•I've thought of a way to add one more note in the melody section of the 66 key B.A.B. tracker bar scale without adding more holes. This would allow for easier transcribing of Wurlitzer 165 to 66 key B.A.B. and vice versa since you would have the topmost note in the melody that the current 66 key B...

•Albert Petrak's local piano man isn't exaggerating. I know dealers have a tendency to over-inflate and exaggerate their pianos capabilities, tone, superiority, etc. (Imagine!) But, having been the exclusive Alabama dealer for Mason & Hamlin since just after the Burgett's acquisition of this prestig...

•Last night on HGTV's "Extreme Homes" they showed a house which was designed and built around a Wurlitzer pipe organ! The house is owned by Fred and Eva Beeks of Skagway, Alaska. Fred purchased the organ in 1960, and when he and his wife moved to Alaska approximately ten years ago, they built their ...

•Hi All, I am doing a project for a customer involving a pipe organ and some dance/band organ book music. What I need to find out from some "knowledgeables" on this list, is what ranks or sets of pipes in the typical band and dance organ are always 'on', or in other words, not affected by the regist...

•In Mechanical Music Digest 001120, Ron Brazell had questions about a Wurlitzer 125 band organ. > First of all, is there (was there) any method of adjusting the > distance between the tops of the rods which push the valves in the > wind chest and the fingers on the vacuum pneumatics? There should be...

•In discussing the Golden Gate Park Carousel Organ, San Francisco, (MMD 010105) Julie Porter wrote: > What is the actual scale of the Style 107? The instrument in Golden > Gate Park was playing Wurlitzer 150 rolls. If there was more bass > notes in the original organ, would not Wurlitzer 125 rolls g...

•Dear MMDians, I know it's been long time, but I'm still in the hobby. As I see it, the appreciation of band-organs is sort of like one of those rare diseases that won't kill you, but stays with you forever. Hmmm... Anyway, I now have a table saw and I got my own bench planer (it's a 13" Ridgid!) an...

•A picture is attached of my Wilhelm Bruder Model 79 48-keyless organ. I am very keen to try and trace its history. It is exceptional as it came to me in virtually original condition -- the only things that appear to have been done were some crude repairs to the bellows, and some of the pipes were t...

•Jonathan Holmes writes, "I have a great worry about some of these historic instruments..." As I have said, before I am against this attitude of putting these things away in a museum. When these instruments were built there was _no_ air conditioning. There is a photograph of a Seeburg G sitting next...

•Hello all, Although I don't believe that anyone in recent MMDs have asked for scales, I am posting the three most popular Band organ scales in the U.S., the Wurlitzer 125, 150, and 165 organ scales. The information for these was extracted from previous postings, Reblitz and Bowers's ":Treasures of ...

•Hi all, I was reading "Player Piano Treasury" and wondering about some of the museums listed there. I have already searched the MMD Archives and Musica Mecanica, and I have heard of (or visited) some, including: Deansboro Music Museum, Deansboro, New York (auctioned off), Bellm's Cars and Music of ...

•I had to get in on the refinishing discussion even though I'm not a professional woodworker. I inherited a few antique (circa 18th century) pieces of furniture from New England and wanted to preserve the original finishes as much as possible. I found that Formby's Conditioner and Furniture Refinish...

•[ In 030307 MMDigest Frank Hassler asked: ] > Could you tell me the name of the song the Wurlitzer LX orchestrion > plays in the movie "The Naked Gun", and perhaps where to find the > sheet music? Hello Frank and MMD! I believe you will find that the music you hear in that movie is not in fact a ro...

•[ Ref. 031225 MMDigest, "FS: Robert Morton Player Organ in Dallas" [ described at http://hometown.aol.com/robertmorton24/index.html Am I alone in finding the tone of this forwarded contribution mildly offensive? Here we have an individual castigating organ collectors because they will not buy his C...

•The sketch at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/W165spec.html shows how a Wurlitzer 165 band organ might be played by hand using two MIDI-output keyboards. The converse is also possible. This is how I would connect the pouch switches and tracker bar to play a Wurlitzer Style 165 music roll on a pipe orga...

•Hi Group, I have recently acquired an organ of unknown origin. All of the guesses so far are that it is a German or Dutch. I have sent photos to Robbie that I hope he can post on MMD. It is the first time I have tried to send digital photos. I will list below all that I know or have been told about...

•Jeff Bridges wrote in 040820 MMDigest, "... the metal ones [organ pipes] are made out of (solid?) pewter." Metal organ pipes can be made from many alloys but pewter is not among them. Most metal pipes are pure solder, a mix of tin and lead, called pipe metal. They use various mixture of that. The m...

•Hi all, Kim Bunker here from http://www.playerpianos.com/ When I started in the player rebuilding business it was with my partner, Mr. Thomas Sheen. Tom is well known in the A.T.O.S. (American Theater Organ Society) as a theater organist with several known recordings. Over many years Tom and his go...

•Hi Group, Isn't MMD a fabulous resource -- Thank you Jody and Robbie! Just look at the response that Andrew Barrett got on his request for organ and tune information. Look at the help Tony Greer got on information on Ray Siou and the titles for his terrific CD set of Ray Siou's church-pipe organ. I...

•Hi All, In addition to Bruce Clark's "Odd objects ..." I remember going to service and tune the 48-keyless organ we built for the late John Carter that is fitted to the steam yachts. Upon inspection we found several lumps of coal (as expected, as the steam engine is alongside the organ), and a well...