•I was pleased to see the thread on the Link trainer in the Monday MMDigest. Back in the 1970s I had begun my collection of mechanical music machines and was familiar with Link and his trainer. One came up at an auction in West Liberty, Ohio, and I was lucky to purchase it for $350. As stated in the...

•I am old enough to have qualified in a Link trainer. There wasn't much to it. You were under a hood with no visual reference to the environment. The object was to keep the "aircraft" upright and in the air by watching airspeed, needle and ball, and gyro horizon. Just when you thought you had it, th...

•When I was in college I had the opportunity to explore and photograph a Link Unit Orchestra at the State Theater in Ithaca, New York. I was amazed at two things: how an 8-rank 3-manual organ could have 186 stop tabs, and how compact the relay and tuned percussion units were compared to other theate...

•I highly recommend seeing this documentary. I bought a copy on VHS video cassette before the DVD came out: http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=12986067 Ed Chaban

•Previous posts under this title have been a fun read. Adding to that, here is my own small contribution. After Ozark Airlines and Trans World Airlines (TWA) merged in 1986, the main training facility was located at the former Ozark facility in St. Louis, near Lambert Airport. In the large lobby of ...

•I lived in the Binghamton, New York, area for 32 years and knew Ed Link through folks like Harvey Roehl and George Melnyk. I did work on the "C Sharpe Minor" organ in Ed's home. The organ at the Roberson Museum is no longer playing. The auditorium was converted into a convention center, but the org...

•> Does anyone know about "flight simulators" being driven by air motors and pneumatics? In June 2009 I visited the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Scotia, New York (near Schenectady). They had a restored 1944 Link Aviation Trainer on display which they had restored circa 2004. Part of their wri...

•If I remember correctly, there is information and an actual Link trainer at the EEA museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Matt Smith Watertown, Wisconsin

•I met a pilot around six months ago and we became friends and recalling parts of his life. He was a Canadian bomber pilot in WW2, flying mostly 'Halifax' four-engine bombers and, for a brief time, the 'Lancaster' bomber, both of which were night flying over Germany. Yesterday, he brought to the clu...

•It's interesting that this discussion of the Link Trainer has been going, as yesterday I had a call from someone wanting me to rebuild his trainer's "bellows", which are actually two wind motors, somewhat "front to front", geared to a center shaft. These are the pictures Gary Guilliat sent me, and ...

•Seeing the recent posts about the Link Aviation Trainer reminded me of a recent article in the NWPPA journal on the life Gordon Iles, and the Silloth Trainer. The following site had been created in commemoration of a 'lost' Lancaster Bomber crew, but it includes excellent photos of both a 'basic' L...

•This may also be significant to those interested in the Link history. Shortly after moving to the Fort Pierce area in Florida 25 years ago, we visited the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in which Mr. Link was involved. In the lobby of the main building there was a Link trainer. I haven't been...

•I am recovering most of the control pneumatics for a WW2-period Link Aviation Trainer. The trainer sits on a gimbal bearing and can rotate 360 degrees and tilt some in each direction, controlled by four large accordion bellows. The yaw axis rotation is driven with dual air-motors geared through a l...

•For an easy-to-understand description of how to change the roll in a Link endless-roll piano, we invite you to visit this web page at Mechanical Music Press: http://www.mechanicalmusicpress.com/history/how_to/linkroll.htm Beautifully illustrated with 28 sequential photos, the article takes the myst...

•If you have been following the DeBence blog, you know we have been doing maintenance work on our Link AX, serial number 3487. This is a very late machine. I have it all back together and something is clearly wrong. I put on what is labeled AX roll no. 139 cut by Clark Music Rolls. I assumed it was ...

•A lot of Don Rand's later 'A' roll recuts were trimmed too wide. The take-up spool flanges have to be adjusted as well as the tracking in order for them to play correctly. Could this be your problem? John Powers Harpswell, Maine

•The Link player theatre organ is super interesting [201110 MMDigest]. If the owner could give a price, perhaps it could find a new home. Also if the rolls are original or recut. If priced reasonably, I would guess it would quickly fly out! Dave Bowers [ Famed organist C. Sharpe Minor designed the n...

•When playing a used roll on my Link Style E that plays Link RX rolls, the rolls slips. New rolls work fine. It is the spool box that has a metal roller on top with a rubber roller below with the paper going through between them. Can anyone give me a suggestion on what to do or try in order to corre...

•[ Ref. Don Janisch in 230627 MMDigest ] I had the same problem and found that the rubber on the lower roller had gotten too hard to do much pulling of old paper. I tried a typewriter platen rubber rejuvenator and it worked for a while but not more than a year. I had finally had the part recovered. ...

•Link RX test roll wanted. Don Janisch Dousman, Wisconsin rock27withspark19@centurylink.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]