I received a note from Artis Wodehouse inquiring how to analyze a live-recorded phonograph performance for the statistics of the note- and chord-attack timing. She would like to properly "randomize" the timing of a heavily-edited piano roll performance in order to make it sound more like a live perf...

•Last weekend (June 14 and 15) I attended the mechanical music and phonograph swap fest at Union, Illinois. It was a great meet as usual -- saw some unusual instruments, met some new friends and saw some old ones. I did not yet have any roll-playing organettes (small reed organs), so had to decide b...

•I am looking for parts and information for a table top model phonograph I have that needs restored. I believe it is very similar to a Columbia standard machine. I need a horn. It is the type of horn that screws into the holder. The threaded area is approximately 1 3/4" or 2" in diameter. The horn w...

•A few days ago Jan Johnson wrote: > I just bought an upright phonograph, Aeolian-Vocalin, > with the name plate Edmund Gram Piano House Milwaukee. ... Dear MMDers, I have a Link model AX orchestrion which also has an Edmund Gram, Milwaukee, decal on the fallboard. Can anyone tell us about this? I a...

•What is a "Musical Switch?" At the Phonograph/Music Show in Delaware this past weekend, I picked up a curious British piano roll, titled "The Lightning Switch" (for $1, it sounded interesting enough to try). I'm hoping some of the experts can tell me exactly what I found! It has a heavy gray paper ...

•On the weekend I purchased at auction a London Upright Edison disc phonograph LU37, no. 45667. The cabinet is labelled "Edison No. 18 Cabinet Factory". I have been advised that the reproducer is non- standard. It is stamped "BALANCE No. 2" and "THE BALANCE STYLE E" and looks more like a conventiona...

•The late George Robbins of Jackson MI had one of these player pianos with a phonograph mounted in the left side of it. If I remember correctly, it was an Apollo player piano. I did some minor touch up on the tuning but didn't spend much time with the instrument other than that. That would have been...

•I have a friend that wants to get his grandfather's Edison Diamond phonograph operating again. He brought over what he thought was the reproducer. Unfortunately, all he has is the connector part of an aftermarket lateral cut reproducer. He has a good collection of Diamond Disks and the phonograph i...

•[ Ref. Lee Rothrock in 210220 MMDigest ] The miniature phonograph is fair dinkum [genuine] as a more developed version of it appears in a Maxwell Smart episode. Interestingly, the disc has similar tracks to the one in the "Wild Wild West" episode. See https://getsmart.fandom.com/wiki/Charm_Record J...

Someone inquired about the orchestrion that was included in the lot of phonographs and records in Branson, MO. As best as I was able to learn, it is a barrel orchestrion, although it does have six or seven instruments according to the seller. These can be great (Hupfeld, Welte), or real dogs (just a...

•Damon Atchison recently enquired: > A local antique shop has a couple of cabinet phonographs. They > are $400 each, and restored and working. I believe they are Edisons. > The cabinets look like new, the felt on the turntable is new, and > everything is polished. > > I am considering buying one, as...

•I've noticed that combination also. I collect phonographs and mechanical music (MBSI member), and also collect and operate pre-War Standard Gauge toy trains (TCA member). I always figured it just boiled down to the fact that I liked cool old noisy toys! :) Jim Canavan Alexandria, VA

•I'm continuing to thin out some items from our collection of phonographs, musical boxes, organettes, etc., to help fund an imminent purchase. I've put together a quick web page with brief QuickTime video clips taken with my iSight webcam, descriptions, prices, etc. If interested, I'll be happy to t...

•In late May I will need competent help to pack some musical items -- including phonographs (various sizes), at least one music box and so forth -- from a residence in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and move them to Chicago. The residence has stairs inside and outside, no elevator. If you can recommend ...

If anyone's looking for a good 88-note player "parts" machine (as we call such things in phonograph land!) in the Boston area, contact: rcressma@IDEA.uml.edu Rich has got a Stark pumper on the second floor of a building that he's looking to get rid of. I saw his ad on the UseNet Antiques conference ...

Does anyone know of a source for an original, good condition floor crane for a cylinder phonograph? A friend is seeking one for his Edison Spring Motor Concert machine, with a large, brass witches hat horn. Any leads, please e-mail me at CYBRFLASH@aol.com. Thanks! Jim Canavan

Robbie wrote: > Usually I have three separate data files open: piano rolls, > phonograph recordings, and a big sheet music file which is my > "master"source of correct titles and composers. This "master source" sounds invaluable! Where did you get it? Is it something we could put up on the MMD ftp s...

I haven't received the mailing yet on the April 20th Bound Brook, NJ phonograph & mech. music show. Not sure if it got lost in the US Postal Service! Can anyone e-mail me the info, especially the phone number of the "recommended hotel" next door, the Holiday Inn, I believe. Thanks, all! Jim Canavan¶...

•Does anyone out there have an empty cabinet for a Regina Hexaphone 6-cylinder coin-op phonograph? The style with the exposed horn in front, models 2-3-4? We have come across a mechanism and would like to put it together with a case. Marty Roenigk mroenigk@aol.com

•See http://www.antiquephono.com/default.asp . It's the home page of the Antique Phonograph Supply Company (APSCO) in Davenport Center, NY; their phone is 607-278-6218. They have parts (new or old), needles, etc. etc. They have a nice mail order catalog. They not only had a brand new spring to fit m...