•Hi Robbie, Sorry for not getting back to you sooner but I needed to contact Wayne for permission to post his address and phone; tonight I received the okay and here is the info: HOLTON ROLL CO. - Wurlitzer Style 165 Roll Copyright 2002 Wayne Holton 1. Bugler's Holliday 2. Florintiner March 3. Be My...

•Steve Greatrex asked about cleaning music box discs. The system I use is to spray the disc with "409" cleaner and then use #0000 steel wool on the front side, being careful not to remove the lettering. If badly rusted then go lightly over the lettering, but the rest of the disc you need not worry a...

•Hello: Today's question is, does anyone have information on a music box with the makers name Zimbalist? A customer is bring me one to work on and he claims that it was a very popular maker. It is a small jewelry type and [he] also stated that the case may have been made in India and believed that t...

•Hello everyone: A month ago or so I realized that there many more people such as myself that are interested in more then mechanical music. I myself have been around steam engines and old tractors, gas fired hit-and-miss engines, models etc. for 25 years. I have been a member of a show for eighteen ...

•Hello all comb repair enthusiasts: I have been reading about some attempts to replace teeth in musical combs and the thought of using glue. I say go ahead and try it but then be prepare to do it all over again properly. You need good tight, solid metal-to-metal contact between the new tooth and the...

•Greetings to MMD -- I am looking for someone to help an old Seeburg KT. The violin pipes and the chest have been removed and a xylophone installed in its place; the pump is still there. The instrument now needs to be put back to original with pipes and chest; I'm hoping someone has these, or someon...

•Hello MMD: In the past there were some articles published by Gary Hogan. I have tried his email address but it was returned. His last posting was in April 2002 and none after that. Could anyone help me out to find this person? Thank You Ralph Schultz rjstmm@frontiernet.net

•Hello MMD: This time I am looking for a LP record of the Kurt Elbers collection of automatic musical instruments. The recording has a Mortier, Bursens, Seeburg K, Artizen, National calliope, and others. I would be willing to purchase this LP, have a tape copy made, or a CD copy. Anyone that can hel...

•Hello MMD readers: The best information that I can find -- directly from Arthur Prinsen, the noted music arranger of Belgium -- is that holes 6-7-8-84-87 are open holes, hole 85 is a register for the Saxophone. I hope this is of some help to Mr. Craig Williams. Ralph Schultz rjstmm@frontiernet.net...

•Hello MMD readers. I am working on a Regina style 5, the one that has a full length door on the front that is hinged as a single door. I am missing the lower storage bin and am seeking help on the original design; I think it had a single pin in the center of and angled backing leaning against the b...

•Hello to all MMDers: Today we are in the need for reverse painted glass from a Mills horse race electric piano; please email any response to with condition and price. Thank you Ralph Schultz

•Hello to all you MMD readers: In fourteen years of music box restoration I finally have a music box I never had before: a 14-inch Criterion coin operated. Most of the coin mechanism is there but some is missing. It's very unusual: the coin is dropped from the top, dropping into a cleverly designed ...

•Hi All, Thanks to Don Teach, I have started adding more information about various player piano mechanisms to Player-Care.com. Mainly, the information is in the form of graphics which show the valve and pneumatic configurations that were used by various manufacturers. The information was originally ...

•Hello to All: I am here to tell you about a big swap meet and show for all, the Pioneer Power Swap Meet in Le Sueur, Minnesota, April 22-24, 2005, produced by Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Association. What does this have to do with mechanical music? Well, several years ago I bought 15 cobs for a G...

•Today I have a question about the Losche Jazz band piano (and I know that there is suppose to be two dots over the o). Are the rolls for this instrument dedicated to this machine only or can other rolls from Losche instruments be used on it? If it plays only dedicated rolls for this instrument, whe...

•Hello to all MMD readers: Once again I am here to remind you that in less then a couple weeks, August 26, 27 and 28, 2005, is the Pioneer Power Steam and Threshers Show at Le Sueur, Minnesota. The Snowbelt Chapter of MBSI is hosting an organ rally along with this show, and this year's feature is an...

•Hello everyone, Today I am looking for, and am in the need of, 16-inch Harmonia disc for the disc player. I have a player but with only one tune and it sure would be nice to add to the collection; I don't think just one is really a collection so I need more. These discs are very much like the Stell...

•Hello to all band organ enthusiasts! I have decided that I have too many organs in my mechanical music collection, so I need to part company with one of them and it is my Stinson 27, built in 1997, with extras such as 16 bar bells, extra mixture pipes to get out there, a matching trailer and genera...

•Hello MMD, or whatever it is! "Calliope?" "No, a band organ." "What's a band organ?" How often do band organ owners hear this? "Oh, yes, you're the one with that calliope," or, "Oh, sure, that's kind of like one of those player piano sort of things." I was playing in our local town 'Appreciation Da...

•Good morning fellow subscribers, I am wanting to know did Seeburg make a "G" roll that would be an polka roll? If so, can anyone tell me the listing number of the roll, or were I can get one to borrow, or if someone would have one to sell? Thank you and I am not asking too much today. Have a good d...