•Hi -- To those asking about makers of new discs: these two fellows make new discs: 1. Barry Johnson Music Box Co., 2423-F Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94043, 415-964-0685 (beware of possible area code change); 2. Dwight Porter, RR 66, Box 424, Randolph, VT 05060, 1-802-728-9694. If you wa...

•Here are some sources for 15-1/2" Regina discs: Nancy Fratti Panchronia Antiquities Rte 4, Box 210 Whitehall, NY 12887-0210 TEL (518) 282-9770 9am-7pm EDT Mon-Fri FAX (518) 282-9800 musicbox@sover.net Barry Johnson 2423-F Old Middlefield Way Mountain View, CA 94043 TEL (650) 964-0685 Dwight Porter ...

•Hi -- My thoughts, for the lady who wants to learn how to make music boxes, is to contact Reuge in Southern California. They are at 1-800-reuge4u, or . Also, there is Barry Johnson in Menlo Park, Ca, 94025, 1305 Hoover St., 1-415-323-5268, and Dwight Porter, RR 66 Box 424, Randolph, VT 05060, 1-802...

•Last Sunday I "overheard" a Porter Swan Elite II musical box performing Christmas music, so naturally I came out of the store with CDs in hand. One (the first one listed) seems better-recorded than the other, although both sound good through my Klipschorn loudspeakers. My wife wants the musical box...

•Tom Detweiler wrote in asking where to find Barry Johnson. Barry is in California. If you look in the MBSI Directory, you will find his rather prominent ad in the back. Regards, Craig Smith [ For those, like me, who aren't MBSI members, here are the addresses [ furnished by Larry Greenfield in 9809...

•The Buffalo (New York) 'Evening News' dated 23rd July 1927, page 5, ran the following advert for Jelly Roll Morton's appearance at Crystal Beach, Ontario: Dance All Next Week To The Toe-Tingling, Soul Stirring Music By The World Famous 'Jelly Roll' Morton and his Red Hot Peppers, America's Premier ...

•Is Bob Streicher still around? I have not kept in contact with him for a couple of years. I've had him make parts for me in the past and I've always been happy with his work. I need to have more work done and I find that the number on his catalog no longer works and I cannot find a listing for him...

•Bob Streicher, the chap who provides a lot of wonder Ampico parts, offers just the punch you are looking for. It is a spring loaded affair and comes with a selection of punch tips. Select the tip you want, insert it in the handle, press down on your paper and the punch "fires" and resets for the ne...

•Not only vertical Steinways, but some of the grands have this problem with sticky center pins. I had a few of those Steinways, and tried every solvent imaginable to dissolve that green goo. Just when I thought I had found something, and the action was free and working nicely, then slowly, within si...

•I have a copy of the Ampico roll "President Harding March" played by Clair (assisted) which I would be willing to lend if someone wanted to copy it or scan it to produce a MIDI version. If interested, let me know when you would want to do it and how long it takes. I assume the scanning is completel...

•The aniline dye is the better direction to go. The Behlin dyes from Woodworkers Supply I have used many years with great success. Very small amounts of dye will produce large amount. 32 ounces will give you an amount needed for the piano assuming it is 6 feet or under. If you let me know the color ...

•Benjamin Intartaglia asked in 030708 MMDigest about the birth and death dates of some familiar piano roll artists, including Herbert Clair and Adam Carroll. I remarked: >[ Herbert Clair is possibly a pseudonym for Adam Carroll. When >[ Carroll left Republic for Ampico, Herbert Clair mysteriously >[...

•Nancy Fratti offers a catalog of music box recordings. Surely there must be some disc box recordings among them. Contact Nancy at for further details. The Porter Music Box Company has at least one CD of their modern (not antique) music boxes for sale. Look for their web site on the net for more inf...

•The 4th Annual Scott Joplin Retrospective concert at St. Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, New York, will be held on May 17, at 2 p.m. Admission is free and there will be a free barbecue. The performers are mechanical instrument collector Randolph Herr, who will demonstrate the Pianola Push-Up, th...

•Jim, I think that you could contact Porter Music Box Company about this. They sell new 15.5" discs. Porter Music Box Company, Inc. U.S. Route 66, PO Box 424, Randolph, VT 05060 (802) 728-9694 ~ (800) 635-1938 ~ FAX (802) 728-9699 info@portermusicbox.com.geentroep (delete .geentroep when emailing) h...

•Hello all, I apologize for my long absence in posts in this forum. I have tried to stick to my rule of not posting something unless I think it matters or will help somebody, etc. etc. I'm sure some of you may remember Mr. Randolph Herr's posting in February 24, 2009, MMDigest about Mr. Lemuel Fowle...

•I note that the new Liszt Piano Sonata Monograph website makes the claim, "For many years the roll was believed to have been lost or destroyed, but in March 2010 it turned up in a private collection in New York." This just isn't true! This roll was never lost, nor was it considered so in any genera...

•The current value of a standard 65-note push-up piano player is very low. They can be had for well under 100 GBP. When it comes to variants it is much harder to estimate a value. There are very few 88-note and 88/65-note push-ups around, but rarity does not necessarily mean valuable. Something is o...

•My 1921 Duo-Art test roll is different from Number 3 of 1927. In the '21 version the music at the end is Henselt's "La Gondola", and MacDowell's "Witches Dance". At the end of Test Roll No. 3 is "Valse in A", and "Indian Love Call" from Rose Marie. There are also some differences in the tests. Thes...

•Hi Dick, I checked on a friend of mine (post Sandy) in Astoria, very close to the Steinway factory. He told me everything was fine. He said there was little damage, there was no flooding and they had electric power. The Steinway factory is safely above sea level. Many of my customers were "hammered...