•Firstly the term 'metal xylophone' is an oxymoron. A xylophone by definition is made of wood. The source that I have used for years is a bar set from bells as sold to school bands. These are not the bell-lyra product although I believe the bell bars themselves are the same. The ones that would get ...

•Regarding the xylophone information, I thought I might add this too. I have a heavy metal bar xylophone, built from theater organ equipment, which is both reiterating and single-stroke, depending on the mode called for on the music roll or MIDI player. When playing with a wooden bar xylophone, it p...

•Would like to buy xylophone, pipes or other instruments for a Coinola A. Thanks, Tom Hutchinson

Re Craig Brower's comment under "Adding Xylophone" (Digest 96.11.30): for the record, reed organs actually require 2.5 to 3 inches of vacuum. It's in the book. Fritz Gellerman

•I am going to make a metal xylophone / orchestra bells for an orchestrion and I have the sizes from the Orchestrion builders manual, but is there a certain type of steel that should be used or is mild steel okay? I have not yet decided between steel and aluminium as I want to make a few of each and...

•I just finished building new shafts for xylophone beaters. They are made from drill rod. I handled them with powder but I handled them a lot so they will probably still try to rust. Since they flex, a hard finish (Lac), probably won't last long. I have swabbed piano strings with Hoppe's (gun barrel...

•Rick: The Zilotone is a tin toy xylophone that has a character that automatically plays the notes based on the tune programmed on the discs. I have attached several pictures of the toy for you to better understand it. (Robbie: can you post this on MMD's gallery.) Musically yours, Bill Wineburgh htt...

•I eventually ended up acquiring the Melodette xylophone about which there has been previous correspondence. Ed Schmidt has been helping to produce music strips for it. Although most of the problems have been solved there are still some doubts as to the correct format. Were the strips, for example, ...

•In relation to the thread of xylophones: When you hit a drumhead, xylophone, string, or whatever with a beater, then, second from energy/loudness, the contact time T is the most important parameter. This determines the timbre. With the impact you inject a 'source' signal, or excitation. The spectru...

•Re: Beater Balls for Seeburg Xylophone Rosewood can be obtained from John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tool Store in Boroughbridge, Noth Yorkshire, YO5 9LJ, Great Britain. Telephone 01423 322370. Sorry, but I don't have the Email address. They stock over 200 different species of timber and deal by mail or...

•If anyone has a Coinola Cupid with xylophone or metal bells in it, I would appreciate it if they would contact me. I need some information on location and sizes, etc. Bill Kavouras deekav@aol.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•For sale: fourteen (14) Paul Lösche Xylophone-Piano, Violin-Orchestra rolls. These are 350 mm width, 69-key rolls cut by Eugene DeRoy in the 1930s, I think. I can't test them, but they look in good condition, most with boxes. Most have three tunes. Will consider any offer. Phil Jamison West Chester...

•Those that export marimba or xylophones in pianos might note the newest regulations: https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/letter-appendix-III-timber-listings-november-2016.pdf Don Teach Shreveport, Louisiana

•> I am going to make a metal xylophone / orchestra bells for an orchestrion > and I have the sizes from the Orchestrion builders manual, but is there a > certain type of steel that should be used or is mild steel okay? Cold Rolled Steel is the industry standard for orchestrions pre-1930. They shoul...

•I published an article on a MIDI-controlled xylophone, called the Xylotron, in the October 2000 issue of Nuts & Volts magazine, http://www.nutsvolts.com/ Since then, the Xylotron circuitry has been used to MIDI enable and automate a number of musical instruments, including a harpsichord, a calliope...

•Did all late Seeburg E's with flute pipes or xylophone come with the flush mount coach lamps, or were these lamps an add-on option? Thanks, Britt Abbott Chesapeake, Virginia

•For Sale: circa 1920 Hupfeld Clavitist coin piano with xylophone. Case recently professionally refinished, original electric sconces, mechanics complete (except electric motor) and unrestored. First $1200 takes it. Philip Jamison West Chester, Pennsylvania tel.: 1-610-696-8449.

•I have really enjoyed the posts on tuning a xylophone; thanks to all who contributed. Does anyone have comments on this kind of tuning when the instrument has metal bars? Sooner or later, I am going to have to tune a harp with metal bars and fiber hammers. Any differences here compared with wooden ...

•I am presently having Dave Ramey restore a Wurlitzer Pianino with xylophone and added snare drum. I would like to buy a copy of roll #26 that starts out with "Oh You Beautiful Doll". I would buy or possibly trade for it. I do have a nice Arburo roll with "When the Saints Go Marching In, Chicago, He...

•I forgot to add that I have one large-scale theater organ xylophone bar set available also. It is made of rosewood. The brand name eludes me now but when I go home I will make note of it. Andy LaTorre LaTorre Orgue Mecanique Sylva, NC USA