•I have a question about PowerRoll since it's being discussed now. Please note that I am in no way trying to find fault with the system as I've heard it work and I think it is excellent. I'm sure I'll end up buying one, but my concern is this: I have an Ampico B and I got to wondering if PowerRoll h...

•Dick, you wrote in MMDigest 981026: > I have an Ampico B and I got to wondering if PowerRoll had a way of > being told whether it is playing the A and B Ampico rolls coded on > the CDs on an Ampico A or an Ampico B? The reason I was wondering > about this is because the Ampico B intensities react q...

•The configuration of the model B trackerbar has been configured that way to fine-hone it's compatibility to the Ampico roll coding format, rather than to compensate for any deficiency of valves. If one will notice, the only expression holes lengthened outside of the normal hole line are #1 and #5 "...

•The model B valves, when _correctly_ and fully restored, are by far the most sensitive valves ever built. They are able to operate on 6 feet of trackerbar tubing, directly from the trackerbar without primaries, and are faster than the primary operating on the same length. This is because the valve ...

•Interesting that I have never noticed this, but actually, all the expression holes at each end of the Ampico B trackerbar have been offset from the centerline of the bar by about .02 inch. The only hole in that line which seems to still be aligned with the note hole line is TB#5. In other words, th...

•In response to Craig Brougher's comments on the Ampico tracker bar, it might be seen in the jpeg files that I sent to Jody/Robbie and which I think are at the MMD web site. Hal Davis [ A sketch with dimensions is at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/Scales/ [ -- Robbie

•Dan Wilson stated in MMD 981203 that "It may not have two suction levels running at once, but its lightweight valve system makes it far faster than the Duo-Art at jumping between one level of intensity and another." I don't think this is true. While it's true that the Ampico left and right side exp...

•Hi friends, I just received a copy of "Minstrels" by Debussy, played by E. Robert Schmitz (Ampico 66251). It has no tempo on the leader and I would like to find out what the correct tempo is. Schmitz was supposed to be an authority on the playing of Debussy. I do have a "Camden" LP of his playing t...

•Rumor has it there's a company or individual in the New York area who sells a high quality bronze gear frame to replace the original Muckite casting in the Ampico A drawer. Does any MMDer know who that might be please ? Richard Stibbons Cromer, England.

•I was telling a friend about the MMD and he asked if someone on the list might be interested in buying some parts that he has. He gave me the following description: A complete AMPICO "A" mechanism from a Haines Bros. Grand (1925) straight poppet stack (not flange finger) with dust covers divided as...

•I am slowly putting together a videotape on rebuilding the Ampico Model B -- from start to finish. But one of the many little "tricks" to doing a set of valves is clearing the ball bleed hole after the pouch board is reglued back to the block. A medium-thick hot hide glue is painted around the pouc...

•Ampico B Chickering Grand is listed on e-bay auction. It was at $5500.00 Thursday afternoon. 90 percent restored. Good deal for someone. Don Teach

•Horst Mohr asked for information concerning Victor Wittgenstein. The following is a quote from Elaine Obenchain's magnificent "A Complete Catalog of Ampico Reproducing Rolls" : born 1886 in Lousiville, Kentucky died July 25 1961 at age 75 in New York, New York. Wittgenstein studied with McDowell in...

•Horst Mohr wondered about Victor Wittgenstein, who was listed as the performer of the Saint-Saens Gm concerto on Ampico roll 53717. There is a brief mention of him in Aaron Copland's autobiography. Victor Wittgenstein was Copland's piano teacher in New York City for a year or so, around 1917-1918. ...

•Ampico upright roll shelf complete with switches, spool box, tracking governor and air motor. $85.00 plus shipping. H. C. Bay rebuilt pump unit. Very tight, works great, ready to install. $100.00 plus shipping. Please contact me directly: skgoodman@mindspring.com Thank you, Stephen Kent Goodman ...

•Does anyone know why some upright Ampico pianos have a sliding plate glass door that covers the spool box? Bruce Clark

•Hi Group, Bruce Clark asked about the glass spool box cover on Ampico uprights. I have one on my Franklin upright Ampico A. I assume that it is there to reduce noise but allow word roll lyrics to be read. If I understand correctly the device that detects the presence of the roll on a an upright is ...

•I'd suspect that it was intended for two purposes. Firstly, to make less audible the sounds made by some rolls as they pass over the tracker bar, and secondly, to keep noxious or intrusive objects out of the spoolbox or trackerbar ports: fingers, liqueur glasses, cigarette smoke, and whatever else ...

•Hi Colin, friends, The glass door dimensions on my upright Stoddard Ampico are 10-1/4" high by 14" wide. Hope that helps out! Best wishes, Mike Walter

•Hi All, I am in the process of rebuilding a gutted Ampico A. I had only one of the stack compensator bellow springs (the 1-3/8" diameter by 4" spring, that gets stretched out to about 12 inches when connected), and I had to find another one. When I received the new one, it appears to have more tens...