•For the best results from older recordings -- Recommended source for stylii is: Expert Stylus Co., P O Box 3, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2QD England. Mr Hodgson is the acknowledged specialist. He supplies a range of stylii in a variety of radii (!) and can also provide suitable cartridges if needed. Mich...

•Dear Friends, I bought an Edison Phonograph and I will ask if anyone of you knows of recordings with organ-music? If so, can I buy some? Please let me know. Greetings from Waldkirch, organ building since 1799 Wolfgang Brommer Orgelbaumeister - Master Organbuilder Jaeger & Brommer - German Organ Com...

•I am in need of a spring replacement and general cleaning for an external horn 78-rpm phonograph (European, has a Thorens reproducer and marked "Preacisonocord" on a brass plaque). I would like a recommendation for someone to do this. I had a very unsatisfactory experience with one of the most adve...

•Larry Leonard recently asked about a source for lists of Edison recordings and machines. The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society has an extensive publishing programme, including lists of machines and recordings. Visit their interesting web site http://www.clpgs.org.uk/ and click on Boo...

•[ Peter Wellburn wrote in 021026 MMDigest: ] > The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society has an > extensive publishing programme, including lists of machines and > recordings. Visit their interesting web site ... and click on > Bookshop. http://www.clpgs.org.uk/ Thank you for your sugges...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear Sir, I am on a mission to find any info pertaining to the Bush & Lane Co. I have an upright Bush & Lane phonograph but can find little info on the company or the age of this machine. It is in very nice condition so, no, I am not looking for ...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- My name is Eric G. I also have a Bush and Lane phonograph and was wondering what info you have found on it. If you could send me some I would be very grateful and I will do the same with any info I get. Thank you Eric eemackmeg!@bignet.net ...

•I have an Apollophone phonograph/player piano made by Melville Clark. The Victrola needs to have the spring fixed and the governor needs a replacement weight and springs. Does anyone know where I can get or find such a place that would either repair or replace these items? I live in Massachusetts. ...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Does anyone have any information on the Mills Zephyr, which plays 78s? Sincerely, Elaine Parker

•I have a Mills "Zephyr" and would be glad to help. Al Menashe

•At http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/ you will find an effort to recover music from a phonograph record by translating an image [of the grooves] into sound waves. It is encouraging to think that in the absence of knowledge of exactly how the information is encoded, someone was able to reverse engi...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- We have a Kohler & Campbell player piano with a phonograph. You wind the phonograph with a handle from the right end of the piano. The phonograph is not flat but straight up and down on the left side inside. The middle door slides back to reveal ...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hi all, it's been a long time since I have posted. I have just come across a Silvertone phonograph and I do not know a thing about it. What I would like to know is where they were made, how old it is, and what it might be worth. If anyone coul...

•I am looking for Bullet latches for my Victor Orthopedic talking machine's front doors. It has an electric turntable, but an acoustic reproducing head. Its front doors swing open every time the wind blows or we have an earthquake. I can't find the right size latches in the local hardware store. Bru...

•Just a bulletin! Noted Roller Organ historian, collector, inventor, entrepreneur Charlie Moore will be in our booth at the Union Phonograph Show this weekend. He will be doing on-site diagnostics, minor adjustments and some repairs on Concert, Gem and Grand Roller Organs. Stop by and say hello and ...

•I'm sure many of you have recognized phonograph recordings of tunes that were featured on piano rolls that were the arrangements the rolls were based on. I think a great example is the Bing Crosby recording of "Sweet Is The Word For You" from 1937 (the soundtrack from the movie it was featured in) ...

•I discovered a remarkable museum in a small Quebec town. Musee Edison du phonographe has a really large (190 cylinder phonographs) and interesting collection of early phonographs stuffed into a modest building in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, the personal collection of a couple (I believe they live upstairs...

•Hi Larry, I used to repair and restore a lot of Edison cylinder phonographs in years past, but now concentrate on cylinder and disc music boxes. I still do occasionally take on an Edison; they are a personal favorite of mine. I have about 200 cylinders for them. I do still have a fair amount of Edi...

•As I recall there are two fundamental groups of phono cartridges, which are distinguished by the output voltage level produced -- called, amazingly enough, low level and high level cartridges. The two varieties of low level magnetic cartridge are either moving coil or moving magnet. Of these two, t...

•Andy Taylor wrote about converting a 78 rpm phono turntable to 3-speed operation and installing a new cartridge. I expect that the original cartridge was a crystal cartridge and the new one is ceramic or magnetic. I will look around and see if I have an old cartridge that will do the job. Lacking t...