•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have had many responses to the singing bird repair article that you posted last year. I have a new email address for anyone interested in singing bird movement and bellows repair. Please contact me at . I offer professional service, quick turna...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a singing bird in a cage, made in Germany, with the marking of Ken-D and another marking of a symbol between K and 6. It is a brass cage. I am trying to find out who the maker is with the initials of Ken-D and it being from Germany. All th...

•Roger, The markings you noted are two of several that the German firm of Karl Griesbaum used. The K and 6 are really K and G. Moe Goldy

•If you own one of the singing birds that has the rubber disc bellows and the bellows have dried out, I can restore your bellows. For quite some time now, the rubber disc replacements have been out of production, so I have developed a suitable replacement using a thin, pliable latex material and the...

•For those with a bird cage that used rubber bellows, there is another solution to the problem of no replacements. I also repair birds in cages as well as bird boxes and carved whistlers. An associate of mine with woodworking equipment will make a conventional bellows using the whistle and air chamb...

•It sounds like you have been feeding your bird the wrong kind of birdseed. There are two bird box doctors that I know of, Ray Lins and Moe Goldy. But I think Ray Lins has retired from practice. Moe Goldy, Port St. Lucie, Fla. is still in business for sure. Contact him at You could try Ray, who is i...

•Bird cages can be repaired and I'm sure there are people who can help you. To help you, though, it would be good to have a general idea of where you live. The value of the bird cage depends very much on its age and quality, and how 'original' it is. Furthermore, the value is also depends on where y...

•I was just reading Matthew Caulfield's article about singing bird box doctors and he knew of only Ray Lins and Moe Goldy. I would be happy to add my name to that list. I do complete repair and restoration of singing bird cages, bird boxes, whistlers, and the like. For anyone interested in having th...

•Dear MMD, In the UK I offer a complete singing bird and automata restoration service, with boxes and cages coming in from around the world. We can't match Phillip Brady's amazing prices or time scales, but I do not mind extending my waiting list (currently May '06) for those that want to pay more a...

•For anyone in need of singing bird, bird box, and whistler repair and restoration, please visit my web site www.bradysclockrepair.com These items are a specialty at Brady's Clock Repair. Thank you Philip Brady - Brady's Clock Repair

•A few years ago I had a singing bird box which had lost the bird and this was mentioned on MMD and sold. About three months ago I received a note from an MMDer asking if I still had it. Well I just bought one and it will arrive next week so if the guy (I think from Germany) could please get in touc...

•Dear MMD'ers, I have re-launched my AutomatomaniA web site, now with extensive galleries showing a wide range of automata including restoration. I have also continued building a collection of YouTube videos showing automata working -- presently 47 videos with my user name of 69mechanik. It is reall...

•I wanted to share with the MMD community the news of the most recent acquisition to my Black Forest clock collection. Earlier this week I located and purchased a musical singing bird clock. This piece was made by Emilian Wehrle in Furtwangen circa 1875. It is a beautiful neo-classical style table c...

•Is there anyone familiar with the tweeters found in the base of many birds-in-trees automatons, sometimes called "bocages"? They consist of a small bellows with an attached thin brass plate with a small hole in it that makes a simple tweet sound when pumped. When paired with an alternating second b...

•A few weeks ago Moe Goldy posted asking about the simple whistles found in the tweeting bird bocages where the birdsong is produced straight from the bellows [111030 MMDigest]. The bellows contracts expelling air through a metal disc and then sucking in again as it expands to produce a lower note. ...

•Try contacting a local taxidermist. He could give details of who might be able to help in this field. Steve Bentley Vancouver, British Columbia

•Ref. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391132899392 I saw this singing bird in cage for sale close to where I live. It reminded me that of all the singing birds offered on eBay, 99% are the small dome type and _all_ play exactly the same tune. I always thought they were reproductions made from the 1970s on...

•Good evening, Brian. Singing bird cages have been made since the late 1700s (Jaquet Droz) and are still made today (Reuge, MMM and a few really poor quality Chinese mechanisms). All bird cages crafted post-WW2 have synthetic parts except for Bontems and a mystery Japanese maker that copied the Bont...

•In the 16.08.26 MMD Jeff Bridges is asking for names of people who do bird box repairs. Here are a few with their locations. But since bird boxes can be mailed, if carefully packed, distance should not be a problem. Don Caine, Lomita, California Tony Ciuffini, Rolling Hills Estates, California Chri...

•I recently had a double singing bird cage as well as two whistlers repaired by Russ MacKay. Russ is the son-in-law of Moe Goldy, who is a highly respected restorer of these things. He re-feathered the birds, repaired the bellows, polished the brass, replaced flooring material and replaced a cracked...