•Robbie mentioned the CD from the Museum in Bruchsal, "Musica Mechanica" in today's MMD 970426. In the program notes they list & picture a "Welte Philharmonie-Orgel". The notes (some in German, some in English) state that "the organ was built for the luxury liner "Titanic", but it was not finished o...

•Bill Finch was pretty close on his memory of the Tex Avery cartoon which featured this song. Those of us here in Cartoon Network Land (Atlanta) who have 'toon watchers (children) will remember the "rest of the story." The cartoon features an owl family in which the "papa", who has a rich European a...

•I received catalogs from the two big spring sales: Milhous in Florida and Murphy in Kentucky. Though both around $25.00, the Milhous catalog is the better buy (about 80 pages versus 12 for the Murphy sale). The Milhous sale is, perhaps, the first with 3 Hupfeld Phonolists (though one is a Wendel re...

•As a person who has always enjoyed mechanical organs I was wondering if there is much of a market for playing them in public. I mean, can and do any of you play your mechanical instruments in public for donations or anything? I think it would be fun to take a monkey organ, if I got one, to a festiv...

•Dear Robbie and Jody, I hope that the following may be accepted for publication in the MMD as I intend to use funds from the sale to make repairs to my Aeolian Orchestrelle - it needs new purses/pouches for it to play again (and whilst I'm at it I'll have the pneumatics and bellows done, too!) Grai...

•Further to the discussion of available crank organs, the premier maker of book-operated organs today are those made by LeLudion in Toulouse, France. For those who want only the very best, the organs made by Philippe and Eve Crasse are without equal in quality craftsmanship and tonal purity. Ranging...

•We would like to express our deep sadness on notification of the passing of the celebrated harpsichordist/duo-pianist/critic/educator, Igor Kipnis. He died of cancer at the age of 71, announcement made in our local paper (Cleveland, Ohio) of Saturday, January 26. Maestro agreed most graciously to b...

•A few years ago I was privileged to attend a Nashville Symphony concert honoring Morton Gould. I went prepared with my copy of Bolero, and when I was able to meet with him, he was flabbergasted that anyone remembered that he had done it! He was quite gracious and autographed the roll for me. (If yo...

•Mechanical, but original Orchestra and museum pieces make beautiful music together Monday, May 14, 2007 By Ben Finane, for the [New Jersey] Star-Ledger Saturday night's concert by the Colonial Symphony at Morristown's Community Theatre featured a delightful world premiere that married orchestral mu...

•Dear friends of Mechanical Music, next September 28th, Villa Silvia-Carducci park will host the 1st Italian Mechanical Music Day and 58th Mechanical Music Fair. The fair is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. During the day entry to Musicalia Museum is free of charge. The Museum participates as part of Euro...

•Several years ago I was privileged to visit Signor Mancusi's inspiring collection. His great knowledge and manifest love for his subject makes a visit there obligatory for any lover of music or dedicated collector in related fields. The curator's enthusiasm and scholarly presentation renews one's f...

•At https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxO4wIEF7Fk is a video of Ossip Gabrilowitsch and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra playing fox trots and other dance music for the wedding of Delphine Dodge to Jimmy Cromwell in 1920! (Gabrilowitsch recorded rolls for Duo-Art, Welte and Artrio Angelus and Horace Dod...

•On behalf of the Manuel de Falla Foundation in Granada, Spain, Dr. José María Martín Valverde of Seville is looking for collectors, museums, archives and music libraries that might have pianola rolls with music by Maestro Manuel de Falla. He writes: "We know that Maestro Falla contracted the record...

•The AMICA Bulletin's latest September / October 2020 edition has been released and the electronic version has been sent to AMICA's electronic subscriber members. The print version should be received by most USA members by August 15. Even in these challenging times, mechanical music, AMICA's underpi...

•You are invited to join in on Zoom this Friday at 7:30 PM EDT to see a live performance of several music boxes and nickelodeons. The Southeast Chapter of MBSI is pleased to present our Spring Collection Visit. This will be a fun and relaxing live tour of a member's collection where several automati...

•I'm wanting to sell or trade my band organ, and I'm looking for a smaller mechanical music machine. It's in excellent running condition with the four original painted murals on the façade. Drums are backlit and light up with each beat of the mallets. Comes with a padded storage bench to house the 2...

•The AMICA Bulletin's January-February 2022 edition has been issued and printed copies are now being mailed to subscribers. Electronic subscribers received emailed copies last week. Part Two of "Ross Davis -- The West's Band Organ Impresario" features previously unpublished pictures, documents, and ...

•Amphion Company dates, founding and purchase by American Piano Co. In the MMD Archives there are some posts that show some confusion about the Amphion Company. Ref. https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/A/amphion.html Music Trade Review [MTR] is digitised and accessible online. Its reports show ho...

Further to the discussion on street organs, I submit the following: Band organs, American term, defines large roll-operated organs generally associated with carousels, skating rinks, etc. Sometimes referred to as Military Band Organs because they simulate a marching band. Fair (Fairground) organs, E...

On 96.11.23 Andy Latorre asked how to determine whether a song might be copyrighted. There is an agency whose sole purpose is to compile all the songs copyrighted in the U.S. To learn more, contact: The Harry Fox Ageny 205 E. 42nd St. New York, NY 10017 212-370-5330 One note of caution, I contacted ...