Hi Jody, hi Hal, As to your request for the Hofbauer-Organ I will state information I have collected in the past. The primary source is a German magazine called    Mechanische Orgelwelt aktuell (Mechanical Organ World News)    Eine Zeitung fuer die Freunde der modernen Mechanischen Musik    A newspa...

This article is a translation from "Mechanische Orgelwelt aktuell" ("Mechanical Organ World News"), 7th year, Nr. 7/8, a commercial "public relations" journal published by the manufacturer. Many thanks to Claus Kucher for typing the German text of this article and sending to us. I have translated it...

Robbie Rhodes and others did show interest in the Dutch "draaiorgel". Here is what I wrote to him. Robbie was so kind to correct the grammar. -------- One of the most important points, regarding the interest for, and importance of the Dutch "draaiorgels", is the fact that Romke de Waard, a judge, st...

[ Editors note: [ [ I spoke with Gordy by 'phone today and asked him to describe [ his organ projects. The conversation and his follow-up letter to me [ are quite interesting, presented here somewhat edited. [ [ Robbie Rhodes My Wurlitzer Style 155 "Monster" is actually the first one, and was built...

I am forwarding the technical exact specifications of automatic organ built by the sons of WILHELM BRUDER of Waldkirch Baden ca. 1816. The organ is in good condition, but in view of its age some restoration work will be necessary to bring out the full beauty of the magnificent instrument's potential...

Hello Everyone, here is a rather large list of Fair/Street Organs for sale. There are many very good buys in this list and many of the top end instruments are really special, such as doubled up percussion and extra pipe work. All prices are FOB England. Prices are in USA Dollars and are approximate ...

•Mike Knudsen wrote a few days ago about the Sandusky rally > The two most frequently asked questions were: > > Q1: Where's your monkey? > A1: I only need him to take the money; we're doing this for fun. > > Q2: Did you build this yourself? > A2: I wish! I have a list of 10 most commonly asked quest...

•Karl Ellison raises a good point about buying rolls unseen and unheard. I have just purchased a job lot from a fellow MMD subscriber, trusting mainly to luck and the integrity of a fellow enthusiast. Of the 258 rolls, the breakdown was as follows: 20 or so unremarkable rolls in very poor condition...

•Friend Robbie: Sorry. Forgive. I not speak English. Uso traslator. Desire to know if can connect me with the author of the photos that are shown in "The varios files" (Web) identified as ZANIN (l, 2, 3), and if exists text on them that I could consult? As I have 64 years and no knowledge of computa...

•Damon Atchison had some questions about making a tracker bar for the Wurlitzer 125 roll. Steve Lanick in Pittsburgh used to make them. His were superb, with rectangular holes like the originals had, rather than the round holes usually used by machinists today. Of course these rectangular holes had ...

•Just wanted to share with you what I saw last week at the Pitt county, NC. fair. Louis May, who I think is a member of Amica, is in charge of entertainment at the fair. He lives in Washington NC. He has a Wurlitzer Carousel Queen, that is housed in a metal trailer. His organ sounded very good. Now ...

•All the cartoon songs reminded me of a few notable songs. If you like "When the merry go round broke down," you must hear the Sydney Torch 78 of it. Sidney Torch was one of the finest English band leaders of the 30's, and he started out playing the "Cinema Organ", at which he also excelled (theatre...

•Robbie suggested that "Rustic constable" could be a good translation for "Garde champetre", and he wondered why a "parish constable" would beat the drum. So do I. My French dictionary gives as a translation for "Garde champetre" into the Dutch "veldwachter". My English dictionary translates this in...

•Hello all. My name is Doyce Aaron and I need some help in identifying a player action in a piano that I rescued from a coworker about 6 years ago. First I will tell you what I know about the piano. It has the name Wreburne cast into the harp on the soundboard. On the keyboard cover it has a decal t...

•This is a thread in "rec.music.compose" that is similar to one that appeared in the MMD recently. I thought others would find it interesting. - - - >> From: reet@ix.netcom.com(JEFFREY FREED) >> Newsgroups: rec.music.compose >> Subject: Experiments in Musical Intelligence >> Date: 17 Dec 1997 05:01...

•Quick query for the theater organ buffs... I'm curious about theater organ pipes because I have recently heard of replica 165s being made with theater organ pipes and coming out quite nicely. Now it almost sounds too good to be true to just waltz right into some warehouse full of old theater organ ...

•Marc Elbasani wrote several comments in Digest 971223. Let's take these one at a time. > ...I'm curious about theater organ pipes because I have recently > heard of replica 165s being made with theater organ pipes and coming > out quite nicely. ... What's more, I would imagine that theater organ > ...

•I missed a typo in the first sentence of my "Festival Organ" post last week. "Inactive" should be "interactive". The whole post with additional information is below. [ The spell-checker approved both words, of course, and Ye Editor [ was too inactive (sleepy) to intercede! -- Robbie "Festival Organ...

•Greetings to all. I have been a member of MMD since its inception and found it very informative and useful. As an aside I really miss several of the people that used to submit excellent technical articles. I hope they return soon. The main reason for posting the following is my desire to learn more...

•Wybe van der Wal's recent posting got me thinking about the little-known Cuban organ tradition. He mentioned the CD "Cien Anos de Tradicion" (100 Years of Tradition) released in 1995 by Holland's Royal Tropical Institute (PAN Records #4003 KCD). I purchased a copy over the Web from "teleCD", a Dutc...