•I have the following instruments for sale: 1. Reproduco player piano/pipe organ 2. Seeburg A coin piano 3. Seeburg MO player piano/pipe organ 4. Kimball Electramatic electronic player organ 5. Fischer Marque Ampico upright player All are here in suburban Orlando, FL. If you would like information o...

•I am hoping to locate an affordable Duo-Art upright reproducing piano, in unrestored condition, for a rebuilding project. Located in Texas, I'd be willing to have it shipped from just about anywhere in the Continental US or Canada. Any marque of Duo-Art piano (Steinway, Weber, Steck, Stroud, Aeolia...

•I am the pastor of two Russian-speaking Baptist churches in New York City, with parishioners from virtually every republic of the former Soviet Union. I have yet to discover a mechanical musical instrument from Russia, although I am told that some piano rolls were made there, so there must have bee...

•'Triumph' in this case was the trade name of Kastner & Co., nothing to do with the car maker! Kastner fitted many brands of piano with the Autopiano, but if the piano in question has no other maker listed it may well be one of their own construction or one of the numerous anonymous 'stencil' pianos...

•I was fascinated to learn from Bernt Damm about the American Pedal-Electric Duo-Art 'export' model, and its way of achieving the switching between electric and pedalled states. I have never heard of these machines before. I suppose that with the UK market supplied from the London factory the US mac...

•-- non subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- [ Translation from French by Robbie (abridged): Bonjour! This morning, while browsing a flea market in the Bruxelloise district, I acquired 12 pianola rolls in hardback boxes bearing the inscription "LE PLEYELA". These rolls are of Audran, Messen...

•This is exactly what it says: an Autopiano action (from New York) fitted to a London-made Eavestaff piano. The fitting would have been done by or for Kastner & Co, who had the exclusive dealership for Autopiano in London (they have been mentioned in MMD on various occasions). They used a fairly wid...

•Dear Don, Several years ago someone gave my wife an 88-note roll at an MBSI meeting. It was our first mechanical music meeting ever. We reluctantly accepted it with the objection that we didn't have a piano to play it on. The person asked if we knew anyone who did have a piano that would play the r...

•I am 72 years old and must now downsize. I have been in the player rebuilding business since 1961 and am getting tired and want to take it easy. I have much more invested in these pianos than what I am asking for them. I want to move them out. (1) 1922 Franklin Ampico grand with matching bench @ $9...

•Several years ago someone gave my wife a piano roll. We objected, saying that we didn't have a player piano. At that time we had very little knowledge of mechanical music, but had a friend who had some sort of piano that played by using rolls, so we agreed to take the roll telling the person (the i...

•For Sale: I am 72 years old and must downsize. I have been in the player rebuilding business since 1961 and want to take it easy. I have much more invested in these pianos than what I am asking for them. I want to move them out. (1) 1922 Franklin Ampico Grand with matching bench @ $750 (3) Wurlitze...

•I have the following 10 player pianos free to a good home. They are located near Syracuse, New York. They are in very good restorable condition or I wouldn't have bought them many years ago as an investment. I am 73 and am getting out of the business; my loss is your gain! 1920 Cable Nelson # 12008...

•Hello all, I would like to second the expressions of Randy Hammond. I have had the honor to restore three Mason and Hamlin "A"s, two Chickering "59"s, a Steinway XR, and a late Steinway OR. All of these instruments would still be unrestored and unused were it not for the existence of e-valves and r...

•Sears made the Silvertone brand from at least the 1920's, when they had mechanical diaphragms and horns and wind-up motors, until at least the 1980's, when they were Japanese. For all I know the Silvertone marque, is still going. So your phonograph might be equipped with a mica horn, a cactus-spine...

•[ Michael Woolf wrote in 081025 MMDigest > Incidentally, I'd still like to find more Melodico rolls. We always punch music books for 48 keys Melodico, Racca pianos. You may have a look (and an ear) on http://www.leludion.com/ventecartons/index.asp?f=Melodico;m=48%20touches%20/ Please, choose as Mar...

•The Unioliszt was announced at the 1912 Autumn Fair in Leipzig. It was quite specifically described in "Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau" (Journal for the Construction of Musical Instruments) (ZfI), 1911-1912, p. 1378, as a combination of Hupfeld's Uniola and Phonoliszt instruments that allowed you ...

•I have just seen a music box, with the following identifications, and was wondering if you might be able to tell me anything about it. J. Bognard P.V.F. St. Croix, Suisse Marque De Fabrique Depose I was wondering also if you might be able to give me a price for purchasing. It is in good working con...

•In 17.08.12 MMD, John Hupcey writes: > Is there such a thing as a foot-pumped Ampico reproducing piano? > Did Ampico sell non-reproducers in the early 1920s? John, yes indeed, the American Piano Company built pianos that were Ampicos and were upright pumpers. They are referred to as Marque Ampico o...

•Hi all, Just a thought concerning the upright Marshall & Wendell Pedal-Electric Ampico; perhaps the pedals were included to compensate for the fact that there were no crescendo pneumatics in this mechanism. This would presume that the pianolist knew the capabilities of the Ampico A system and that ...

•Needed for Ampico and Amphion uprights: * Take up spools for an Ampico and also Amphion 88-note upright player actions. * Tempo speed setting selector plate for Amphion spool box * Push buttons and springs for soft pedal and sustaining pedal control that are on the key slip. * Wood handle that is o...