•In 991220 MMDigest Joyce Brite provides poetic opinion of an ill-designed carousel. There is a possibility of help for it... If the motor is DC (runs from batteries or a plug-in DC supply), then swapping the two wires to the motor (or perhaps even just putting the batteries in t'other way 'round) w...

•A remote control coil for a coin piano can be easily made from an old style doorbell. It will require some wiring modification so that the bell will no longer reiterate, and it will require a 12 volt DC power source of either batteries or a modern transformer. When the above is accomplished, cut of...

•For Sale: Sanderson Accu-Tuner. This is not the II version. However, it does have FAC. Has new rechargeable batteries installed recently. Works great. $550. 408-253-1866. email: Bing Gibbs - Player Piano Forte Cupertino, CA

•I'd try the smoke element out of a model train. I wonder if the voltage will match, and I also wonder how long the batteries will last while creating that much heat. Craig Smith near Rochester, NY, USA

•MMDer Bob Yorburg is mentioned in a recent Wall Street Journal article, published December 9, 2012, for his role in the restoration of Coney Island after the extreme damage done by hurricane Sandy. Extracts: As storm-battered Coney Island rebuilds after Sandy, the operators of its famed amusements ...

•https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/grand-piano-21323?CMP=EMC-VIP-20200723EXCGRANDPIANOANNOUNCEMENT_Variant_A_10019 > LEGO Ideas Grand Piano model kit (21323) > To power up the grand piano's self-playing function, you'll need > 6 AAA batteries (not included) and the free LEGO Powered Up app -- > cho...

I have to share an experience I had this past week while attending the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Although the outcome of the game was less than pleasing, it was an enjoyable time. We were at a piano bar in the West End section. They had two old grand pianos with shiny new keys which sounded great. The ...

•In MMD 97.05.24, Bruce Hannover said: > Finally, his music teacher from school came to the house to see for > herself. I hope the entire second grade doesn't show up for a demo > some day. Bruce, don't panic. Get in first - word up the music teacher, and take some of the bits to school instead. My ...

•Hi gang -- A little bit of humor here. We awoke this morning to hearing our Foster (with Pianomation) playing. We found our four-year-old boy, Ben, sitting under the piano, with the bottom panel off. He had the QRS tester box hooked up (correctly I may add; I had to read the instructions myself!), ...

•Dear Electronic MMDers: I recently received an assignment to MIDI-fy and score for the infamous Deagon Unaphon. My question is, what are the switches used that can input from the Octet or Devtronics units and switch the 24 volt dc circuits needed to play each note? Would these be a similar type of ...

•When I've come across this problem and there is enough wood to allow a person to do this, I simply pass the pieces of wood through my jointer. Or sometimes I will take a thin shaving off with a table saw. I always use a metal detector (a nail-finding stud detector works well here) on the wood befor...

•My parents have a Deagon Unafon used during the 1930's which they would like to sell now. It has been in our family about 35 years, and we just want our parents to enjoy any rewards while they still can. The plate says the following: J. C. Deagan Chicago USA Patent August 1889, ... July 1917 It was...

•Greetings, all! I'd like to add yet another perspective to the old vs. new piano raillery going on. Even cheaply-made old grands can surprise you ! Three years ago, I was asked to resurrect a very, very battered H. C. Bay 5-foot grand which had sentimental value for its owner. This sad little instr...

•Hi All, I just had to reply to Robert Linnstaedt's statement that eBay is "too common" for a barrel-operated band organ. It only costs two dollars to place an ad on eBay. Hundreds of people are in eBay at any one time. There is no better deal on the face of the earth! There was a small monkey organ...

•I compared my movement with the Sankyo movement photos at Manda Jost's web site, and the two machines are radically different. The modern Sankyo is much more compact and elegant, and could indeed work with discs, since everything but the pressure plate is on one side. How- ever, from the card photo...

•Hello MMD readers, For some time, I've seen a series of postings devoted to the "why" of the Player-Piano industry decline, which began after World War One and then accelerated with the development of radio (especially the alternating current models, which apparently began with the Atwater-Kent rec...

•I have been reading the discussion of piano wire and the treatment thereof with considerable interest. I know little about pianos, but I have come to two conclusions: 1) The tuning -- or at least the tuning after restringing -- of a piano belongs on Kinsler's List of Things That You'll Never Do Rig...

•What I offer is a way to the solution for this request, not the solution itself. In 1993 there was a second joint meeting of AMICA and MBSI in Los Angeles, which I attended. The table favour that year was a model replica of a Seeburg KT Special, compleat with sound and lights. The sound was a recor...

•I'm a little curious about something I've seen a few times on eBay. Sometimes there will be a music box that has a rather small mechanism installed. Since the glass door and dividers appear to be sized for it, it would seem that it's original, but why have such a large box when the mechanism is onl...

•A better solution might be found in the "smoke" generators found in the toy guns which blow smoke rings, made by Zero Toys. See http://www.zerotoys.com/products/index.html They produce a "non-toxic fog" by using a "water based non-toxic liquid that is used in special effects fog machines." Three ou...