•[ Ref. Ralph Schultz in 121225 MMDigest Hi Ralph and others, I have an Artizan test roll for an Artizan A2. Do you know anyone who could make copies? Also, I can probably loan it to you. Please contact me through the site. Regards, Eric Stelter ericstelt@yahoo.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to ...

•Hi, all -- Matthew Schultz asked about a piano roll of "Mamma's Gone Good-bye" [sic]. Robbie's answer listed the QRS roll of the tune as played by the composer, then mentions that audio can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kA9a8IJZQ Now, that audio is Piron's orchestra's rec...

•[ Ref. Matthew Schultz in 210121 MMDigest ] Hi All, in my opinion the best and only source for zephyr skin that is from Laukhuff Organ Supply in Germany! That is where Organ Supply acquires their stock from. When ordering from Laukhuff I recommend ordering the Heavy Zephyr (Darmleder) so that you a...

•[ Ref. Matthew Schultz in 210121 MMDigest ] Another excellent source for all kinds of leather is Columbia Organ Leathers. They've been around a good while and I've never heard anything bad about them, though I have not personally used them. https://www.columbiaorgan.com/columbia-leather-home/ Denni...

•[ Ref. Ralph Schultz in 250613 MMDigest ] There is no solution for treating this problem with paper. The rolls in question were probably made from cheaper wood-pulp. It might be worth ironing the affected area with a warm (_not hot!_) iron using a piece of clean paper over the surface to isolate th...

•[ Ref. Ralph Schultz in 250613 MMDigest ] My understanding is that once paper is brittle it is irreversible. The best practice is to reduce damage in advance using deacidification. There is a product called Bookkeeper Deacidification Spray, available from The Library Supply. I have no experience wi...

•In response to Ralph J. Schultz who seeks "G" rolls of Polka music. The only all-polka roll that I know of is by J. Lawrence Cook, roll JLC 15. In general, his arrangements are not great, but they may suffice for dancing. Seeburg and Automatic made a number of Polish rolls that may have polkas; the...

•I'd like to inform everyone that I have been contacted by Matt Schultz and Mike Cornfield and they both have a copy of this roll, Atlas 3975, that can be scanned. I emailed Matt and asked if he could do the scan as he already has a Spencer Chase perforator built and working for the most part (still...

•In 970712 MMDigest Robbie translated the article from German to English: > ... Five years ago Schultze canceled the celebration of his 80th > birthday because of a golf match -- this time it should be different! Sorry Robbie, this was the not a stroll -- instead the "Gulf War" happened as revenge w...

•I have tried a lot of sets violin strings and found the best setup for my machine: I'm using Ralph Schultz's bow wheels (broken in). I use for A and E strings plain steel guitar strings, .010" and .014". For D and G strings I'm using the Helicore by D'Addario; seems to work the best. These strings ...

•"Notenrollen selbst gemacht" -- "Self-made Music Rolls" -- is the title of the article by Reiner H. Schulte which appears in Das Mechanische Musikinstrument for April 1998. The author owns and operates a 25-key Wrede crank-organ which plays rolls, but he wanted more music. So he made the spools fro...

•My Christmas wish is to find this roll, the "Blue Danube Arabesques" (Strauss/Schultz-Evler); this is one of the best masterpieces I have heard. A couple of times many years ago I heard it on a untuned old piano with a push-up player in front of it. Arrangements were made with our local technical m...

•Hello, there was a post in 2010 about a Philipps Duca reproducing system built in a Scholze, Georgswalde, upright piano. The post was by John Tuttle, and there was a comment from Robbie which was incorrect and should be corrected. I own two Philipps Duca instruments with exactly the same system and...

•Hi Group, "Pianoflage" by Roy Bargy was asked about by Matthew Schultz. > Might anyone have a copy of Play-Rite 174-A, "Pianoflage," > by Roy Bargy they would like to sell? It is also available on Ampico roll number 68751E. Jack M. Conway Los Angeles, CA 90039

•[ Bob Yoder wrote in 180810 MMDigest -- > But I also have five rolls from a mysterious "HS" Schutzmarke > (copyright notice), made in Germany. The cut seems specific, > and some rolls have square punches. The roll Bob Yoder is asking for details about is a "Virtuola" roll for the Römhildt [Roemhild...

•Greetings all, The inquiry about the spinetizing reminded me of my first player: a 1924 Schultz, that had a mirror at the top of the case. The case ends had been cut down to just above the spool box. The top had also been modified by decreasing the width, so it would accommodate the mirror at the b...

•Hello, S.M. stands for Schüller & Meissner from Leipzig. We have several of their catalogues in our collection, as well as about 1,500 rolls, most of them 88-note. They also produced 65-note rolls, and we also have a few 73-note rolls with the SM label. Some late 88-note SM rolls are identical to H...

George Bogatko concluded (digest 960201) > The last person to make millions from the kind of music we like > stole it from Scott Joplin. I played with a "Silver Cornet Ragtime Orchestra" of college kids in the 1960's, after "The Red Back Book" LP by Gunter Schuller hit the Number One position in the...

A few days ago, Harry Couchman in Australia, requested some assistance regarding restoration of his Schultz player piano. I dug up for him some old documentation out of my files and was prepared to photocopy them and send them out by snail mail. Harry might receive the stuff in about 2-3 weeks. An i...

Greetings folks. I just obtained the paper roll reader, rolls and keyboard for a set of old Schulmerich "Carillonic Bells". The actual electromechanical bells are still in use, but will be replaced in the future. =)¶¶ Briefly: Continuous-loop paper rolls, 9-3/4" width. 30 holes, spaced 5/16" apart. ...