•[ Sam Marquez wrote in Digest 971231: ] > 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, and is built just like a regular barrel (street) > piano but in miniature. Yep, that's the smalles...

•Referring to Sam Marquez, Digest 971231 and Ingmar Krause, 980103 and 980106, I can tell you that I have a similar instrument. Shaped like a barrel street piano, it measures 38.5 cm wide, 39 cm high, 21 cm depth. There is a crank on the front left to play, and a crank on the left side to select one...

•[ Visitor georgeb@thezone.net asked in 990109 MMDigest: ] > Could you tell me if there is any difference between a piano > with the name Balwin and the name "D. H. Balwin." What Baldwin has done is arrange to have several marques (Chickering, Wurlitzer, D. H. Baldwin, etc.) manufactured in Asia by ...

•The first ever meeting of the Amateur Organ Builders Group took place over two full days last weekend at Bloxham Steam Fair, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Eight members together with their wives and twelve hand-turned organs occupied a small marquee tent. As well as providing an interesting display fo...

•There is no need to describe what this event is all about, fabulous will be enough. For the last 3 years the Amateur Organ Builders have had a marquee there. During this period the A.O.B. Group, as we have become known, has gone from strength to strength although there is still no official club as ...

•> Is this US product [Kroil], in UK terms, WD40, does anyone know? In the US we have _both_ Kroil and WD-40. They certainly are different brands (marques). I think Kroil is sold in much larger containers than the little can (or spray can) in which one usually sees WD-40 and it is typically sold thr...

•Over the first weekend in May, the Amateur Organ Builders (AOB) group held its first workshop meeting at the estate of Peter and Rosemarie Hood, near to Ramsgate, Kent, England. Peter is more familiarly known in organ circles as Rollcutter.com, supplier of music rolls. The previously stormy weather...

•This year's AOB Weekend, hosted by Peter and Rosemarie Hood, otherwise known as rollcutter.com, is to be held at their extensive site near Ramsgate, Kent, England, over the weekend of 28th to 30th of May 2005. Those who attended the meeting last year will not need to be told of the superb quality o...

•Amateur organ builders (and those contemplating being so, or in the stages of building an organ) and their wives and partners are invited by Peter and Rosemarie Hood to attend the 3rd annual Rollcutter Rendezvous, to be held at their extensive premises at St Nicholas-at-Wade, Birchington, Kent, UK...

•[ Ref. 090809 MMDigest, French Barrel Piano by Vuarin Le Guy ] Dear MMDs, Probably this barrel piano came from "Amelotti factory", a well-known firm in the first decade of 20th century in France (location: Nice, south-east). They marketed their products through several agents 'round the country, as...

•Just in case you need a Yale Wonder Clock to complete your collection of combination coin-operated Regina disc player / Waterbury clock / gambling machines, one is coming up at auction September 18 & 19 in Virden, Illinois. In case you plan to bid on it, you may want to bring an extra credit card. ...

•On Sunday, 10th July, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., there will be the annual Box Hill Summer Fair at the top of Box Hill in Surrey and, as usual, there will be a very large mechanical music marquee where members of the Musical Box Society of Great Britain (MBSGB) play instruments all day. We have everyth...

•Hi Folks, I guess I missed the "thread" that started the MMD Awards and thus do not know the "ground rules" for nomination. Even without knowing the rules, I can heartily endorse MMD Award consideration for Stephen Kent Goodman and enter a new nominee, Ronald Schmuck, both frequent contributors to ...

•Hello, HeRe'S dA iNfO ! :) [ Re Digest 971231 ] > Does anyone have an idea of value for this toy instrument? I am > not selling it. It's a charm. And it's in perfect condition, just > needs tuning. So, here we go: For the instrument is in perfect condition, you can take as value something in-betwee...

•I received an offering of rolls from a friend of a friend in England who didn't know that I've sold my Aeolian player reed organ, so I no longer have need of the rolls. He also has _lots_ of 58- and 116-note organ rolls, plus 65-, 73- and 88-note player piano rolls for sale. He's looking to buy or ...

•Hello MMDers; here is a story about an unusual piano roll. About 25 years ago I bought an Aeolian 65-note pushup player and shortly thereafter a big heap of 65-note rolls. Among them was a big roll of "Rule Britannia" Overture, written by Richard Wagner. It looked very intriguing, but as the player...

•As most of you will know, it is a number of years since I produced my first set of instructions to build a small organ. Ten years ago I was just one of a handful of people who played about in their workshops building organs as a hobby. A lot has changed since then, as like myself many more new buil...

•Hi All, Below is a list of the player piano technicians who have a free player technician listing at Player-Care. If your name is on the list, I would appreciate it if you would go to the link below, access your listing, and check it for accuracy: http://www.player-care.com/playtech.html I'm especi...

•During the past 35 years I've come across many uprights in which the keys do or don't move when a roll is played, and, except in the rare cases where a piano was so damp nothing moved freely or it had been got at by an ignoramus, this was entirely by design. Remember that in a normal upright action...

•Bruce Brockett asks about using a single center board for the bellows in the Busker organ. It would be difficult to construct the bellows and get the cloth in place at the center. I know of people who have made the two bellows and then fixed them to a wide board and then attached the reservoir. Obv...