•The MIDI wireline, which connects a computer to an external synthesizer (or orchestrion), supports 1000 sequential note events per second, so a chord of 30 notes takes 33 milliseconds (ms) to send. To put this in context, the pneumatic or solenoid player action in the instrument adds anywhere from ...

•I am looking to buy a couple of larger Organettes and wonder if anyone can help? I am looking for a French Coelophone book player - 33 or 37 note. Or just music books - does anyone make these new?. Any with added Stops / Bells / Drums. kevin_mcelhone@hotmail.com.geentroep [ drop .geentroep to reply...

•Recently I acquired a rare mechanical music instrument -- in the German language we call it "Rueckenklavier", i.e., a piano to be carried on the back. I have no idea about the maker of this instrument. I am going to attach some pictures and would be happy if anybody could tell me more about the ins...

•A box of 33 rolls arrived today courtesy of eBay -- all 65-note rolls -- just in time to enjoy on what promises to be a rainy, cold weekend. Most are Aeolian, universal, and early QRS, with a couple other brands mixed in. Two surprises already: (1) after reading in all the usual reference sources a...

•Can any reader please _add_ any tunes to this list of 18-note Ariosa 11" or 33 cm discs? Thanks, Kevin McElhone - Archivist - Musical Box Society G.B. [ Watch for the list at http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/ -- Robbie

•For sale: 42-note red calliope, approx. 21 D X 33 W X 53 H, playing multi-tune roll. This was bought some time ago. See the description at Ragtime Automatic Music's web site: http://www.ragtimewest.com/we02001.htm Priced at $2800.00 FOB Ft. Myers, Florida. Contact Wm. Endlein tel.: 1-239-656-6262 w...

•For sale: Pell Busker 20-note Organ Cartridge, in excellent condition, plays well. 33 total tunes: Savoy American Medley (7 tunes), Red Wing Polka, Old Comrades, Thunderer, Singalong Favorites (6 tunes), Thunderer, Over the Waves, Come to the Fair, Our Director, From Night to Light, Under the Doubl...

•[ Bob Stewart wrote in 180206 MMDigest: > I have a few rolls that are just identified as "88 Note Roll". > The label also has two boxes in the lower corners with a letter > or number. No manufacturer is identified. Rolls of the type Mr. Stewart is describing were manufactured by both the Aeolian Co...

•In 1991, when I built "Amadeus", I knew this scale for having rebuilt an instrument like this in France in 1985. I thought that this was 'reasonably' the highest scale that "Amadeus" should be able to perforate. Actually, by using all 16 MIDI channels and notes, it is in theory possible to make 204...

•I am writing in answer to a query placed several days ago, regarding the Duo-Art organ tracker scale [020625 MMDigest]. Since my recent initiation, I have learnt not to be to authoritative regarding just what the Aeolian company always did in a given set of circumstances, since you often find that ...

•Dear all, For those with an interest in cylinder boxes, five years ago a very rare and early overture box, circa 1832-33, turned up made by Henri Reymond. We have written a blog about how the whole thing unfolded, including a link to it playing. It can be read on the blog section here: http://www.s...

•[ Charles Davis wrote in 150620 MMDigest: > I am trying to see what is available for purchase. I went to the > Melville Wright website and tried to send an email but got nowhere > with it. Greetings, Mr. Davis, I have been wondering if there is something up with Melvyn Wright. About three months ag...

•I have restored a few foot-pumped 65/88-note Steinway uprights through the years. You will find some of these mechanisms have a double-valve action. The primaries are located directly in back of the secondary valves, unlike most units which have a separate primary chest. The only other player I can...

•Here are the other nineteen 88-note rolls I have for sale, as announced in yesterday's MMDigest: 19. Kiss Waltz (Johann Strauss) -- QRS 7029 20. Italian Nights (Lee S. Roberts) -- QRS Recordo Reproducing M-613600 21. Semper Fidelis (John Philip Sousa) -- QRS 30054 22. Betty Co-ed (Fogarty & Vallee)...

•Hi Douglas, I took the liberty of sending your article to the MMD. You made an extremely good point regarding the word "Duo-Art" which I have yet to hear from anybody. It makes such perfect sense that I'm amazed that I didn't figure it out years ago. I hope Robbie and Jody post your article which s...

•This note was sent to me by Craig Brougher. - - - From: crb@idir.net (Craig Brougher) To: mortier@netreach.net, haldavis@modempool.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:33:44 -0500 Subject: Auto-typist pumps Hi fellows, Just saw your suggestion about Auto-typist rotary pumps. I've used them and love them...

•At 06:33 AM 11/8/97 -0800, you wrote: >> >> I'm still trying to figure out George Bogatko's >> note. I've read it about four times. Is it a >> criticism of the Disklavier? Heavens no! I've heard one at Macys and was very impressed with the technology. I must admit that the music that was being demo...

[ Editor's Note: [ [ Yesterday evening Robbie sent me two copies of some piano roll [ demo files which are available for our subscribers to play around [ with if they would like to. The two "copies" are formatted [ differrently, one copy for PCs and the other for Macintoshes. The [ files are each f...

[ Editor's Note: This letter from Horst Mohr is forwarded here [ to us via Robbie Rhodes. I can only dream of writing in another [ language as well as H.M. writes in English. I encourage him to [ send additional postings here directly! [ Jody Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 22:50:47 PST From: rhodes (Robbie R...

•[ Editor's Note: [ [ The following message was oroginally posted on the Pipe Organ [ Listserver by Tom Blackwell. It was forwarded to us by Tim RIckman. [ [> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:03:17 -0700 [> From: Tom Blackwell [> [> Hello piporg-l: [> [> Jim Williams of Ogden, Utah would like to sell his li...