a small cylinder. And, yes, they are reed pipes, specifically "free" reed pipes (like in accordion or mouth organ), not beating reeds like in a band organ. Each pipe has a small resonat...

•Hi Group, Robert Bartlett is offering a 125(?) organ for sale [221226 MMD]. A Wurlitzer Style 125 organ is a brass trumpet organ. It plays Style 125 music rolls. The organ in the photos appears to be a home-built Style 105 organ which also plays Style 125 music rolls. Jack M. Conway Los Angeles, Ca...

•Steve Muscato said [in 230329 MMDigest]: > I am trying to set up a Wurlitzer 105 band organ and have the Terry > Smythe scans. Is there a converter program out there to convert these > scans to a 2-channel format so I can separate the Trumpets? Robbie noted: > The Trumpets are already a separate di...

•[ ref. Robert Barnett in 250615 MMDigest ] Hi Bob, my congratulations to this very great sounding Baker Troll music box. Fortunately I can identify some tunes: 1. The Trumpet Player of the Regiment - March 3. a Mazurka (known, but I don't know the title) 4. Dancing in the Barn (Scottish folk song) ...

Damon Atchison wrote: > Speaking of orchestration cabinets, does anyone have one who is reading > this? I am referring to the giant Wurlitzer-like orchestration cabinets > over six feet high with trumpets, drums, pianos, the works! Me too, does anyone have one of them Big WurliTzer cabinets for sale...

•I wonder whether John Guy's organ is really a style 150 or whether it is an organ playing the style 150 roll. I thought all the 150's HAD brass trumpets to start with. What say you, Bob Conant?

•Private collector seeking "organ clock" any shape, size or condition. Also seeking Musical Clocks and Trumpeter clocks. If you know of some one that has one of the listed clocks. Please contact me. Thank You Olivier Perrault Toll Free: 1-800-428-3003

•Dear friends, we have to sell an original Bacigalupo barrel organ, 41 keys, with 21 trumpets. The instrument must be restored a little bit and also the front is now painted in white. It's from a private party. We will show the organ soon on our home page. Any interest? Send us an email and your pri...

•A customer has for sale a Gebrueder Bruder model 104 (80-keyless). It was modified over 20 years ago in the Netherlands to play on the 78-keyless Ruth 36 scale. Almost all the notes are identical, except for the trumpets. The organ has only 14, against 16 on the Ruth. The tracker bar notes have bee...

•Dear MMDians, I've built some reed pipes that have new features which I feel have simplified their construction. This design could be used in making many types of pipe organ reed stops, including trumpets, trombones, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, posaunes, tubas, and saxophones. A description with dr...

•My experience in lowering the wind on an original band organ, which I have done on a few for "in-house" use, is that the lower (larger) flue pipes suffer first. When voiced properly, brass trumpets produce a beautiful, even mellow, tone/timbre, but typically sound more obnoxious than loud (perhaps ...

•Today I went to our State Fair of Texas in Dallas, and as I always do I went to the Merry-Go-Round to hear whatever Band Organ is in use. Walking towards it, I saw brass trumpets, which piqued my interest. In the usual place where a Wurlitzer normally sits, was a North Tonawanda with trumpets. It r...

•I recently acquired an early Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ conversion from an original Bruder. This organ has brass trumpets plus most other pipe ranks of a Wurlitzer 165, including original duplex tracker frame, pumps, and transmission. The organ is being restored to replicate most of the instrumentati...

•I am presently restoring a Wilhelm Bruder Söhne 41-keyless Starkton organ. The instrument uses the unscrambled scale and it seems that various models were built, some having all flue pipework and others having Trumpets and Trombones and therefore those are more strident. Although the music has extr...

•Hello All -- I am a collector of Black Forest clocks. I am looking to expand my collection. I am looking for any musical Black Forest clocks in any condition (Trumpeter, Flute, Organ, etc.). Best, Justin Miller http://blackforestclocks.blogspot.com/