•In MMDs 961207 (self), 971107 (Julian Dyer) and 981211, 981223 (Paddy Handscombe), the bare history was told of the player piano most venerated by British enthusiasts, the Gotha Steck. The Gotha works of Ernst Munck had been taken over by the Aeolian Co. in 1905 and continued to make outstanding up...

•I have considered upgrading my OS too, but was convinced to stick with Windows 98SE, partly because it is still DOS compatible and almost all programs that you either buy or take free will work with it. It's as fast as any, but it's compatible with all. So you could say that newer isn't better, as ...

•With regard to a timer on MIDI files, please note that that won't work on Windows Vista. At present, there is no way to direct a MIDI file played on Windows Media Player or some other similar program to an MPU401 MIDI device. This is an external MIDI driver such as would be used to control a MIDI k...

•For all those who wish to "Do it Yourself" (and especially the very serious types, too), check out the new 1997-98 catalogue from Lee Valley Tools, at http://www.leevalley.com The catalogue is $5.00 Canadian, refundable with first purchase. It has 252 full-colour pages of specialized tools and supp...

•Marc Elbasani wrote: > Kenneth L. Smith of Blacklick Ohio........... his 98-keyless Gavioli > ... Oh, Bob Conant mentioned something before about Tilden Park > having a Gavioli? ... Bob? What makes you think that? A couple of corrections to Marc's note. Ken Smith's replica Black Forest Gavioli is a...

•Hi all, and Happy new year. I have begun transcribing my 98-note Wurlitzer Concert Rolls (110 10-tune rolls) and my Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ rolls (84 10-tune rolls) to MIDI and our UniFlex Organ Relay System disk format. I also intend to transcribe the entire Moller Artiste, Wurlitzer R rolls, Aeo...

•The following is the response I received from National Book Network when I inquired about the reprinting of 'Treasures of Mechanical Music'. Don't forget you can add a link to your mechanical music related site at my Geocities web site listed below. You can also view the links that have been added ...

•Hello to our fellow MMDers across the ditch! Katherine and I are planning a short holiday to Melbourne, Aus. in late Feb or March this year (98) and wonder if some of you would be kind enough to list the best places to visit, large or small, public or private, and also how we might contact them to ...

•Hi All, Below are the opening paragraphs from the new WebPages at Player-Care relating to the Opinion Poll which ended 2/1/98. The pages are at: http://www.player-care.com/survey1a.html and http://www.player-care.com/survey1b.html Musically, John (john@player-care.com.nospam) - - - Player-Care Surv...

•Hello; I have for sale an Estey Reed Organ 1943 vintage: Estey Reed Organ 61 key "1 manual" Action 98 "Lyon & Healy" Model Seventeen Stops: Bass Coupler Treble Coupler Tremolo Bass Stops: Sub Bass 16' Bourdon 16' Diapason 8' Dulciana 8' Flute 4' Flute D'Amour 4' Harp Aeoline 2' Treble Stops: Flute ...

•Ed, what you have is an "edit-master", something like the 1929 British roll I took to my presentation at the Piano Technicians Guild in Hartford CT on 3-18-98. Electrical tape, gummed labels, cellophane library tape and other things were used for fixing up the rolls. Usually, a factory ran a handfu...

•******** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ******** Due to Robbie and my conflicting travel schedules, the MMD will have an unprecedented 7-day suspension of publication from Monday 28-Sep-98 through Sunday 04-Oct-98. The Foxtail computers will remain online so that you'll still be able to access the Website an...

•As previously mentioned, there will be no Digests transmitted between Monday 28-Sep-98 and Sunday 04-Oct-98. Many MMD subscribers have sent kind notes of understanding. Thanks. A few have expressed concern for their "withdrawal symptoms" while I'm gone. I have a possible solution for that problem: ...

•Hi All, Here's a copy of the web page I just posted at Player-Care: http://www.player-care.com/stahnke.html This page is linked to my 'Solenoid Sarcasm' page as "New Information (10/22/98)... New Technology" - - - 'A Window in Time' Music by Rachmaninoff Realized by Wayne Stahnke As of October 22, ...

•I'm just passing on the enclosed message I received out of the blue. Respond directly to the addressee. -- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- From: DLitvany@aol.com (Dale Litvany)(fwd) Date: 11/25/98 10:20:31 AM Eastern Standard Time I have approx. 500 old rolls (1940's to 1960's)...

•Hi everyone, I saw the following on eBay and thought it might be of interest to some of you. I recall a recent discussion on getting ivory for piano keys. I don't know the seller, so I can't vouch for the quality or honesty. I believe the seller has 30 sets available, item #51363453. Closes January...

•> Thirty days hath September, > April, June, and Montana > Except in the summer, > Which isn't very often. Sorry for the minor faux pas I was tired, and trying to thaw April DON'T have thirty-one Thank ya for the correctshun ( education ? :) Hi, I just got back from a trip to Williston, North Dakot...

•[ I asked some MMDers in Europe to tell about the solar eclipse [ events in their localities. Here are the first reports. -- Robbie - - - From: h.marxsen@t-online.de.geentroep (Hauke Marxsen) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:01:57 +0200 Hello Robbie! You asked me to tell about the eclipse we had. Around F...

•Of course the definitive place to learn whether Wurlitzer 146 band organs were equipped with brass pipes or not is Ron Bopp's book, "The American Carousel Organ", ISBN 0-9663429-0-9, Library of Congress catalog card number 98-92542. That great book is still available from the author, Ron Bopp , I t...

•Is it possible that the Wurlitzer tracker bar hole spacing was based on something like the "Foot of Lahr" presumed used for the hole spacing of the T-100 "Red" Welte-Mignon tracker bar? A "line of Lahr" is 1/12 of an inch of Lahr, and is equal to 0.0835 standard inches. The T-100 Welte tracker hole...