•[ Art Reblitz wrote in 121028 MMDigest: > The Wurlitzer 150 band organ scale is written as if the organ were > in the key of C. The 150 organ actually plays one whole step lower, > so each note marked C in the scale actually sounds B-flat. > > This is similar to the hand-played B-flat clarinet and ...

•We wish you all the best for a Happy New Year 2013. This year will be special for us, as we celebrate our 25 year birthday of our workshop, "Jaeger & Brommer German Organ Company". Please have a look to our new homepage: http://www.waldkircher-orgelbau.de/ The English text version, Japanese and Chi...

•Matthew, I know of at least two conversion projects in the UK which added a roll frame alongside the conventional keyframe in order to play both cardboard books and Wurlitzer rolls. The thought process may have been to allow longer playing without attention or maybe to make the purchase of new musi...

•Two instruments will be available for inspection in San Francisco at the time of the AMICA meeting Unfortunately, they will not be at the meeting site, as we are not able to attend. It is our hope that both instruments will find homes with collectors who are looking for instruments to learn from an...

•Dear friends from all over the world -- The magazine No. 87 of "Musiques Mécaniques Vivantes" has just been published. We are glad to offer you La SeriNET No 87 with its videos from the Web. This time we have chosen to point out four areas concerning mechanical music : - Restoration with tips and t...

•For sale, on behalf of my mother: 105k Fr. Decap Herentals dance organ 'Strictly Ballroom', built 1994, MIDI operated by SD player. Live drum kit and accordions, animated keyboards, trumpet and saxophone. Trailer mounted with spotlights, revolving mirror ball, generator and motor mover. This instru...

•Hello Everyone, We have been selected to offer for sale one of the very few complete and operating steam-powered carousels in the world. This beautiful carousel comes complete with a Limonaire Freres, Paris, "Orchestrophone" 49-key organ, which includes 4 trombones, 9 accompt., 13 Clarinets, 10 Flu...

•Hi All, I have one of the old Roy Norman "System Gavioli" 28-key (keyless) street organs that plays the folding card stock "books." The four music books I have are pretty worn out. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what it would take to add e-valves and a micro-controller into the ...

•In my study of Duo-Art organ rolls, I have come upon a possible error in roll 3363. This is Marcel Dupre's "Fugue in G minor", played by the composer. Those of you who own that roll and are willing to help, I would request that you study the initial stop settings for the lower manual. I want to kno...

•[ Ref. Bob Taylor in 140723 MMDigest. ] While I do not own a roll itself, I used to have an LP record (a mono recording, mind you!) of Marcel Dupre himself playing the said "Fugue in G minor" on his "Home Pipe Organ". He starts out the fugue from the beginning using only a very loud, foundational-s...

•In response to Rosanna Harris' question on Decap Robot bands, I've been told there are currently two in the Krijnen collection. One has two accordions (just on columns, without robots behind them), a drummer, trumpet and saxophone player (the latter two both rise and sit independently); the other, ...

•[ Ref. Dan Dickins in 141114 MMDigest -- Dan, I have made a few of these over the years by cutting thin sheet brass into the proper configuration. Even if you can't determine the exact shape of the now deteriorated plate you can use either the photo from an old Player Piano Company catalog or use t...

•Greetings! I'm writing to thank all the kind folks who responded to my query regarding the program from the 1985 MBSI Mid-Am band organ rally in Fremont, Ohio. Many helpful MMD folks have responded to my query, three of which have programs from the rally and are willing to share them, so I am all s...

•Hello -- I have a collection of Aeolian Pipe Organ rolls, hand-picked over a period of 15 years for use with my Aeolian Solo-Orchestrelle player organ, for (quick) sale. They operate on pipe organs by Aeolian as well if they handle the 10" approximate width rolls. (Aeolian Duo-Art player pipe organ...

•I wish to comment on Ingmar Krause's posting [171102 MMD]. I can relate to what he said. I'm familiar with both band organs and player pianos. I know first hand how tunes with too many notes in the arrangement can cause the organ to go "wow wow wow", instead of the organ playing all the notes clean...

•Hello, I'm surprised that you couldn't find any information on the Gasparini organs. I looked in the Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, Barrel Organ and Musical Automata and they all had mentions of that firm. I think Gasparini made mostly larger organs but the one you show is very similar to tho...

•[ Reference Leonardo Forti in 187026 MMDigest ] I have to take exception with Mr. Forti's statement that "If you don't finger any valves, you can't play all the notes on a tuba. You can play only some notes -- those not requiring any fingering." He is correct with regard to the typical human musici...

•I am trying to figure out if my copy of Aeolian Organ Duo-Art roll 3656 has several errors. Since the group of Duo-Art organ owners is small, this post will appear in several places, including MMD. This roll is Archer Gibson's interpretation of Lohengrin, Bridal Procession to the Cathedral (Wagner)...

•Greetings, everyone. A couple weeks ago, someone mentioned rolls they punched by hand. I would like to submit my hand-punched rolls list. These are faithful to the score as much as possible. 1. Khachaturian: Dance of the Rose Maidens from Gayane Ballet 2. Kabalevsky: Sonatina in C -- all 3 movement...

•Dear MMDs, Auction Team Breker's next sale of mechanical music and technical apparatus in Cologne, Germany, takes place on Saturday, 26 March, at 10:00 am (CET). Highlights of the auction include a good selection of Art-Deco radios (several in coloured catalin cases), carousel figures, gramophones...