•I have a couple of Duo-Art rolls where the bridges of long chain perforations have become folded or crumpled so that the hole (and the roll) seems to be narrower than it should be. Has anyone else faced and solved this problem? I might try the steam iron approach but thought I would ask before doin...

•David Sharpe asked about repairing rolls where a long bridge has collapsed. I've seen the same problem on a few rolls and in most cases have seen that if it collapsed in one place, it will continue down the roll and collapse in several more. I've tried to repair several rolls by strengthening the s...

•I have collected and repaired reproducing piano rolls since 1951. In the early days I discovered that 3M "Scotch" clear adhesive tape always ruined rolls eventually. Now I am sure that "Magic Mending Tape" will ruin a roll, whether it is too stiff for the old paper or if it oozes out the side to st...

•Greetings. I often have to repair rolls prior to scanning. Although there are many methods, a couple which I have discovered are the following: For repairing broken bridges without causing false repeats, narrow charting tape can be used. I am not sure if it is made of plastic of some sort or a heav...

•Re.: 031106 MMDigest. Have you ever tried laying out an original roll and placing the same tune in a recut roll alongside of it and therefore seeing if they are the same? Frank Adams

•I recently purchased an old roll that has two hard-to-find tunes. The first tune plays okay, but I discovered that the roll width of the second tune is slightly narrower, maybe 1/16" to 1/8", but it's enough to cause tracking problems. I would like to have the entire roll be a uniform width. Is it ...

•That is not a bad price you are asking [$500]. I was a dealer for these pianos in those days, and that one cost me approximately $1000 wholesale. I am wondering if replacement valves are available. The original valves were made of plastic and would be tough to repair, although I can conceive of a w...

•[ Ref. "Filling in the Gaps", 04.02.06 MMDigest To Eliyahu and group, The best remedy for over-sanded deck boards is to make new reproductions, copying the original size. However, the following might be helpful for a hobbyist who doesn't have access to the power woodworking tools necessary for maki...

•Eliyahu Shahar indicated that the stack was "professionally restored" in the 80's. My comment to this is that a professional would have used only hot hide glue for attaching the key pneumatics to the deck tier boards, not white glue. Over-sanding on the deck tier boards can be a problem with rebuil...

•I have a Gasparini Dutch street organ beautifully restored by Stephen Kent Goodman of Fresno. It has some great music but the books are in bad state. Before I see what I can do with them, I would like some advice from those who have been in the same situation. My problems are as follows: 1. Torn jo...

•>> I have a Gasparini Dutch street organ beautifully restored by Stephen >> Kent Goodman of Fresno. It has some great music but the books are in >> bad state. Before I see what I can do with them, I would like some >> advice from those who have been in the same situation. My problems >> are as foll...

•Nothing could be worse than being cooped up inside on a beautiful spring day, repairing ripped rolls. Here is a novel solution. Did you know that your car hood is an excellent work surface to repair rolls? It is higher than a table and the curved fender is ideal to lean over to inspect critical dam...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- To my helpful friends at MMD -- I got a PianoLodeon at an auction. It is a child's upright player piano made by J. Chein of Burlington, New Jersey. The case measures 22" wide by 21" high and it plays a 6-3/4" roll, of which I have five. It appear...

•Having rebuilt a few Tanzbars and as a regular Tanzbar player may I offer my advice on this subject? The Tanzbar roll is made of thin manila card and is shellacked to make it strong enough to hold down the keys. These keys directly operate the pallets which sit over the reed cavities. One problem i...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- In the recent years I found some threads for Lindner pianos in this forum. The broken key clips seems a common problem and most Lindners are now at an age where they are rapidly disintegrating (even without using them.) The same with my Lindner o...

•I've had great luck learning from reading the MMDigest as it comes by email, and in the MMD Archives, but I'm faced with a problem that I haven't seen discussed much, unless I missed it. I have recently acquired a Link 2E that was described as 'original' but still playing. For reasons that amount t...

•I thought someone might respond to the questions concerning the Link 2-E model nickelodeon. Link to my knowledge never published a tubing diagram for this model. There was a small pamphlet at one time in print on servicing the Link pianos but I don't remember any details from the pamphlet that woul...

•Hi all, Kim Bunker here from http://www.playerpianos.com/ When I started in the player rebuilding business it was with my partner, Mr. Thomas Sheen. Tom is well known in the A.T.O.S. (American Theater Organ Society) as a theater organist with several known recordings. Over many years Tom and his go...

•Hi once again, I'd like to open a subject that has cost me a good number of piano rolls and ask if someone has found a solution (before I throw away my next otherwise perfectly good roll). Does anyone have a method for repairing a long bridge where the cross supports have long torn, especially thos...

•I will attempt to explain the approach I use when presented with the problem described by Eli. First I want to confess that I am not completely familiar with the terminology Eli uses but I think I understand his problem. The tools that I use most frequently in roll repair are 1. A roll repair jig w...