•Greetings all, I read in a previous posting that Randolph Herr's Steinway D R may have ended up in Portland, Oregon. On spec, I spoke with the folks at Classics Piano (the largest shop here) and they have no knowledge of the instrument. They told me that they do not get involved in reproducers or p...

•Hi everyone, Can any of you answer any of the following questions? 1. Who was 'Randolph' who recorded for the Gulbransen Music Roll Co.? 2. Was there ever a recording piano (i.e., a player that was used to record rolls) that could be mistaken for a normal player piano without close inspection? 3. W...

•I have been servicing pianos and player pianos for 25 years in Connecticut. The problem mentioned by Randolph Herr is very common in Steinway uprights and grands from the early part of the 1900's. Several lubricants seem to work, but I have found no permanent solution to the problem except to repla...

•I have an unrestored Virtuola upright. I can't open the lid right now so I can't tell you what the serial number is. I bought this piano many years ago in New York City through MMD member Randolph Herr. This particular piano has an inlayed case in fine original condition and was used in an expositi...

•I have waited to hear a selection of replies before giving mine, although I have replied in detail to Randolph Herr as to the problems and short-comings involved. I would simply suggest that, before any conversion is done to any instrument, you go to listen, or buy an audio recording of, an instrum...

•Hi all, In response/addition to this subject I want to add some more information. Just adding foot pedals will not do the job as mentioned by Randolph Herr. This is due to the fact that the pump pressure is much higher than any human can pump. This is easily noted by observing that the equalizer is...

•Monday, Nov. 17th, at the Museum for the American Piano in Manhattan, New York City, there was a terrific pianola concert given by fellow AMICAN and MBSI member Randolph Herr. While all of the technical equipment -- including tape recorder, video camera and the computer power point system -- all fa...

•Mark Kinsler wrote in 060113 MMDigest: > My music teacher told me yesterday that the only reason we have the > Brandenburg Concertos was that someone noticed that there were > musical notes on the paper they were wrapping around some meat. Randolph Herr replied in 060117 MMDigest: > I never heard t...

•I have a German-built "Gotha" Steck 7'4" Pianola grand that can fairly certainly be dated to the end of 1908 (which was the year that Edwin Votey filed several patents covering the extended-case player grand). It has exactly the same cast-iron keybed and massive construction that Randolph Herr note...

•Has anyone contacted the music box builder, Porter Music Box Co. in Randolph, Vermont. They even make their own discs. Larry Leonard Laconia, New Hampshire

•Following recent postings regarding keyboard touch weight, I thought that I would share my experience. Randolph Herr's comments make perfect sense. If there were no friction, the down-weight readings of all keys would be virtually the same. The difference in the readings can be due to friction in t...

•Maria Elena Gonzalez has an exhibit planned at the Museum of Arts and Design, a piano roll with perforations in the form of birch bark patterns, Skowhegan Birch #1. Randolph Herr will be playing the roll. She would also like to include a Conlon Nancarrow piano roll. Does anyone have one that she ca...

•Ron Brewer is 100% first class and wonderful in the moving of automatic musical instruments, and I have used him multiple times. Dwight Porter of Randolph, Vermont, similarly is deserving of accolades. He has restored many cylinder and disc music boxes for me, including those that had been "restore...

•Tony Marsico's experience reminded me of my own. In the 1980s I bought a Steinway AR from Randolph Herr with the Duo-Art system removed from it (not by Randolph, of course, who was a collector). I located a Steinway AR stack and later other parts and slowly reconstructed the reproducing system with...

•[ Ref. Don Teach in 170204 MMDigest ] Further to Don Teach's remarks on the conclusion of the Randolph Herr saga, I think we can all agree it is indeed terribly sad, and for several reasons. The loss of a friend and colleague, unrealized projects, and a grim future for the instruments in question d...

•Here's a MIDI file of "Happy Days Are Here Again", played by Phil Lynch on Atlas piano roll no. 3975: https://tinyurl.com/t8wmcvv8 "Happy Days Are Here Again" This MIDI file was made from a video by Randolph Herr. The video was recorded at only 30 frames per second and the video reader made the tem...

Forwarded Message: • From: dvimktg@ix.netcom.com To: ALL Subj: **FS: 1905 Nickelodeon Area: 3-rec.antiques Date: 04/22/95 ==================================================================== •Rare 1905 Wurlitzer nickelodeon - 44 key piano with mandolin. Oval, beveled glass front; older restoration b...

Ref: MECHANICAL MUSIC SOURCES, digest 950705 MECH MUSIC SOURCES 7/95, Addenda #1, digest 950711 Collector Bob Fine of San Bernardino gave me this reference for music box disks. Fine needs a source of 44-note Pianolean (Tonawanda) rolls (not Pianino), and will arrange for copying. Any Pianolean fans ...

Terry Smythe posted a forwarded message regarding Regina 15 inch Christmas discs. I will respond to the originator of the message as well, but for all those with a similar interest, a good source of high quality new Regina discs is: Dwight Porter RR 2, Box 27A Sunset Hill Randolph, Vermont, 05060 Ph...

•In the 971118 MMDigest, Bill Sheltmire asked: "Is it possible to receive a list of music box manufacturers world wide ?" Arthur Ord-Hume's recent Book The Musical Box (1995, Schiffer Publishing), contains an Index of Makers, Inventors, and Patentees which comprises Chapter 13 of the book. While ext...