•DeBence Museum has a Stafford Nickelodeon on which we disconnected some tubing while tuning. We do not know how to reconnect it properly (our bad mistake). There are 6 unit valves on the back of the piano, mounted above and to the rear of the stack. Allan Stafford did not follow the normal O-Roll t...

•[ Ref. 210622 MMD, Seek Help to Repair Allan Stafford Nickelodeon ] In a normal O-roll, [tracker bar] hole 18 is used for shutoff. When rewind is complete this hole shuts off the roll before the first song starts. Is it used for any other function during the actual songs? The hole that shuts off th...

•For sale: We have 3 QRS Recordo rolls which we cannot user. They are A615220 "Operatic Potpourri", A613300 "Sonata in F major", and M610750 "A Basket of Roses (A Novelette)". We will entertain any reasonable offer, as we have no use for them. Please make us an offer. Scotty Greene - DeBence Museum ...

•The beginning selection is the Coronation March from "Le Prophète", an opera by Meyerbeer. Can't help with the rest. Jack Greenleaf

•Greetings from the DeBence! We are currently trying to prioritize our projects here at the museum with our limited manpower and as such are looking to offload this project to anyone interested in it. This was begun by Scotty Greene in his time as the director of the museum, however we no longer hav...

•For sale: an early GEM roller organ, factory dated "April 16 1891". Restored to good working order by Walter Moore. Includes 3 cobs. Price $350.00, additional cobs available at $10.00 each. Send for list. Jack Greenleaf Westlake, Ohio j.greenleaf@outlook.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]...

•1906 Concert Roller Organ Serviced by Harold Draper at Roller Organ Restorations Looks good and plays great. Comes with 3 original cobs and 3 reproduction cobs $500.00 Jack Greenleaf Westlake, OH 44145 J.greenleaf@outlook.geentroep [1906 Concert Roller Organ Image 1 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attac...

•Mike Green requested information re: Themodist expression box. Our message did not go to his EMail so we're posting it here. > Hi Mike, > > Perhaps we can help you. We have quite a few Aeolian parts available. > Give us the mounting holes and tubing sizes required. Is the Themodist > box the only p...

•[ Mike Green wrote in 030513 MMDigest about his trouble with [ poor adhesion of the thick bellows cloth to the wood. If the problem is getting bellows cloth to stick to the wood, the procedure is not difficult providing that you're using the right materials. First and foremost, only use hot hide gl...

•"Going green" or just cheap? As I was inspecting some old rolls, I noticed that the roll in the box was not the one on the label. I pulled off the left flange and noted that the paper was different part way through. I unrolled the roll only to find an identical label at the end with a leader with a...

•The green Anderson & Co. "1920's QRS recording player piano" recently sold on eBay is certainly not the instrument used by Cook in his studio at the Aeolian Corporation building, 33 West 57th Street, New York City. For another view of that piano, go here: http://www.doctorjazz.co.uk/cookbw.jpg Clea...

•Scotty Green asks about the addition of thin leather along the outer edges of bellows stiffeners, on the inside face, which extend into the glued joint. He should certainly copy this design in his rebuilding. In fact, this is the correct way of installing stiffeners in bellows, if you are going to ...

•Larry Greenfield asked about Jewish player piano rolls. I answered him privately, but recent postings lead me to answer publicly as well. My wife Ginny will probably clobber me for letting the cat out of the bag early -- we will eventually add Foreign Language rolls to our Rollo- graphy. Sometime. ...

•Larry Greenfield wrote: > If I pursued the idea with Mr. Lansky -- about a player piano with > rolls and a MIDI at the book center -- and he liked the idea, and > thought worthy of further investigation, would anyone else on the MMD > be willing to help me? Larry, I would be interested in helping. ...

•Larry Greenfield said: > Also, Mr. M. R. Phillips, "Merlewood", The Loan, West Linton, > Peebleshire, England EH46 7HE phone (01968) 661039 -- he belongs > to the American Lock Collector's Association, he knows of something > called W. Hobby Ltd., that makes small parts. Hope this helps. Larry: If ...

•[ Larry Greenfield welcomed Ozkan in Digest 980108: [ [> Can Ozkan give us any insight into the world of pneumatic [> instruments and music boxes in Turkey? And how do you write [> "thank you" and "Hello" on Turkish? So long for now. [> [> Larry Greenfield Merhaba (Hello) to Larry and All, first of...

•[ Larry Greenfield wrote about Reuge SA, Switzerland. ] They have also a very nice home page: www.reugemusic.com Regards Peter Leutwiler

•Larry Greenfield wrote to MMD seeking a mover for a piano from Los Angeles to the East Coast. May I suggest contacting Gene Sandberg at 818-896-8537. Gene is home-based in Los Angeles, but travels periodically across most of the country. You may have a long waiting period at times, but eventually G...

•Larry Greenfield wrote: > ... we need more music box input. Good timing, Larry! After listening to the "Phantom of the Opera" soundtrack for the umpteenth time this past weekend, I have a music box question. A music box with a monkey figure is the focus of attention several times during the musical...

•[ Larry Greenfield wrote: ] > I would warn everyone to not use Mail Boxes Etc. to ship > anything musical of any value. [snip] I suggest that you > talk to UPS, or find a private local packer/shipper. Be aware that Mailboxes, Etc. is a franchise of UPS. A. B. Bonds