•[ Ref 121227 MMDigest, Seek USB MIDI Drivers for Android Device I use TeamViewer remote control software, installed on the computer connected to my network and also at my piano. I set up the remote application then installed it on my iPad. I then use my iPad's WiFi connection to run vanBasco's Kara...

•[ Ref. 121227 MMDigest, Seek USB MIDI Drivers for Android Device ] Midi Player 3.0 is an awesome MIDI file player-manipulator for iPhone. Will it work for you in Android? See http://www.themidiplayer.com/ Robert Leber Fremont, California

•Regarding the subject of touch weight and player pianos: a few years ago I read about a device that specifically targets the touch weight issue, and it could be installed in any piano, including player pianos. It is called "Touchrail" and can be found here: http://pitchlock.com/touchrail-for-tech A...

•Hello All: I just finished rebuilding a single-valve Standard player action. There are two devices on the right side of the pump just under the motor tempo speed control that I have no idea what they are for. One is a 1/2-inch elbow fitted directly into the trunk. The other is a valve that supplied...

•The loud pedal valve block (LPVB) in the Ampico Model B system is a clever and sophisticated pneumatic device. Its description and functional characteristics are reasonably well explained in the 1929 Service Manual for the Ampico B, published by the American Piano Company. The LPVB was also incorpo...

•Does anyone know of an off-the-shelf solution for using wireless Bluetooth from an Android device to a MIDI "receiver"? It looks as if there are solutions for Apple products, but next to nothing for Android. Help! Thanks, Jerry Vitale

•I have a wireless MIDI solution for the Android but it does not simply use the Bluetooth capability in the Android device -- it requires a combination of products. (1) The Android app is "MIDI Voyager Pro" by "bytebolt" from the Google Play store. It is a MIDI player that will direct the output to ...

•Try the new "Mega Midi Sequencer" from Brotech Electronics. It works on any Android Device, including the $49 Fire. Works great on my two band organs! Max Huff

•In reference on where to find reed pullers, I found that the little device to remove lids from paint cans (that can be gotten for free at Lowes, etc.) works great for removing reeds from organettes. Mike Perry

•Many thanks to John Tuttle and Wayne Lincoln who replied to my request for help on my player piano tracking device. I removed the left-hand roll chuck and cleaned it out with solvent as John recommended, and now the piano runs perfectly. My family and piano students can now play it normally without...

•Many people who repair sewing machines (of which I am one), another precision device, find Tri-Flow lubricant to be a superior product. It is formulated with the same ingredient as found in Teflon -- thus when the carrier oil eventually evaporates it leaves behind a slight amount of "Teflon" which ...

•Hi Matt, Lacking a clever response to your comments about the liability of such a device, I'll just use all 10 of my fingers to type the following. I'd be willing to wager that there is missing a wooden clam-shell that encloses the whole spring device. It probably splits down the center into left a...

•How about a list of suppliers of materials for use in the restoration of mechanical music devices? Thanks Donavan Keil [ Editor's Note: [ [ Here's another great FAQ topic for our not-yet-existent FAQ. [ I'd like to call for a volunteer willing to collect (and possibly [ maintain) this section. Plea...

•Donavan Keil wrote: > > How about a list of suppliers of materials for use in the restoration of > mechanical music devices? I have a database in my computer of all the suppliers that I use in my player restoration work. Just about all of them only sell to bona fide piano technicians who have an ac...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a pair of pneumatic logic devices that will allow a Green Welte piano to play Licensee rolls. They came from John McClelland about six years ago. I cannot use them and will sell or trade them for Duo-Art classical recuts, especially impres...

•Does anyone have a recommended source for small gears for building or repairing roll frames and other mechanical devices used in mechanical music devices? In particular, I have been looking for a good, convenient source for the complete line from Boston Gear or Martin Gear. McMaster-Carr has a limi...

•Dear MMDers, I think there are many automata enthusiasts or makers of the mechanical devices among MMD readers who will be interested in the first-ever International Karakuri Contest, to be held during the 2005 World Exposition -- EXPO 2005 -- in Aichi, Japan. The staff members of World Karakuri Co...

•Well, Greece does not seem to be a nation that celebrates mechanical devices to any great degree. But I saw a hand-cranked drum-driven piano (I forget what they're called) ["laterna"] in Thessaloniki two years ago, and another in Athens. The guy carries or rolls the thing around the tourist areas. ...

•Hello friends. I want to buy rolls of music for the following devices: Celestina, Mandolina, Musette and Improved Roller Organ Melodia. Only rolls that are in good condition and properly identified with the names of the songs. Please send your proposals by email. Leão Leibovich Rio de Janeiro leaol...

Folks:¶ I'm trying to ascertain the state (or state of the art) of paper roll reading digital encoding devices. I've seen Mike Ames set up as well as Wayne Stahnke's. Both are fascinating. My goal is to build, buy, create a device that will read with equal facility all types of reproducing rolls. Th...