•Once again, with great sadness we report the loss of a friend and in fact an icon of the Musical Box Society International. Marguerite Fabel passed away Wednesday in hospital as a result of circulatory complications. Last September, Marguerite had celebrated her 91st birthday. Memorial services wil...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I am currently restoring a 1938 Aeolian Hammond BA player organ, serial number 9061. Can anyone supply me with a copy of a tubing diagram, in particular for the re-roll mechanism? My markings came off accidentally when I was restoring this part o...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Does anyone have any old or new cut rolls for my 1938 Aeolian Hammond player organ that they would like to sell at a reasonable price? Thank you, Tony Maquet tjmonkey1@aol.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] [ See http://www.mmdigest.com...

•I am currently restoring a late 1800's Regina Musical Savings Bank. I have the mechanical part all cleaned and working, but the coin drop mechanism is missing. The coin slot is on the left side of the bank and leads down a small wooden chute. Does anyone have this bank who can either send some very...

•I don't have a key and I am having a hard time getting the lock out of my Aeolian Hammond player organ. Unscrewing the two screws does not release the locking mechanism. Does anyone know if all the keys were the same for this organ? Can someone who has one send me a copy or tracing by e-mail or fax...

•I have an Aeolian Hammond player organ and I love it. I turned it on the other day and the electronic part started up fine but when I turned on the air pump it started up for about 10 seconds and then it died. I was wondering if there is a fuse, maybe associated with the pump motor, or some other s...

•Would anyone happen to have a blue print or drawings for the casing and the coin trap mechanism for the 1890's Regina Musical Savings Bank? I would be most appreciative. Please contact me at tjmonkey1@aol.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] Thanks, Tony Maquet

•An elderly friend of mine has a player piano-organette, a Wurlitzer Style WO, that was used in theaters and funeral parlors in the 1930s. He has had it in his garage many years. He said that it had come from a casino in Las Vegas and his intent was to restore it. Well, he managed to restore only a ...

•For sale: I'm sadly selling my recently acquired Aeolian Stroud baby grand player piano. It has been restored, is in beautiful condition, and works great. Unfortunately, it does not fit into my small condo. I have several rolls included with it, both Duo-Art and regular rolls. I need to have the sp...

•I'm in search of a set of dampers for one of my 20-3/4" Reginas. Thank you, Jason Marquis npl_jmarquis@hotmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•I have a 1920 Steinway S upright Duo-Art Pianola in original condition, plus four boxes of various rolls. The area I had to work on it was sold, so the piano has to go. Located in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Email for photos: intunepiano.km@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]. Kendall Marqu...

•I have a client that would like to get his Farrand 5' grand to a new owner. It has the famous Cecilian player. The serial number may have been pained over, but it looks like it is 1920's vintage. This is a piano that needs a full restoration. It is purported that the Farrand pianos were of good sou...

•Grasping at straws: Marguerite Volavy recorded Liszt's transcription of Die Lorelei for Ampico. Of course QRS is not Ampico but... As far as I know, I don't think Miss Volavy recorded any Wagner (with whom one often associates the Rhine Maidens) for Ampico. My two cents worth. Jim Heyworth Sechelt...

•Amsterdamned be damned! What's this Jan Kijlstra says about "Operation Amsterdam" masquerading under the alias "Amsterdamned" with something nasty prowling canals? Are you sure about that, Jan? "Operation Amsterdam" is a war movie (the second world variety) starring Peter Finch and Eva Bartok, whic...

•Hello Joyce! > The music box plays the song "Masquerade." Are there > any music boxes currently on the market that play the song? A little information I know (not much) about "The Phantom of the Opera" by A. L. Webber. Reuge has sold in the last years cyl. movements: - 18 teeth movement with one tu...

•Recent discussion about Ethel Leginska prompts me to inform MMDers that an excellent biography of her has been written by Terry and Marguerite Broadbent of the North West Player Piano Association (of GB), entitled "Leginska - Forgotten Genius of Music." The book is comprehensive, having over 300 pa...

I received in the post to-day a note from an old friend Terry Broadbent of a new book that he has published entitled "Great Pianists of the Golden Age" by Marguerite and Terry Broadbent with a forword by Vladimir Ashkenazy. It is a biography of 25 pianists who were involved in the great era of roll ...

•>[ If it looks like a duck and squawks like a duck, but has >[ a shiny electric cord ... It's a Toaster. ;-) That's what organists call those electronic horrors masquerading as an organ. Give me acoustic music produced by real strings, real pipes, real reeds, etc. Most people still prefer real sex...

•Hi, Re: MMD post. We can provide small music boxes with some of the Phantom of the Opera tunes on - music of the night, masquerade & (cats) memory etc. We can also make new music boxes with a specific tune on if required, but of course with a minimum order qty for smaller movements. If you would li...

•Perhaps I am wrong, and if so please correct me. I was under the impression that a PSO was a mechanical piece of junk, probably from Korea or other Pacific Rim areas masquerading as a piano. I don't think this was referring to synths. [ "PSO" means "Piano Shaped Object", a derisive term for a piano...