•I've also seen the anchor mark on Thorens gramophone motors as used in generic type gramophones/phonographs. Regards, Glenn Amer http://www.glennamer.com/

•Mr. Brady Jefcoat's collection, consisting of over 100 phonographs, gramophone, five Regina disc music boxes, jukeboxes, cylinder music boxes, and other items, will be auctioned Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 201 Main Street, Yanceyville, N.C., starting at 12 noon. There are over 500 lots of quality i...

•Michael Polan is selling off his parents' collection of music boxes, phonographs and other mechanical music items. Anyone who is interested can contact me and I will send you an updated catalog and contact information. Vincent Morgan vincentwmorgan@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]...

•I, too, have repaired various phonographs and music boxes. To remove a broken spring from a spring-barrel, the easiest way is to whack the barrel open end onto a piece of wood inside a biggish metal bucket or a barrel. It goes "bang" and out it is. You can hold it inside a thick towel or blanket if...

As a "newbie" to both the WWW and this group, I'd appreciate it if folks could post any interesting phonograph and automated music Web sites to visit. For instance, I've noticed lots of references to the "Bam Bam" page...what's their address? Thanks everyone....I REALLY enjoy this digest! Jim Canava...

George Bogatko asked what the fourth note in the NBC chime was, so I went and retrieved the article I had mentioned, from The Reproducer; quarterly journal of the vintage Radio and Phonograph Society, Inc., summer 1995 (v. 22, no. 3). The following excerpts from that article may be of interest. I wi...

Hi Jody and contributors,¶ I know it's a matter of semantics (and historical accuracy), but a "reproducer" is the head of an Edison phonograph and has nothing to do with a piano. Now if you are speaking of a "reproducing" PIANO (copyrighted name by Aeolian for their Duo-Art) or a "re-enacting" (AMPI...

Hi there Listers. Just a few things from the UK. I did say I would let people know of any thing of interest in any sales here in England, Well the last Christies sale was a bit disappointing unless you like Phonographs, of which there were a lot. One thing there was which I had not seen before was a...

Record collectors among us may chuckle at the dismissal of "disc" as the more venerable spelling. Three examples come to mind, all from the 'teens or earlier: Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph (and records) Columbia Double-Disc Records Standard Disc Records I'm sure there are more. Cheers, Doug Rhodes ...

Walter Carroll wrote: > Would anybody know where I might find a player harmonica > with at least one roll preferably more??? There were several for sale at the Bound Brook, NJ phonograph/automated music show last Sunday (9/22). I saw one gentleman buying one from music box guru Nancy Fratti, that ha...

Does anyone know how we can be sure that the holes in a particular roll, or the grooves on a piano phonograph record for that matter, were produced by the performer whose Great Name appears on the label? Could it be that George used a stand-in who could play better than he could, perhaps Ferde Grofe...

Hi all, I thought you may like to hear of a few things in the forthcomming sale of mechanical music in London. On the Phonograph front there is an amazing Edison diamond disc player in a French Gothic cabinet 88 inches wide and 77 inches high. A very rare item indeed, the estimate is 10 to 15,000 po...

Hello all together!¶ I am interested in buying the book:¶ Cylinder Phonograph Companion by George Frow¶ published by STATIONERY X-PRESS in Woodland Hills CA (USA). It's not possible to buy this book in Germany. So I want to buy it directly from Stationery x-Press. Is there anyone who knows the telep...

It believe it was collector Mike Montgomery who coined the name "Rollography", inspired by the "Discography" which lists all the trivia you need to know about jazz phonograph records! This is an example of the fields I used in my data base of music rolls played by Fats Waller (or often J. Lawrence C...

It's a matter of interpretation. To my mind, "nickelodeon" is to the coin-operated piano as "jukebox" is to the automatic phonograph. The first names are public jargon, or argot, whereas the second names are what the manufacturers and the industry called their machines. Which means the dictionaries ...

I am going to London for a week vacation on March 4, and wondering if anyone can suggest any antique phonograph related shops or flea markets that I should not miss. I am mostly interested in finding unusual small items, such as needle tins or cylinder records. Flying back with large horn phonos may...

•You must visit the Automata museum in Monaco. Demonstrations twice daily. There is a "mechanical music and phonograph" museum advertised in the tourist books, several kilometers west of Nice. You can forget it -- nothing works. Marc Kaufman

•Mark Merrill is looking for horn parts and spring motor repair. I recommend that he contact Dennis and Patti Valente at APSCO, the Antique Phonograph Supply Co. They've been repairing and supplying parts for years and have a great reputation. They're good folks to deal with. Their excellent Home Pa...

•Eddie Fulmer is looking for springs and parts for Victrolas. I recommend that he contact Dennis and patti Valente at APSCO - the Antique Phonograph Supply Co. They've been repairing and supplying parts for years and have a great reputation. They're good folks to deal with. Their excellent Home Page...

•Jonathan: As an owner of a plain ol' Chautauqua Roller Organ (the Grand's little brother) I'm jealous! A Grand Roller Organ is one of my dream machines! I've seen several for sale at the Bound Brook, New Jersey phonograph & mech. music shows in past few years. The lowest price I saw was $3,200 (wit...