•Todd Augsburger said: > I'm...unsure about the originality of handles that were on the left > and right sides. The handles are of stamped brass-colored metal, > and were attached with shortened screws. They don't look original > to me, but I cannot remember if these organs even had handles. Dear To...

•Todd Augsburger was asking what to do about a deteriorating piano action: whether to rebuild the piano action, or just throw away the piano and try to "find" another piano that he can make his Simplex action fit into. That's a no brainer -- rebuild the piano action! Don't even bother with any of th...

•Todd Augsburger's comment about the difficulty of acquiring a desirable historical document in today's market made me think again about cycles of collecting and dispersing. It happened with the Smallwood collection. Will it happen with the Sanfilippo or the Gilson or the Krughoff collections? Will ...

•Todd Augsburger raised the subject of preserving historical documents for posterity and future research. The Fair Organ Preservation Society has held an archive of organ-related material including recordings, for many years. More recently we realized that these should be archived professionally to ...

•Todd Augsburger wrote in 070115 MMDigest: > I voice my support for all of you who might "Pass On Your Knowledge" > ... Put up a web site. This is especially useful if you commit to > a permanent site which will remain available forever. ... Personal web sites have limited life. So, too, do organiza...

•Todd Augsburger wrote in 070317 MMDigest: > I applaud Bob Stewart's intention of adding a gas engine for power. > I love the unusual, and since it could potentially be authentically > matched it would be quite interesting. Why don't you use one of the famous and very quiet generators like this: htt...

An answer to Todd Augsburger who inquired about causes of damages he saw on a cylinder box he was thinking of purchasing. Letter of 11/18/96 to MMD Hi! Nancy Fratti here....to try to answer your questions about the box you saw. 1) you say that it has "teeth replaced". This is OK if the teeth are rep...

To respond to Todd Augsburger's questions in MMD 96.11.18 the statements he makes are all too common for boxes found of uncertain parentage and upbringing. The phrases "non-melodic, few pins bent, teeth replaced, scuff marks around adjustments, non-melodic" make my blood chill a few degrees. They so...

•> From: "Augsburger" > To: "Mechanical Musical Digest" , > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:07:35 -0400 > > Subject: Ariston Organette Discs > > Ingmar Krause and MMD members, ( Please, anyone, join in! ) > Ingmar Krause kindly replied to my initial inquiry: well... I reply to whatever I think of being ab...

•In MMD971130 Todd Augsburger asks about the lettering: > The > Hermann > London > 126. 127. 128. > London-Wall. > GERMAN MANUFACTURE London Wall is a street in the City of London (there are a few surviving fragments of the actual wall that enclosed London in ancient times and this street runs along...

•[ In 990805 MMD Todd Augsburger mentioned discussing this [ topic once with Nelson Pease. Nelson Pease can be reached on email at . Fritz Gellerman

•This is for Todd Augsburger, with the good player in the bad piano. Find a competent piano tech in your area who's not scared of players and have him rebuild your piano action, if that's all that's wrong with it. Also, have him regulate it and level the keyboard -- you'll find that it is money well...

•I saw Todd Augsburger's plea in MMD that we address the wider issues of mechanical music, including the much neglected and underrated organettes. My response sounds like a commercial plug but it is not. We in the MBSGB made the decision to bring to light this underrated and neglected area of mechan...

•After reading Todd Augsburger's inquiry about the Concert Roller Organ with external relief valve, I took a look at my Concert Roller Organ and find that it has an external relief valve. I would be glad to help him out, just let me know what you need. Perhaps digital photographs would be the way to...

•In answer to Todd Augsburger's concerns [030409 MMDigest]: loss of historical information is extremely important to all of us interested in these marvelous mechanical musical instruments. I would encourage anyone having any documents that they want to see safeguarded for future generations to donat...

•I know Todd Augsburger well and we have frequently exchanged photo-copies of original items to help each other with research, particularly to do with the recent book "The Organette Book" which I wrote and a future work in progress by Todd. I would suggest that the cheapest way to obtain this inform...

•In response to Todd Augsburger's note that "The Organette Book" by Kevin McElhone has been re-stocked, I am overjoyed. I was lucky enough to get one of the last two or so copies that Todd had available several months back, and I've found it to be not only fascinating reading but also an invaluable ...

•In response to Todd Augsburger, Maxfield also made a keyboard-less 31-note pedal-winded organ. This has a single rank of reeds, a Forte stop and a Vox Humana stop. It uses a hand crank to operate the music roll. This roll looks similar to the 20-note Celestina roll, being of the same width, but has...

•Thanks to Todd Augsburger for the information about the Piano Melodico G. Racca Club, and also for correcting my careless spelling. I remember the "Melodica" as a kind of anemic plastic cross between a harmonica, accordion, and recorder ... far from the strident and positive Racca piano. Incidental...

•I recently listed two organs on Todd Augsburger's site. I sold one to Kevin McElhone and found him very good to deal with. The other organ was a much different story. I received two of the England/Africa scams. On the second offer (which I would be happy to send to you) I asked the person in a retu...