•Several days ago I posted an article announcing my current project to rebuild the stack on my Mason & Hamlin RBB Ampico A. I did not fully explain that this piano has been my test bed for experimentation. Several modifications to the Ampico have been made, none that cannot be reversed. I devised a ...

•Gee, I get off-line for a few days and there's a bunch of pianos for sale out there! From the 161026 lists: * Duo-Art Annotated Series roll D-283 "Pavane" p.b. composer Ravel -- Located in British Isles! * U.S. Music player piano rolls, lot of 23 -- sold. * 1928 Knabe 5'8" Ampico, working -- In Den...

•I have been hospital having major surgery on my spine of recently, so I'm catching up on some earlier MMD postings while I recover, which is going to take about nine months! One of the rolls that was used as a test by the Aeolian Company when their technicians were called out to a piano was 6783 "M...

My friend, the retired newspaperman, says that the _contemporary_ American definitions (usages) are • disk: Astronomy -- (lunar or solar disk) Anatomy -- (in the spine) Computer science -- (IBM) removable disk pack disc: Agriculture (machinery) Botany (flowers) Recorded music (78 rpm, etc.) •Sources...

•Hi folks, I thought you might like an update on Cathy Perry. I visited her at noon-time today. She is making progress with her illness. The fluid around her spine has subsided faster than expected, but there is still fluid around her heart. The doctors, Cathy, Ron, and everyone else are hoping that...

•Hello All, Jeffery Wood's recent posting reminded me of the Apollo-phone piano I owned with a high school friend in the early 1970s. We bought the piano from the original owners: three aged sisters (at that time they would have been called spinsters) who lived in a wonderful big old Victorian house...

•On Sun, 09 Nov 2008, Craig Smith asked why the bound volumes of "Music Trade Review" (MTR) were cut apart for scanning. For reasons of economy and speed, spines of bound publications are frequently guillotined off to facilitate scanning through an automatic document feeder. From the viewpoint of a ...

•I read Kirk Gibson's note today about starting to rebuild his Duo-Art player action stack. My first reaction was a shudder that ran up and down my spine. With all due respect to amateurs, tackling a Duo-Art is above and beyond the ability of most amateurs. I would recommend breaking in your teeth o...

Dear Mr. Kravitz, My name is Bob Bailey. Steve Zimmerman gave me your internet address as a starting point to find out about player pianos. I am looking for Newsgroups or mailing lists in order to post the following message: I am a player piano novice and I am looking for information about Wurlitzer...

In Digest 961206 Matthew Caulfield wrote: > the first fact to remember is that any tune written before January 1, > 1921, is currently and unequivocally in the public domain. This is legally correct, but I'd like to note here that the Digital Tradition Folk Song [a web site which offered music and l...

•I recently donated a new copy of the "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments" to my local library. In exchange, they gave me their old copy of "A Guidebook of Automatic Musical Instruments". This book was also written by Q. David Bowers, but predates the encyclopedia by several years. This i...

•Hi All, Joyce Brite expressed some concern over the fact that a music box disk was used as an ornament. All I can say is ... "That's Holloywood!" Having been in thousands of homes I can attest to the fact that Hollywood is not the only place where parts of mechanical musical instruments are used as...

•Hi Everyone -- I have come across a copy of Q. David Bowers book, "Put Another Nickel In". It is in real good shape, although I would say the dust jacket is poor: it is split at the spine and could be taped together. If anyone is interested the first $60 or best offer takes it. This is a very rare ...

•Hi Group, Bob Taylor wrote: > I cannot remember the correct name for the cloth I use in Ampicos, > but it is the same as used by book binders. The material is called "super". Super is a thin, loosely woven, open-meshed starched cotton fabric used for reinforcing the spine of books. It is available ...

•I noted the recent posting relating to playing a pianola while having back problems [Player Piano For Cardiovascular Exercise, MMD 010402]. I would recommend extreme care as for the past six years I have been recovering from major back surgery and it is only now that I can play for 10 to 15 minutes...

•A 1927 Duo-Art Piano Roll Catalog sold at eBay (#1431178307) for $72.00 (US). Described as: > Duo-Art Piano Roll Catalog 1927 - Huge Book > > This is a very large volume published by the Aeolian Company 1927. > It is titled: Duo-Art Piano Music - A Catalog of Interpretations of > the World's Best M...

•I agree with Mr. Smith's remarks about the Seeburg "L." However, out of all the coin-operated instruments I've had the privilege of hearing (which is only the tip of the iceberg), my favorite delight is the Seeburg "E" with reiterating xylophone mechanism. The "E" really catches my ear with a tone ...

•Sears made the Silvertone brand from at least the 1920's, when they had mechanical diaphragms and horns and wind-up motors, until at least the 1980's, when they were Japanese. For all I know the Silvertone marque, is still going. So your phonograph might be equipped with a mica horn, a cactus-spine...

•I noticed references recently to the book, "Treasures of Mechanical Music", by Reblitz and Bowers. If anyone in the group needs a copy I have a surplus one available for $125 postpaid. (This is half or less than the book dealers are asking.) It would be very fine condition except for a slight curl ...

•It appears that this product is methyl cellulose dissolved in water. It has many uses, including wallpaper paste, laxatives, making large quantities of cheap slime for movie effects (Ghostbusters, Alien, Terminator, Star Wars III). It is both a glue remover _and_ a weak glue that can be readily rem...