•George, To the best of my knowledge, Seeburg used the same gears and transmission system in _all_ models of Seeburg coin pianos. I have a "G", which is the second largest, and an "L", which is the smallest, and the drive system is interchangeable. Over the years there were some changes in the valve...

•Thank you all for your responses, great information, and a useful and knowledgeable group you are. "Jake The Alligator Man" ( check http://www.marshsfreemuseum.com ) said there will be something a little extra in your stockings this Christmas! I'm taking a musical break this week and starting a res...

•I have a Seeburg music roll which is 15-1/4 inches wide and has 6 holes per inch. It's identified on its label as Music Program M-125, Special for Orchestrions and Motion Picture Players Style M. I am wondering which makes and models of orchestrions and/or photoplayers this roll fits. Thanks to tho...

•The "M roll", published by J.P. Seeburg Piano Co. or Automatic Music Roll Company, is one of several early designations for the MSR roll used by Seeburg photoplayers, a variation on the H orchestrion roll. Over the years, Seeburg (and later its subsidiary, the Automatic Music Roll Co.) used many di...

•Debence Museum has a Seeburg B which has had a rough life. It plays, but the mandolin attachment was removed, and several other features are defeated. We have recreated the mandolin attachment but where is its control? We know which position in the tracker bar is supposed to control it, but how? Sp...

•To Mr. Lamar Meadows -- First, congratulations on your purchase. I was unable to personally inspect the Seeburg E you bought but two well-known restorers were at the auction with reports on the instrument. Personally I would like to see photographs of the insides. Original Seeburg instruments used ...

•Very few if any real service manuals have been found by collectors of coin operated player pianos. Questions can be posted here on MMD as there are several subscribers familiar with coin pianos. I would suspect that the Wurlitzer instrument played the Wurlitzer APP roll, as Wurlitzer produced only ...

•We do have a few pieces of Seeburg and Wurlitzer literature -- left over reprints from the now out-of-business Organ Literature Foundation. You can find them under "books" on our Mechantiques web site. While you are there check out the two neat large band organs we just brought in and have for sale...

•The Seeburg E that I recently purchased has a mandolin feature. You all know that this is done with the use of leather tabs that contain metal clips on them that are suspended in front of the strings. In looking at the clips it seems to me that they are installed backward. There is a solid round bu...

•Seeburg (or typical) mandolin rail/curtain and clips Sounds like the clip described by Lamar Meadows in the 090330 MMD is oriented the right way: with the rectangular side facing the strings and the round button side facing the hammers. But either way the metal clip should be absolutely square (ass...

•In the recent discussion of mandolin rails for a piano, there is one factor that I haven't heard mentioned -- or perhaps I missed it. I seem to remember that the mandolin rail should NOT be arranged such that the metal clips are positioned between the hammers and the strings. The reason is just as ...

•Regarding the Seeburg E Nickelodeon: How do you get the piano "A" roll to rewind in the middle of a song? There seems to be no button or switch to activate the reroll mechanism anywhere on the piano. Frankie Kramlick

•The A roll will rewind automatically at the end of the last tune on the roll. There is no method of rewinding the roll earlier than that unless you modify the pneumatics to incorporate an exhaust to atmosphere operated by some form of small manually operated valve, teed into the rewind port. This s...

•To make it rewind you put your finger on the back of the rewind pneumatic and close the right pneumatic on the back of the rewind unit. Don Teach

•I have two Seeburg nickelodeons in my collection right now. One is a Model "L" and the other a "G", and until recently I had a KT Special. All had factory installed rewind methods! On the model "L" (mine and two more I am familiar with) there is a push button located on the bottom board of the spoo...

•> How do you get the piano "A" roll to rewind in the middle of a song? Most Seeburgs were equipped with a small push-button operated pallet located on the roll frame (not on the outside of the piano) to allow immediate rewind of the roll. This button is located on the left side and immediately behi...

•The following is in response to several recent emails sent to me. I apologize for not individually answering all the questions sent to me. I currently handle about 150 emails a day. Please review past postings to MMDigest about Seeburg. [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/S/seeburg.html ] Seebu...

•In the words of the J.P. Seeburg Company in a letter to someone that asked for a tubing diagram in the 1920's for a KT Special: "We have no diagram. Enclosed is a blueprint for the style G tracker bar. We trust you can figure out the rest." This is from the book by Reblitz and Bowers, "Treasures of...

•In response to Don Teach's post, Seeburg's position that we should be able to figure it out from the tracker scale is probably true. But, these machines are now 80+ years old and during that time folks with and without a clue have been fooling with them, and some sort of base line would really help...

•Does anyone have a 1914 Seeburg "Art and Music" catalogue that, in addition to pianos and orchestrions, shows a Style M photoplayer? If so, I would be interested in corresponding about it. Thank you! Dave Bowers Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, USA