•I recently purchased a Faventia Barrel Piano, and the pot metal guide bracket on the left side of the piano that is assists in the barrel movement for the tune selections is in very bad shape. I temporarily "repaired" it with steel epoxy. I realize this is a quick fix and will not even attempt to c...

•Dear Mr. Day, Saw your posting on MMD today and humbly suggest you take some digital photos of the beast to enable one of us to help. I'll bet this was either a conversion done by (or kit sold by) Ragtime Piano Co. of Ceres, CA. There was also an outfit in Alabama turning out custom nickelodeons in...

•There is a wonderful museum named "The Music House" (as I recall) that is located between Traverse City and Torch Lake, MI. They specialize in antique music machines. They may be able to help. Brad Grande

•A non-subscriber who lives in Cincinnati wants a repairman to tackle his instrument. Harry Garrison, who lives in that locality, runs an outfit which turns out high quality restorations -- he does not accept repair jobs, only complete rebuilds. His address is 2855 Urweiler Ave., Cincinnati, OH 4521...

•The Conover Cable Piano of this period are good instruments. Conover sold many instruments in the Northeast from 1920 to 1958. Most of the action flanges (wippen, hammer, jack, damper) were plastic. In the late 1960s and early 70s I did many complete replacement jobs on these console pianos. These ...

•I have done several plastic actions for Fischer, Chickering and others. Everyone I did needed new jacks, new backchecks, new damper levers. I was not about to sit and install new jacks and backchecks onto the old wippen. The best way is to get new wippens with jacks and checks already installed. Wh...

•The plastic actions made for Fischer, Chickering, and others were made by Pratt Read, and yes, the jacks, backchecks, damper levers and flanges and also butt flanges were plastic. Yes, any plastic should be replaced. The Conover of this age I have worked on only had plastic flanges. Yes, I would li...

•Hi All, Sounds like an Automaton by Monsieur Marcu. If in the UK then I would be happy to estimate for repair; other than that, it depends on location as to whereas economical for repair. Best of luck Michael Start Automatomania.com London

•Hello Joe, I can give you some information about your automaton. From the marking it was made by Michel Marcu, who lives in France and has a museum in Lusigny-sur-Barse called "Musee des automates Marcu". I believe he is no longer making automatons. What you have is a monkey smoker made to resemble...

•Joseph, Certainly among of the finest restorers of automata (and other musical boxes) in the USA are Steve and Jere Ryder. They can be reached at [delete ".geentroep" to reply]. They consult with and support many of the major museums and collections in the world. Regards, Craig Smith ...

•Mary, In reference to your request for help repairing your Stella disk box: There are a couple collectors in your area who might have some ideas. I'll contact them and see if they would be willing to discuss this with you. Shouldn't be a problem but I don't like to give out contact information with...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear David, I saw your posting on the MMD site: Seek Repair of Thorens Disc Music Box Movement. The musical comb for the Thorens 4 1/2" disc player you seek is now being manufactured by Reuge for their 4 1/2" disc player, which is identical to th...

•Repair of organettes such as the "Musical Casket" can be done by Walter Moore, in Dallas, Texas; tel. 1-214-348-1749. He specializes in organettes and has repaired several of mine. Marvin Polan New York

•Accordion bellows repair is best left to an expert who will not only have the proper materials but also the little metal corners and the tool to crimp them. With all the accordions in the world, a repairman should not be hard to find and if it's his first, he will be very curious about its mechanis...

•I was just at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park (Anaheim), Calif., yesterday with my family. In the museum there they have several mechanical musical instruments, none of which are currently working. They have what looks like an A-roll player piano, a Seeburg keyboard- less piano, a Violano Virtuoso...

•I am trying to find a repair/restore manual for the Hamilton Manualo (Baldwin) player piano. Can anyone direct me to something of this nature? Niels Jensen

•Some time ago one of our subscribers asked for information on acquiring a copy of a Baldwin Manualo Care-Regulation-Repair manual. If you are still in need of such a manual please contact me. James Farris Atlanta, Georgia

•Here's a clock repair group that should be of help: http://www.nawcc.org/ http://mb.nawcc.org/forumdisplay.php?22-Clock-Repair It's the message board of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, but you don't have to be a member of NAWCC to ask questions or have them answered. Really ...

•[ Rusty DuFoe wrote in 160908 MMDigest: > ... but it rarely ran properly and eventually ceased running for > any length of time. Hi Rusty, I may be able to assist you, but I'm a little confused about what's not working correctly: the clock or the musical mechanism, or both in conjunction ? Please n...

•[ Mark Kinsler wrote: > Here's a clock repair group that should be of help: > http://www.nawcc.org/ > http://mb.nawcc.org/forumdisplay.php?22-Clock-Repair There is another group, which I used to belong to, but have lost their address. It is a Yahoo group, and a search of Yahoo Groups might reveal t...