•>[ Mark, you display all of the attributes of a successful organ grinder! >[ I hope that Maestro Angelo Rulli of MBSI (and MMD, too) will respond >[ with more encouragement for you. Claus Kucher and Ingmar Krause will >[ soon tell us (I hope) of all the fun at the recent grind-organ >[ festival in ...

•I have returned from my travels. I've received many kind notes regarding my "well earned time off". Thanks! Its good to be back. We have many new subscribers tonight so let me point out that there were no Digests published between 98.09.28 and 98.10.03. Back issues may be viewed using the Indexed M...

•I seem to remember several discussions in MMD about the various step intervals that Duo-Art, Welte & Ampico used when perforating their rolls. I've gone through some of the subject matter headings in the cross-referenced library but evidently must be looking in the wrong spots. Can anyone point me ...

•Dear MMD: One of the things I like to collect is Mad Magazine. Back in the early days of the magazine (1956) they accepted real advert- ising. I was re-reading one of my ancient issues (#29, Sept. '56) and listening to some A-roll blues performed on a Seeburg E when I spied the following real adver...

•Hi all, Orchestrelles seemed to have been dated in pencil on the front of one of the middle tone ranks, on the treble side. To see it you have to remove the swells and search carefully. I didn't notice mine until I was told where to look and there it was: 1-1-98. Also, the serial numbers are stampe...

•Hi everybody. I just got through reading some old MMDigests and wanted to say something about the "M" versus "O" roll debate. I have to say that I like both formats equally, knowing both tracker scales and listening to their music. A comment on something Mr. Brougher said in a past Digest: he said ...

•The organ builders' letter in MMD 09.22.01 is a very interesting issue. The rebuild-as-new trend reminds me of the story of the 14th century axe whose handle has been replaced 6 times and the head replaced three times. Simply, if you replace all an organ's pipework it isn't the same organ anymore. ...

•Have you looked at Windows 2000? I have found (with a few nasty exceptions) that most DOS programs seem to run fine under Windows 2000. The exceptions being any program that wants to talk to hardware directly (i.e. not using a system driver) or that requires a DOS driver. Beyond this basic problem ...

•Dear MMD members, Does anyone have copies of "Firebird" that they would sell, or does anyone know a source? The rolls are Duo-Art, played by Stravinsky himself. The 6 rolls are labeled "Stravinsky -- L'oiseau du feu (The Firebird) -- Suite from the ballet" and are numbered A-95, A-96, A-97, A-98, A...

•Hello all, I have a few questions about my Pratt-Read player. It seems that the original wind motor was replaced at some point, I don't know when, and I'm not sure if I should replace it with an original or leave it alone. The one that is in the player now is a 5-pneumatic type, a little too deep, ...

•[ Spencer Chase wrote in 050208 MMDigest: >> Greetings, Robbie's comment [in 050207 MMDigest, Duo-Art Operating >> Pressure] suggests that I have a problem with heating of the power >> supply or the magnet valves in my E-Roll Player system. The opposite >> is true. I said that it is difficult to de...

•Hi All, Using the Cakewalk Pro (v 2.00) program and the 21.656 Mb Steinway Sound Font Bank in Windows 98 (Second Edition) with a Sound Blaster AWE64 sound card, a note (C4) that is held 'on' (or played) for a period of four measures -- four tied whole notes (at a tempo of 100) -- decays at a normal...

•Hi all! I've scanned about 100 rolls of my collection with a flatbed scanner and I've "midified" them with a software program of mine. The precision of my scan is (theoretically) 1/100 inch. I sent these MIDI files to Terry Smythe, who added them in his 24th batch. Most of the rolls are standard (o...

•Hi folks, Since the wireless MIDI discussion started, I've revived a project that I've been working on for a while. Rather than a wireless MIDI connection, what I want is remote control of the computer that controls the piano. I don't mind a cable going from the computer to the piano, but I do mind...

•Hi Andrew, It's possible to adjust the notation of a MIDI file with Cakewalk, using "piano roll" view. (I've Pro Audio 9 and Windows 98, but I think it works on other versions.) It's not a small job! I did that on some dance rolls which are short and with a very steady tempo. First, correct the tim...

•[ Ref. Bobby Clark in 100126 MMDigest ] Windows 7, like Windows Vista, has compatibility modes built in and I have successfully run old DOS programs in a compatibility box. I regularly use older programs in Windows 7 and Vista. Most any program that will run with Vista or even XP should run fine wi...

•> Can anyone post the actual MIDI scales adopted by Stinson > Band Organ Company ...? The list below shows a proposed MIDI system for a Stinson 165 band organ, although I don't know whether this particular layout was actually adopted by Stinson Band Organ Company. The columns are [1] MIDI note name...

•Responding to Tim Gautreaux's question about the difference between Green Welte and Welte-Mignon Licensee pianos: At some point in the 1920's Welte in Germany figured it would be economically advantageous to also make a piano that used 11&1/4" paper for the rolls, using standard flanges, a more sta...

•Hello all, I was looking into the Welte Brisgovia orchestrions and I noticed an anomaly in the roll scale. The holes for Sforzando on/off (holes 2/5) are duplicated in positions 95/96. In addition, there is holes for Swell Shade open/closed (3/4) and Crescendo on/off (97/98). I know on the Welte Co...

Larry: First off, let me thank you for being brave enough to even put out such a list. I'm sure you've gone through enough additions to try anybody's patience. I have no problem taking over the list but I don't really know what's involved. It's probably straight forward, but let me know. Is it a lis...