•I found the following ad on the 'piano' newsgroup: --- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- From: Ebert Steele Subject: FS: Steinway Duoart FS: 1923 Steinway grand w/Duo-Art reproducing mechanism. Hand painted art case. Choice original condition. Player mechanism is tight and plays...

•Hi all, In MMD 990514 Ed Gaida mentions having a "double-hernia" model Bush & Lane player action to restore and notes that, while PPCo suggests that the action is common, he hasn't previously encountered one. Here (in Western Washington State) they are indeed relatively common, although I can't ima...

•> From: geoffhale@beeb.net (Geoff Hale) > To: editor@foxtail.com > > I have found reference, in a newspaper article dated 1905, > to a 'Augelus' or 'Angelus' piano player, both names are used > in the article so I guess the writer wasn't sure what it was > called. The instrument was presumably a 'p...

•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...

•-- 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...

•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...

"Harley-Davidson battles for 'Soundmark'", rumbled the headline in my local newspaper this morning (Sunday 10 Feb 1996, from Knight- Ridder News Service). > The company claims that the sound made by its famous motorcycle > engine is uniquely its own, and they want exclusive rights to the > sound. "W...

•Joe Orens wrote [990202 MMDigest]: >I have found reference in early Aeolian literature to a roll playing >instrument called the Aeriola. I cannot find it listed in the usual >sources. I would appreciate learning what kind of mechanical >instrument it is. I've seen two Aerolias. One is a flat-top 65...

•Greetings all. In MMD 991122 Andrew Barrett writes, "... from the description in Rebuilding the Player Piano, [the Cecilian action] is a double hernia (triple, even! :-) and is virtually unrestorable." And Gary Rasmussen writes, "The reason mine never got rebuilt was because of the pot metal player...

•Regarding the posting by Jim Welty about Paul Eakins and the sale of the items in his St. Louis museum. It occupied the ground floor of a large building owned by the makers of Tums ("Tums for your tummy!"). Tums needed the space, so Paul and Laura had to sell out or otherwise remove the contents th...

•Adam Ramet said in 030514 MMDigest: > The player mechanism is a Hupfeld-built one. Hupfeld built > instruments with 73-note scale and 65/73-note players turn up > from time to time. Be alert to the fact that "Claviola" was a Hupfeld trading-round name, just as "Aeriola" was for flagrantly Aeolian-m...

•I enjoyed the interchange involving Art Reblitz (a fine friend of mine since he was a teenager in the 1960s) and Janna Norby of the Bovey Collection in Montana [080124 MMDigest]. I've never been to the latter place, but I have heard many nice things about it. In the 1960s when Oswald ("Ozzie") Wurd...

•Pat DeWitt wrote in 011119 MMDigest: > I am looking for an 88-note push up player, unrestored. For anyone who > does not know, this instrument (sometimes called a Vorsetzer) preceded > the self-contained or "inner player" mechanism and was literally pushed > up to the piano where its fingers were p...

•Happy New Year to all. We are old-time piano rebuilders (see our web site, below), and as such we often get anomalies to repair. And we love it!! Recently a client brought in a miniature (toy) barrel piano. It was made by Faventia in Barcelona, Spain. It's 16" wide, 17-3/4" tall, plays 6 selections...

•Ingmar, thanks for the reply. Yes, there is a song selection on the side, covered by Plexiglas. Six songs, all Spanish, none really familiar. So I guess there's an element of rarity anyway. Thanks. I know the owner will be happy to hear your replies. 'Til the next time. Thanks again. Sam Marquez ...

•I just wanted to thank all the respondents regrading the value of the Faventia street piano. As usual I expand my horizons with every question. To share the input: This particular model Faventia was made in Barcelona, Spain, circa late 1950's. It is 6 inches across the front, 17 3/4 inches tall, pl...

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