•Christofer Noering commented that the discs for the Nyström Reform Organ were the same diameter as the Complett Organ, and wondered about the relationship of their scales. There's a scale for the 28-note Nyström Reform Orgel at http://music.organettes.com/scales/home Can anyone furnish the scale of...

•Michael Woolf, You'll be happy to find that there's a "Piano Melodico G.Racca Club" in Italy which maintains a museum that includes a large quantity of original music. The great thing is that they also offer copies of that music for 48-, 73-, and 75-note models, and some replacement parts! See: htt...

•I've just finished posting some new info to the Organette Music Repository: a tune list from an October 1885 catalog and supplement from The Tournaphone Music Company, scanned by Arnaud Moyencourt (Thanks, Arnaud!) See: http://music.organettes.com/instruments/tournaphone/home http://music.organette...

•Friends, I've been doing some research on the inlet holes on the feeder bellows on the early pressure Roller Organs. It seems that they used different diameter holes on the two feeders on most models (since the feeders are different sizes), but the holes differ on different instruments. The large b...

•jdgunn, Although for a gift I assume you're looking for a complete music box, I do stock the music box mechanism only, here in the US. You'd need to build your own case. See http://www.rollerorgans.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=834 Todd Augsburger - Roller Organs http://www.rollerorgans.co...

•Kent, the scale is listed in the MMD Archives (courtesy of Ed Schmidt) at http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/200610/2006.10.07.02.html Small instrument scales are also listed at the "Organette Music Repository", http://music.organettes.com/scales/home The Rolmonica scale is < E F G B C D E F ...

•Jere, Ed Schmidt has a good selection of recut 14-note, 7-3/4" music strips suitable for play on such instruments. See: http://www.music-rolls.com/index.php?page=Catalog As there were several companies originally supplying this size music, as seen by the variety of stamps on the music you've encoun...

•Perhaps some of you would be interested to see this (rather pricey) children's educational toy, a barrel-operated xylophone: http://www.swissmade.ch/naefusa/produkt_detail.cfm?vShop=61&vId=1&spr=1 It's evidently been around for a while, although I've never run into one before. "Designed by Herbert ...

•Considering the unavailability of 44-note rolls, it is worth noting that message 12 in the 020219 MMD Archives claims that the Wilcox & White 44-note and Aeolian 46-note scales are compatible. The Aeolian 46-note scale is documented on this webpage: http://music.organettes.com/scales/home where it ...

•After my posting to the 100421 MMD about Wilcox & White vs. Aeolian rolls, Stuart McCaskill wrote the response below (via Kevin McElhone), which Stuart has permitted me to share here. (Note that in the last paragraph Stuart describes a non-destructive method of adapting 46-note music to play on 44-...

•As part of my collection for display and research, I'm attempting to gather one piece of _original_ music of each organette music style. Although I have many common sizes, perhaps you would be willing to sell me single pieces I do not have? They need not be in great playing condition, but I'd like ...

•KIKO Auctioneers has asked me to announce an upcoming estate auction in Lisbon, Ohio, on Saturday, May 29, 2010. Of interest to mechanical music collectors will be a couple music boxes and over 20 organettes. http://www.rollerorgans.com/temp/Music_Box_Flyer.pdf Todd Augsburger - Roller Organs http...

•The paper bands pictured are for a Seraphone, made in England, and playing the same format as the popular Celestina. An endless band adapter allowed it to play these "loops" as well as rolls. A tune list may be found in the The Organette Music Repository at: http://music.organettes.com/instruments/...

•A contact provided these titles and wanted to know if any were of personal or historical value to someone. If interested, I'll provide a list of the 24 titles and contact info. [ The titles are mostly pop tunes of circa 1917 to 1921, many [ interesting obscure titles. Send an email to Todd for the ...

•Roller Organ Cob Collection for sale: over 775 unique titles for Gem, Concert, Chautauqua or similar Roller Organs. There are _no_ duplicates in this collection, painstakingly gathered over many years, and priced below market value. Start or complete your collection with hundreds of difficult-to-fi...

•For sale: Kilbourn upright player piano, Simplex valves professionally restored, piano itself in original condition. $750.00 or best offer. YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9H5ke_N4Ug Todd Augsburger Kenton, Ohio http://www.rollerorgans.com/forsale

Todd Augsburger wrote: > Several immediate questions come to mind, since I am NOT an expert: > > Can pins be easily straightened, or will they break? > > What is causing the non-harmonious play? Is it likely repairable? > > Are these things I can repair, or only by an expert? > > How much beyond the...

•Todd Augsburger wrote a note of inquiry regarding Gem Roller Organ Cob identification. He might try contacting Richard Dutton in New Jersey at 201-669-4783. Rich has an extensive collection and could assist the research. Alan Fox

•Todd Augsburger asked in Digest 970717: > I recently acquired an Ariston Organette. I'm new to this organ and its > media. Anyone in MMD-land have one and wish to offer any comments? Sorry, what do you mean by "media"? [ The medium is the material which carries or transports the data, e.g., [ magne...

•Todd Augsburger wrote: > Can someone supply me with the proper text for the top and bottom > (curved) lines? I assume that the top line is the product name, > and the bottom line contains patent dates. The top curved line is: MANUFACTURED The bottom curved line is: Reissued Aug. 9 1881 > I also do ...