•On Saturday I saw a Marque Ampico upright that is being restored. I am potentially interested in buying it and would like to find out more before I proceed. The piano is a Marque (e-acute) Ampico "A", serial number 23786. The most unusual feature is that it is a pedal electric, in the sense of a pe...

•G'day Jeffrey, You asked about a pedal/electric Marque Ampico. I have previously restored a U.S.-made Foster pedal Marque Ampico, but this is the first I have heard of a pedal/electric model. I wonder if the electric pump was added later? I would say that the here in Australia and in the U.S. the p...

•Mr. Borinsky writes about a Marque-Ampico for sale in the U.K.: > The piano is a Marque (e-acute) Ampico "A", serial number 23786. > The most unusual feature is that it is a pedal electric, in the > sense of a pedal electric Duo-Art. Firstly, there should not be an acute accent over the e. The word...

•Hi, It might be a very small world when it comes to Marque-Ampicos in the UK. Many years ago I had a good friend, Dr. Al Bottomley, who died tragically in about 1980. He was an avid collector of reproducing pianos, and one item in his collection was an upright Marshall piano fitted with an Angelus ...

•Hi, I have two short questions : 1) Is Hupfeld the name of a piano or the name of a player system ? Someone told me they were considering selling their Hupfeld Duo-Art. Now I'm wondering, is this a Hupfeld *piano* with Aeolian Duo-Art pneumatics, or was there some misunderstanding as is it a piano ...

•Hi, David Chalkin asks about the Marque Ampico. I have almost finished restoring one -- a few weeks away from it, in fact! Any help I can give you are welcome to. Although, as there are quite a few varieties of Marque Ampico, they may not be the same. The one I have is in a Beale (a well known Aust...

•I had responded to a note from David Chalkin and thought I would forward my reply to the MMD to stimulate further discussion. In particular, I would welcome any additions to my list of recommended documentation to have on hand when restoring a Marque Ampico or a Model A for that matter. The Vestal ...

•Hi, Can anybody tell me why the Marque Ampico cuts off three [more] notes when it is set to play non-Ampico rolls? These end notes go through the cutout behind the roll box and activate only when Ampico is turned on. This gives the normal 83 notes for Ampico mode but then it switches to 80 playing ...

•Peter Coggins writes: > Can anybody tell me why the Marque Ampico cuts off three [more] notes > when it is set to play non-Ampico rolls? [snip] Is this like the > silly pneumatic which turns the Ampico switch on whenever it goes > into reroll? (Like most it's now disabled!) Cutting off the > sustai...

•Hello Peter and MMDers, This is an interesting insight into the possible thinking at the time these players were built. I was very disappointed to find that Aeolian did not see fit to have more than 80 notes available for playing non-Duo-Art rolls in later models whereas the early models played all...

•I have a Marshall & Wendell piano with a Marque Ampico player unit. It is an Amphion with an upside down valve. Most of the hose was intact when I restored the mechanism but some was brittle and had broken off before I got it so I am not sure it is hosed properly. I am wondering if anyone has a hos...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a Franklin Marque Ampico model for sale. The exterior finish is in very good condition. Marty Russell

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Available, free: 1926 Marque Ampico upright player piano. Needs restoration: hammers, felts and player mechanism. All parts are there. Case very good. First floor, Andover, Massachusetts. Diane Pitochelli tel.: 1-978-470-0076 dianepitochelli@comc...

•Free: Upright Marque Ampico, unrestored. Located in Shoreham, New York. Picture available, call or email. Joe Hanulec tel.: 1-631-744-1468 jhanulec@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•I now have possession of the Franklin upright foot-pumped Marque Ampico piano mentioned in 110831 MMDigest. I can only store it for a short time. I can provide pictures or any technical info as to condition, etc. The player action is complete, and I am sure someone in our community can use it. It i...

•Due to recent bereavement of one of our members, a very rare (in the UK) Marque Ampico player is available in the Nottingham area. As far as we know there is only one other of these smaller Marque-Ampico players in the UK. This one is the very desirable pedal-electric model and, although it will re...

•I have a pedal pumped Franklin Ampico. It didn't normally have crescendo valves and had some extra valves to approximate them. It is missing the primary valves. This makes repetition and the "zero" threshold not as good -- all this to make it use less air. I added an electric pump to mine and added...

•I currently have a foot-pumped Armstrong Marque Ampico upright I'm rebuilding. The expression units are alone, and have no crescendos. The piano has a vacuum gauge next to the Tempo indicator, and it tells you how hard to pump as indicated on some of the older Ampico rolls. That's how the expressio...

•Geoff Ward asks in the 170816 Digest: > Regarding the explanation by Bob Conant (MMD 170813), is the Marque > Ampico inferior in any way (apart from lack of a motor) to the > ordinary powered model A Ampico? Is an upright Ampico inferior > to a grand Ampico? In the same MMD issue Mike Walter tells ...

•Geoff Ward asked, "Is the Marque Ampico inferior in any way (apart from lack of a motor) to the ordinary powered model A Ampico? Is an upright Ampico inferior to a grand Ampico?" Good questions, but difficult answers! The foot pumped model depends on the talents of the pumper to provide appropriate...