•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hello, I notice on the Internet auction site, eBay, that someone in the UK is selling a copy of the authoritative reference work on organettes, which was published by the Musical Box Society of Great Britain a couple of years back now (eBay item ...

•Hi Fellow MMD'ers, Hopefully this may be of interest to one or two out there. For some time now I have been thinking of radically thinning my collection down. I have made a start and put a few good quality disc and cylinder boxes on-line, along with an Emilian Wehrle Trumpeter clock, advertised on ...

•I never realized that with piano rolls. I collect organ rolls. Nine times out of ten, the Aeolian Company and Wilcox & White always listed the composer. If anyone has older Piano rolls with titles you can go to Todd Augsburger's "The Organette Music Repository" and look for your title under http://...

•Just a bulletin! Noted Roller Organ historian, collector, inventor, entrepreneur Charlie Moore will be in our booth at the Union Phonograph Show this weekend. He will be doing on-site diagnostics, minor adjustments and some repairs on Concert, Gem and Grand Roller Organs. Stop by and say hello and ...

•Hello everyone; I am brand new to the MMD. But I have to say from what I've read over the past couple days is that this forum is outstanding! All those involved need to be commended for their time and effort in posting valuable information. I have been collecting, repairing and restoring clocks for...

•Hello to everyone! I am writing to report the shocking and sad news that Charlie Moore passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep this past weekend in his hometown of Dallas, Texas. As many of you know, Charlie and I were close friends and (after the also untimely death of Todd Augsburger i...

- - - AMD Yes, AMD as an acronym should be okay (and it would be even better to incorporate "mechanical music" in a sophisticated way). - - - MEMUSI 96 AMD is an electronic newsletter too - so it has to be updated very quick (what do I say?) and even I am in a great hurry I _have_ to find the time t...

•A recent visitor at my web site inquired as follows: > From: mominterp2@aol.com (Lisa Schlimgen) > > I am interested in purchasing a roller organ and cobs. My > grandfather, Edward Carpenter restored many organs. I would be > delighted if I could locate and purchase an organ restored by him. > He r...

•On June 1st this year the Musical Box Society of Great Britain (MBSGB) proudly launched its anniversary publication, "The Organette Book", by Kevin McElhone. Paul Bellamy coordinated the publishing project for MBSGB. He says: "When the MBSGB considered a number of options for its 40th anniversary y...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I recently obtained a Grand Roller Organ (32-note) cob and I do not recognize the tune on it. I am sending a recording of it in the hope that another MMD reader might be able to identify it for me, either from having the cob itself, having the tu...

•Hi MMDers, I have been a big fan of the of the Vestal Press and the Roehls for many years and want to be on the record as saying so. This recent discussion thread will do little to change the fact the Vestal Press is gone. I have an extensive collection of publications. These include Vestal catalog...

•I fully support the proposals to start a "wiki", but I do have a few concerns:- The MMD Glue Wars, which are currently rumbling on, show that there are areas which generate strong and differing opinions which, if left to run amok on a wiki with open access, could destroy it. So one principle we mus...

•I've just had an interesting (for me) job dropped off at my Australian- based workshop (I repair and restore clocks and clockwork items). It is a German Kalliston organette, the model that had the skin drum mounted on top as well as two bells, and reads punched zinc music sheets. I've never worked ...

•Hi Everyone, First I have to send my thanks to this great community for all the assistance I've received from my various projects. MMD is a great resource and hopefully we can all work together to keep mechanical music alive for many generations. Now on to my latest search. I have a Home Music Box ...

•Hi MMD Folks, Back in 2015 my friend Greg Swanson bought a small Intona organette on eBay. It needed a bit of work to address a few problems and years of use so he brought it over for me to restore. The repair was straight-forward but there was an interesting mechanism attached to the front corner ...

•In response to Todd Augsberger's posting of 06.08.06 regarding mid-size pedal player organs, I would like to add the American Orguinette Style 2 and 3 to his list. These instruments were pedal operated and the roll was hand cranked. They were 23-note machines using a key frame. They contained two s...

•I hope to increase sales of my Shire book "Mechanical Music" in countries outside of UK (you can buy direct from myself) or USA (see Todd Augsberger's Roller Organ page). I would like to offer lots of at least _ten_ copies of my book at a reduced price of GBP 2.45 (cover price is GBP 2.95) and post...

•I continue to try to catalog the numbers, titles and composers (where given) of the following types of music and would like to put in my 'annual appeal for help'. (Yes, it was Sept 1999 when I last mentioned this project). Please can you send me any details to help fill in the gaps for:- Ariston 16...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- A Shire Album Mechanical Music by Kevin McElhone. Shire Publications Ltd 1997 ISBN 0 7478 0354-4. This cute booklet serves as an introduction to mechanical music. Kevin McElhone has created an automatic musical instruments family tree depictin...

•Reading all this chatter about the "Ballet Mecanique" reminds me of a visit I had to the workshop of Herr Hofbauer in Gottingen, Germany, awhile back. Herr Hofbauer and his wife were most gracious to us unannounced visiting firemen. Hofbauer is primarily a church organ builder but has turned out ma...