•Lyle Merithew asked about experience with these new circuit breakers. The DeBence museum building has a lot of old wiring. One of the easiest ways to set the place on fire would be a short circuit of low current, so, to protect the building, several years ago we installed arc fault circuit breakers...

•When I asked about the tuning pitch for our Coinola K everyone agreed it should be tuned to A=435 Hz and that turned out to be correct. In side comments, I was told all nickelodeons of the 1920s would be A=435 except for Nelson-Wiggen who tuned to A=440 Hz. We now are into our Western Electric Styl...

•Can someone please tell me what songs are on Wurlitzer APP roll 50302? Scotty Greene - DeBence Museum

•Is there a listing of Wurlitzer Caliola rolls and songs? Most specifically, does anyone know the tune list for roll 6117? Scotty Greene - DeBence Museum

•We are working on a Western Electric Style X machine and there is a button on the board mounting the roll drive which when depressed will vent the valve under the board to atmosphere. Right now the push-button valve is not connected. The question is, what should it be connected to? Scotty Greene - ...

•At DeBence we are still inventorying and have found four 8" music rolls, mounted on spools, for a Gately Automatic Organ. We have nothing to play them on. The tunes are - "Blue Danube Waltz" - "My Old Kentucky Home" (missing one spool end) - "Hold The Fort" - "Take Me Back to Home and Mother" - An ...

•I'm still taking inventory and have found six rolls with labels that say Wurlitzer Player-Piano. They are 65-note rolls, 9.625 inches wide, mounted on cardboard tubes with an inside diameter of 3/4 inch, and no end flanges. The rolls are numbered 20076, 62, 20147, 2557, 1860, and one with no number...

•At DeBence we are still sorting and indexing and we have found a style "O" roll, number 388, for which we have no song titles. Can someone please tell us the song list for this roll? Thanks for your help, Scotty Greene - DeBence Museum Franklin, Pennsylvania

•We are making shelf space and have some Mills Violano Virtuoso rolls to dispose of. There are eight original rolls, in unknown condition, not mounted on spools, numbers 2189, 2284, 2379, 2404, 2452, 2471, 2518, no number. These are $15 each, including shipping. We are also selling six rolls mounted...

•We are now into the job of this restoration and I am beginning to find out I know even less than I thought I did about what is needed. The piano stack is unlike any photos I have found of others. It has a bunch of unused outlets (they have knotted tubing attached to plug them off, implying they do ...

•Thanks to all who responded to my recent post. I now know why the stack has extra outputs. Art Reblitz remembered that originally the DeBence style G Cremona was missing the piano stack. Don Janisch remembered selling the DeBences a piano stack from a style 20 or 30 about 40 years ago to put into a...

•You may recall some postings and replies from last fall about my problems with getting the pipes and piano tuned together. There were several replies which helped define the process, as we had [already] tuned the piano to A=440 Hz. Then we tuned the piano to A=435, but the pipes were still flat whe...

•The job is under way, and assuming we will come up with the pipe rank grant, we will need to know how to connect things up. We could sure use a tubing diagram for the machine. But lacking that, can anyone tell us what connects to what from the controls mounted on the left interior side of the case?...

•We need a source for the roll drive chain for a Cremona G, or for some repair parts for this chain. I hope that the original chain design allows for a master link that takes the chain apart so that you don't have to tear the whole drive apart to install the chain. If that were so there should be a ...

•The DeBence Museum has 11 original Pianotist paper rolls for sale. They are all original, 9.75 wide, with snaps on the end. Does anyone want them, and what are they worth? We have nothing that plays them and they are just taking up space. They all appear in good condition, but we have not unrolled ...

•Our grant money came through and we will be getting the missing 32 pipes made for our Cremona G. It plays an "A" roll, and the range there is 58 notes, from C to A. The question is, what notes should be paralleled and covered by the violin pipes we are getting. We sure don't want to get this wrong...

•We have been given a Knabe Ampico A which is missing the drawer covers, both top and bottom, and the control knobs. We would like to make new top covers, but a long search has not turned up a decent photo of an open drawer with covers. We would greatly appreciate such a photo. Thanks for the help. ...

•As DeBence is a 501c3 organization, I can add a little to this subject. The comments about fraud are correct -- you need to be sure the charity is for real. You can check the 501c3 variety on-line at the IRS to see if they really have an exemption and are up to date with the required reporting. Mos...

•I apologize for wasting your time with my last post [140817 MMDigest] which was wrong. The Ampico we are trying to revive is a "B", not an "A", so I need knobs and a good photo of the cover panels for a Knabe Ampico B. Sorry for the error. Scotty Greene - DeBence Antique Music World Franklin, Penns...

•The DeBence Museum has two Ampico A baby grand pianos, and that is at least one too many! We would like to find a home for one. One piano is a Chickering, the other is a Knabe. Both pianos are complete, and the piano actions are in decent shape. Neither Ampico reproducer works, although both are co...