•I have a school customer with an Aeolian modern player missing the take-up spool. This is the spinet from the 1970's. The take-up spool has been removed and lost. Does anyone have one around? All of the modern Aeolian spools are alike and fit inter- changeably whether console, spinet, or short 64-n...

•Hi All, Glenn Amer's post led me to share a few thoughts about the Marshall and Wendell top loader Ampico we recently acquired. This piano, which is barely larger than a spinet, is among the most powerful upright player pianos I've ever owned. Our instrument was rebuilt in 1980 by Tom Ahearn in Mas...

•Three reproducing pianos are for sale, all "as is," F.O.B. Arkansas City, Kansas (south of Wichita): 1. Fischer Ampico spinet from Bill Pixley's estate, needs complete restoration. $1,249. 2. Steinway XR, ser. no. 204,043, made in 1920, from Bill Pixley's estate. Beautiful mahogany veneer, Temponam...

•To the MMD, A piano tuner friend referred this problem to me. The piano is an approximately 1972 spinet 'Duo Art' (not a reproducing player, but 'Duo Art' listed is on the fall board) pneumatic player piano with a Standard action and electric blower. In the spool box is an on-off switch. When you p...

•Some time back I received a telephone call from someone who wanted to "get rid" of a player piano. He told me it was a Duo-Art. We all know that Duo-Art can mean a reproducing piano, _or_ a spinet manufactured in Memphis, Tennessee, starting around 1960. I went to see for myself and was quite surpr...

•[ Ref. http://www.mmdigest.com/ForSaleOnTheInternet.html [ for 161109 MMDigest] Quite a few free ones, a number of 1970s-80s spinets, too, and some piano rolls -- one deal on some Welte rolls! Detroit suburbs, Mount Lyon. MI. $375 player piano, spinet Pianola. Typical 1970s spinet with standard act...

•All the different Ampico valve gaskets are available in pure cork from Player-Care on the net: http://www.player-care.com/resale.html On special order they can be obtained in leather. The 1938 Spinet Ampico uses the B gasket which is slightly taller. Don Teach Shreveport, Louisiana

•Greetings, I have a mystery for y'all. While working on sharing player pianos for sale, we've run across a modern (at least 1960s) "Anderson and Wright" spinet "with Ampico Expression" in it. It's not a pedal pumper; it's entirely electrical (vacuum) as best we can see from the posted pictures. If ...

•Hi all, Holiday greetings to you all! I'm trying to get the 1938 Ampico spinet back to it's owner before Christmas but I've run into another snag. The celluloid keyway which allows vacuum to be sent to the air motor has started to deform, thereby not providing an appropriate amount of vacuum to the...

•For those of us looking to move pianos from city to city, I would like to highly recommend long time mover, Matthew Stephens. Matt has moved quite a few spinet, console, upright and grand players for me and friends of mine. He does a very nice job and is very pleasant to deal with. Matt normally ru...

•I was contacted by a member of this list who said that I needed to identify the piano and model of the parts posted in 170405 MMDigest: http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201704/2017.04.05.10.html The piano was a "KNIGHT" spinet manufactured in England. Any other identification was lost when ...

•Last week I was offered, for free(!), a Wurlitzer 1202 electric solenoid player piano, probably manufactured in the 1960s. The piano, a drop action spinet, seems in good shape. The owner says the player system worked fine before it was stored for several years. The spool box motors operate okay but...

•This is a response to Ross Schacher about the modern Harman Peck "Duo Art" modern player. Hi Ross, I am very familiar with these "Duo Art" (if a console piano) or Musette (if a spinet piano) pianos. Both of these styles are 88-note models. I see so many of these for free, or for very little, that I...

This occurs because the key or pneumatic has not pushed the wippen through sufficient travel for the jack to clear the hammer butt. First check distance of hammer from string; depending on the manufacturer: spinets - 1 5/8"; uprights - 1 3/4 to 2". Take up lost motion with the capstan screw. Level a...

•Hi All, I got a call from a guy in Ontario, Canada. He has a Kimball Electromatic player, one of those little spinets. Somehow the power cord pulled out of the piano. He has no idea where it attaches inside the bottom of the piano. It is a Model F, P792. He would be happy to pay for a schematic tha...

I have rebuilt a lot of reproducers and heard many in other homes, and never heard one that I thought was too loud. Now that's dedication! But frankly, there's more to that statement than it sounds like at first glance. From huge concert grands to small spinet-types, reproducers come in all makes an...

My name is Rick McDowell and I am a new member of your group. I learned about your site from Galen Bird who is a collector of mechanical musical instruments. I am the secretary and treasurer of the Heart of America Chapter of AMICA. I am interested in player pianos (I own a 1920 Schiller player and ...

While in the New York City area visiting family during Christmas, I took a tour of Boscobel, a restored 1804 Federal mansion in Garrison, NY. The house & grounds, overlooking the Hudson River, were beautiful. The furnishings are based on a family inventory of the period, and include a wonderful litt...

Having had many pianos in my house, several at a time (we walked sideways), I can tell you the old story we used to tell hesitant customers in the Baldwin Piano and Organ store many years ago. If you were to cut out a piece of paper the size of the floor space taken by a small spinet upright piano, ...

•Just returned from an excursion to the local Price Club/Costco. As I walked through the door, what should greet me but a Yamaha Disklavier pounding out "I'm Getting Married in the Morning!" That's right, Price Club is now selling Yamaha grand & spinet pianos, with and without the Disklavier system...