•I have a Decap 105-key dance organ which works from the cassette tape computer system then in use. It is virtually impossible to get any more tapes, but I am sure that somewhere out there are more organs working from this system and I would be very happy to get in contact with the owners of these t...

•John Phillips mentions 'Onion Skin Paper' being used for roll repair. I have never heard this term before, but from his description it sounds as if it could be the old 'Butterfly Tape' made in England many years ago. I still have a couple of rolls of Butterfly Tape but it has no use today since the...

•Where can one find cloth-based piano roll tabs? Also, Larry Norman used to sell repair tape for mending roll edges. Does he still sell this tape? I am about to run out of it. Are there any roll auctions? Kindest regards, Jerry F Bacon Dallas, Texas

•As of 10 years ago, Pianocorder cassette tapes were available from QRS, as I recall. I bought a bunch, and I'm sure that's where I got them. I don't think they appeared in the regular catalog; there was a separate one. I don't know what the current situation is. I have some duplicates I'd sell and ...

•Hi Annie, Check out Mark Fontana's Pianocorder Forum at http://www.voy.com/33099/ . Scan the listings for the ones offering tapes. There are not that many listings, you can get through the postings in short order. I would guess the respondents are all located in the USA. However, you might also try...

•Hi All, This is a shameless plug. As an authorized non-stocking dealer for QRS, I can sell the Pianocorder cassette tapes for 10% below the catalog list price. However, the catch is that you must order a minimum of $100.00 worth of tapes. If you would like a free Pianocorder Tapes catalog, send me ...

•[Ref: James Williams in 230124 MMDigest] Hi there, Extensive lists of 31-note rolls can be found on my webpage: http://www.grindorgans.com/rolls31.html If you are in the USA there is also a limited list at my competitor's site: http://www.popmusicrolls.com/catalog/raffin31/ If you are in the UK the...

•I have recently updated the range of booklets, catalogs and tapes which I stock to include some high quality retailers examples from Ernst Holzweissig from the period 1901, 1906 and 1913 of up to 350 pages long. - Orchestrion, Organette, Reed Organ, Musical Box, Automata, Grammophone - all are illu...

•Wanted: Raffin or other 31-note rolls and cassette tapes of Raffin rolls. Who is making 31-note rolls now? Thank you. James Williams

•This tape can be purchased from the ATOS Marketplace. Just go to atos.org, then click on related resources, followed by marketplace. The video is $24.00. I am not terribly pleased that these videos are out there commercially, as I was the one who had the original SVHS tape that the present copies a...

•Filmoplast tapes and a wide variety of other archival supplies are available from Light Impressions in Rochester, New York. Their technical assistance telephone number is 800-828-6216 (M-F, 9-6 ET). See http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/ Tom McAuley Hutchinson, Kansas http://community.webtv.net...

If you're using tape to close off the 4 highest and 4 lowest notes on an 88 notes player so that you can play reproducing rolls on it, the best thing to use to remove the adhesive residue left behind after you remove the tape is Naptha on a soft cloth. Use new, fresh tape, as opposed to some that's ...

regarding sticky tape on the tracker bar, It's simple, just use Scotch BLUE PLAID Magic REMOVABLE tape. Available at any stationers. Robin Pratt

I received a tape from Matt Caulfield of a recording of a Wurlitzer 180 band organ playing a song I have never ever heard of before. The title is (are you ready for this one), "'Tain't No Sin To Take Off Your Skin And Dance Around In Your Bones". Does anyone know who wrote this tune? Also can anyone...

•In two words: DUCT TAPE. For a fast, one-day repair on suction bellows, what can beat it? I can hear all the purists cringing, but it will get you through New Years Eve. Give 'em plenty to drink too, by the way.

•There is a great tape of a Seeburg E playing songs of its era for $6.00 (actually $5.99). The Seeburg E has been completely restored and is in beautiful working order thanks to Dave Bovell. The piano features 24 violin pipes and a mandolin bar in accompaniment to the piano. This tape is of better q...

•QRS Advocates Scotch Tape Repairs? I received my 100th Anniversary Issue QRS catalog in the mail Saturday. On Page 66, "Player Piano Pointers", Q&A No. 5 section answers the question, "How can I repair old rolls," with a response of "All it takes is patience and Scotch Magic Tape!". Indeed, their P...

•The problem: When playing tapes on the Pianocorder, the stabilization light keeps coming on, no matter what position the adjusting wheel is in. [ The light extinguishes when the data bit stream from the cassette [ tape is detected and correctly synchronized. The adjusting wheel [ controls the read ...

•Are there any tape or CD recordings of the Aeolian Duo-Art organ rolls available? I would be very interested in having some recordings of some of the old rolls I used to play as a child 50 years ago at Mr. Eastman's home in Rochester, NY. I have not heard an Aeolian Duo-Art since that time. Bruce C...

•I have on tape this very funny English comedy from the 1950s(?) called "The Lady Killers", which features Alec Guinness as the head of a gang of crooks, including Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Cecil Parker, and other English character actors who most anyone over fifty would recognize. Besides being v...