•[ Paul Wong wrote in 180420 MMD -- ] > Years ago I bought the DOS-based PianoDisc software for downloading > and converting MIDI files into PianoDisc files and vice versa, but > the software doesn't recognize the files when I try to open them in > my external floppy disk drive. How can I get these ...

•Floppy diskettes for the PianoDisc PDS-128Plus need to be the really old single side, single density (720 KB) diskettes; the 1.44 MB ones won't work. I bought an old software package (IBM Office Systems) on eBay that came on the needed diskettes and just erased them. I think there were fifteen 720 ...

Larry: It's good to see that you're making up a list of alternative roll sources. Here's my update on some of the sources: Mike Schwimmer: Hasn't offered anything in the last 18 months but could do so. The address is correct Dan Inglima: The address looks correct and I believe he is still holding au...

•Ronald Tyler published a catalog of Gem cobs a few years ago. He also sold boxes and labels for cobs, and would help identify them. I don't know if he is still into that or not. He can be reached at 1076 Loraine St., Enumclaw, WA 98022, phone 360-825-2294. More recently, Kevin McElhone produced ano...

•Hello to all..... Will be at the MBSI National Meeting from 8/10-8/17, so don't expect any e-mail answers or orders filled!! Let's all give some good vibes to UPS so my shipment of supplies to the meeting will arrive!!...they're out there in UPS limbo somewhere! ENJOY! Nancy Nancy Fratti (MusicBoxL...

•In response to Damon Atchison's request for sources of specialty fasteners, I'd try The Olander Company. If they don't have it, probably it doesn't exist and if it does exist somewhere else, they'll usually be able to tell you where to get it. Also included here is Boston Gear's address along with ...

•This is a real nitpicker of interest to very few, but I wish to correct what I perceive to be minor inaccuracies in Douglas Henderson's posting yesterday (980305) on the subject of fast tempos. As part of his dissertation he said: > This is not unlike the later Concertola Aeolian tempo-setting idea...

•[ Jody asked his friend, George Goble, at Purdue University, for [ further information about refrigerants. ] --- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- [ In Digest 980410 Richard Vance wrote: ] > Prior to [using] Freon(tm) in the late thirties, SO2 was usually used > in small refrige...

•HI All, I was under the impression that flaming in the MMD (insulting other authors) was cause for rejecting such articles. Yet in digest 980516, I find this is not the case. Now I'm confused. Allowing such strong opinions and insulting language serves only to hurt peoples feelings unnecessarily. T...

•HI, Hope this person is close enough to make the call. Also, I'm always looking for player techs. It seems that there aren't many techs in Michigan, Indiana and Utah. If you know of any, please refer them to me. Musically, John A. Tuttle (john@player-care.com) www.player-care.com > Steve Grattan > ...

•A couple of weeks back, an MMDer offered a listing of Symphony rolls. Because I'm brand new at all this (MMD) I didn't know how to access it and now I've lost track of it. I'd like to have a copy of this rollography. I have a very small number of ragtime Symphony rolls (5 or 6) which could possibly...

•Filmoplast seems quite difficult to purchase, probably because it is expensive. Of course, the cost isn't great when you consider the value of your rolls and your time. There is a list of vendors for conserva- tion supplies for the Stanford University Preservation project. The University of Illinoi...

•I read with interest Jim Jelinek's posting about sending player rolls to Texas for a Mexican customer who didn't trust the Mexican mails. Talk about carrying coals to Newcastle ... uh, rolls to Mexico! Many years back, I attempted to set up a one-stop service which would sell to collectors rolls ma...

•Roger Waring said on the above subject [021129 MMDigest]: > Thousands? I don't know. But it would not surprise me. Somewhere in the MMD Archive is a more accurate memory than I could muster now of Paul Young, proprietor of the Autoplayer player repair and sales shop in Slough, 25 miles west of Lond...

•About six years ago I taped the CBS "Sunday Morning" segment showing of the QRS Factory tour, and sent out the tape to those MMDers who requested to look at it [980420 MMDigest]. I would really like to have that tape sent back to me after 6+ years, but I don't know who currently has it in their pos...

•Hi Group, Michael Herklotz asked for help in finding Pianocorder Vorsetzer parts in MMDigest 04.07.08. Try Carl Meyer 2107 El Capitan Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95050 Bus: (408) 984-0482 Home: (408) 248-8594 He got my Vorsetzer up and running again and also furnished parts. I could not reply to you dir...

•I am sending out the word that I have just acquired church organ pipes and can't use them all. I have all sorts of ranks and scales; the metal ones are made out of (solid?) pewter. I also have very large bass pipes that are wood; they will come with a wind chest, since the wind chest is only made f...

•Hi Group, I have several of the Vestal Press Catalogs. I don't know if any one of them would contain all Vestal Press publications. I could arrange to have them copied if you think that it would be of use. If you check the MMD Archives under subject index 'V' (Vestal) you will find articles about V...

•Months ago I purchased an Edgerton KT Special from a collector in Canada. It's a fun piano, and I've had great fun playing G rolls that I hadn't been able to play before. But recently, the shipping company contacted me and requested that I send them $1200.00 for U.S. import duty. I'm no lawyer, but...

•Hello Everyone! I posted sometime ago regarding a few pianos I must move out. I don't know to much about them. One is a Steinway Welte Vertigrand with a great batch of 'Red' rolls, another is a Triphonola, and finally a Steck grand. They are all in need of restoration. I am in Encino, California, i...