•The question about Hawaiian rolls reminds me of the tremendous amount of "World Music" featured on Edison's Phonograph cylinders and Diamond Disks in the 1910 - 1929 era. I've got enough Hawaiian cylinders and disks that I won't buy any more. Plus quite a few featuring groups of marimbas (the Mexic...

•On Vitaphone shorts, radio, vaudeville shows and phonograph records (plus some fantastic radio transcriptions), Pauline Alpert was a woman, known as "The Whirlwind Pianist." (The sheet music also used this same slogan for her.) On Aeolian-made rolls she was a "he" -- i.e. Frank C. Milne, who even m...

•Answering Matthew Caulfield and Robbie's remarks yesterday about the use of shellac with carbon-black (78 phonograph record material) for spool flanges. Most good 'plastic' flanges in the early days were made from Bakelite or hard rubber. Bakelite (phenolic thermosetting resin with carbon black and...

•Fellow MMDers, Thank you to all who responded to my questions about the broken Edison cylinder phonograph and the dented wood veneer on my piano. My actions in each case will have been influenced by the collective wisdom of this unique group of collectors and enthusiasts (MMD). Thanks to everyone f...

•In MMD 981025 Robbie asked: >[ Don, which CDs of Rachmaninoff's audio (phonograph) recordings >[ do you recommend? Can you tell us the publisher and catalog number, >[ please? I'd like to make the same aural comparison that you did. The set I have is on the RCA label (which belongs to BMG). It is "...

•The Seeburg jukebox referred to by Dave Brown in the MMD last Sunday was one of Seeburg's early all-mechanical phonographs, manufactured after the pneumatically-operated ones which did not last for any significant period of time. If you were able to watch the records changing behind clear glass, it...

•In a recently published Washington Post article, Richard Harrington described the early days of the phonograph and recorded music. The article focused more on the social and cultural effects of the phonograph rather than the technology of the machine. One paragraph in particular caught my attention...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- I am trying to find a phonograph bulletin board. I am trying to find information on converting an Edison Dictaphone to play either 2-minute or 4-minute cylinders. Any information would be appreciated. Keith R. Rogers

•Hi all, Anyone know who or where might do pot metal repairs on phonograph tone arms? Thanks. Dave Smith

•In 1894 Edison introduced the coin-operated Phono-Kinetoscope so you could see a motion picture and hear a cylinder phonograph within the same cabinet playing accompanying music. No doubt there are other and earlier examples but that is the one that comes to my mind first. Best wishes to all, Al Se...

•Hello! I am looking for an 18.5" Miraphone combined disc musical box and phonograph. Any leads would be great! Amy Becker [ What I'm looking for [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/15/12/24/151224_201107_music%20boxx.jpg

•Is there anyone out there that is interested in doing a professional restoration of a Melville Clark Apollophone player piano that has the phonograph included in the case? I have come across two Apollophone player pianos, one had no mechanisms inside but a good case and the other had all the player...

•Hi! I'm trying to track down a combined disc musical box and phonograph. My parents inherited an original from my great grandparents, but after having seven kids finances were tight and they had to sell it. So 20 years later my siblings and I are trying to track one down. I've attached a few pictur...

•If anyone is interested in purchasing them, I have salvaged two of these Apollophone pianos (phonograph & player piano combinations) to rebuild. I picked them up because the one with the mechanism was about to be discarded, as it had water damage to the case. However, I found a second one that had ...

•I haven't done business with them in awhile, but Wyatt's Musical America made custom phonograph springs and might be able to help you. They do not accept email and so I suggest calling or snail mail contact. They have a web page. Wyatt's Musical Americana Talking Machine Company P.O. Box 601 Lakepo...

•Henry Waterson (of Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Music Publishers) announced the introduction of Little Wonder Phonograph Records in the October, 1914, issue of "Talking Machine World." The immediate success of these ten-cent discs prompted Waterson to expand into player piano rolls in February, 1915...

•My collecting interests are similar to those of many friends here and overseas: I started with phonographs (and gramophones) many years ago. Records are an active interest, particularly the great personalities of vaudeville and the British Music Hall, plus a representative collection covering past ...

•Dear MMDs, The next specialized auction in mechanical music, phonographs and automata will take place in Chartres (France, one hour south west from Paris) on Sunday December 10th, 2000. The doll auction auctions will take place on Saturday and Sunday September 23rd and 24th, and on Saturday Decembe...

•I am seeking advice regarding the possible liquidation of my entire collection of mechanical Musical instruments and phonographs. General disillusion of life in the rapidly decaying city of Atlanta and the need to find a better place to live brings me to the decision to liquidate my collection of m...

•This will be an interesting discussion. I have two phonographs sitting here right now that have this same problem. Both have been here for several years and neither of them are "jewels." I contacted the owner several years ago when the upright was done. They were supposed to come and get it (they h...