•In response to Bob Stewart (MMD 030907), I can offer the following. March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54 No. 3, by Grieg, played by Phillip Gordon, has the Ampico roll numbers 59951 and 81051. It was issued in 1921. I can't help with "Concert Etude of 36". I suggest roll number 41143 is not an original Ampi...

•Bob Stewart asked about the identification of three Ampico Rolls by number. I checked in Obenchain and the results are as follows: March of the Dwarfs is 59951F and 81051F. Concert Etude, op. 36, is 56814H and 4359F. Roll 41143 seems to be an unissued number. It doesn't seem to appear in any of the...

•Dear All, Reference Mr. Petrak's message about Nikolai Orloff on behalf of Mr. Jeroen in the Netherlands. The Scriabine roll is numbered 67271. I have a copy of it and also 68863 Brahms, and 70661 Macdowell. If you cannot locate copies in America perhaps we could arrange something. Can Warren Trach...

•In Albert Petrak's posting of 030914, there is some confusion about Ampico rolls made by Nicolai Orloff. First, it should be noted that the numbers used in that posting have all been truncated by omitting the last digit, which is the roll size indicator. Additionally, most Ampico rolls also use a l...

•Robbie, I'm given more credit than I deserve in the "List of 30000 and 40000 Series Ampico Rolls published in the 1970s" at http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/Amp3&40000.html Most of the rolls that came from me were drafting board creations. You listed such things as "prepared by...", which is on some ...

•Hi Robbie, Alas, I've none of the missing roll numbers you mention, but have sent your note about them to George Fleming, the PPG membership secretary/archivist. He also collects, and has a large number of Ampico rolls. I did notice in the 30000-40000 series of Ampico rolls : Second Hand Rose - Cla...

•Today I found an Ampico Jumbo B roll (1934 issue) with very nicely machined aluminum spool ends, painted black. I have never seen another set. Was this typical? Were they offered as after-market? Would appreciate your thoughts. Bob Stewart [ My theory: when the heavy roll accidentally fell to the f...

•I can't feel Robbie was serious when he suggested the Jumbo "B" metal flange was a "local" replacement from the local machine shop! When these rolls were a common sight and still being sold, I would imagine replacement flanges, etc., could be purchased from your local music shop, but that is just m...

•I also had one of these rolls with an aluminum flange painted black. I think the factory must have tried them for awhile, but later found the phenol composition flanges to be lest costly and unbreakable. Bruce Clark

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have not used my Ampico B player piano for several years. When using it recently I find that I am badly tearing the right hand side on rewind of old brittle rolls. In checking the left hand flange, I see that there is a small spacer on some rol...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I found information in the MMD Archives concerning the variation in pump pressure in various pianos, but I was unable to find any specific pressure levels and nothing concerning Bass and Treble levels. Could someone give me the range of expected ...

•Hi all, A friend of mine bought a 1930 Chickering "A" and I'm helping him to restore it. The piano was in untouched condition and all the tubing basically shattered it was so brittle. What is baffling me is a small pneumatic on the expression mechanism, about 3/4" square. (The piano is at his house...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have an Ampico B player piano that I am having difficulty with the intensity valves or expression block. When I run the test roll the sub valve functions properly. There is no increase in intensity with the 2 hole, the 4 hole or the 2+4 holes. ...

•Hi Ben, Unfortunately, the Ampico B is too complex to analyze with the data that you have given. It this point, only educated guesses can be made. My guess is that the entire system is leaking to the extent that valves 2 and 4 are ineffective unless the stack spill valves are closed. The stack spil...

•I'm restoring my Chickering Ampico (1928) Upright, but somebody in 1990 try to retubing part of the bottom tubes; I have "The Ampico Reproducing Piano - Inspector's reference book" (1923), and in it only shows the Expression Mechanism for the Treble, the Bass is symmetric, but not the same. Can any...

•Mr. Asborno asked about tubing the upright Ampico. My 1923 grand has the expression the same on both sides with the exception of an additional tube that comes out to go to the Ampico cutoff valve feed. My strongest recommendation is for you to get a tubing chart. I believe that you can get one easi...

•Hi All, A hearty 'thank you' for all the quick responses to my inquiry about an Ampico "A" air motor governor. I purchased one from Brian Thornton earlier this morning. Musically, John A. Tuttle Player-Care.com Brick, NJ, USA

•My piano teacher was an Ampico Artist (Gray Perry). I have found one roll of his. If anyone has or knows where I might find others, I would greatly appreciate hearing from them. Mark Wilson

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender -- Hi, I have some original Ampico rolls dated 1921 and I would like some information on them. For example, one is number 241081-F, "song roll" titled "Grieving For You", described as a Fox Trot played by Vincent Youmans. They are in their original green Am...

•[Ref. 040616 MMDigest] What do you want to know about your Ampico rolls? They are what they say they are, music rolls containing the tunes named, by the composers named, and played by the artists named, for use on the Ampico reproducing piano. Reproducing piano rolls have coding punched in them tha...