•I am looking for a pianolist with a player piano who would play my new piano roll, "Skowhegan Birch #2," which probably runs 12 to 15 minutes. I need to video the playing of it for an exhibition. Here is a YouTube link to "Skowhegan Birch #1" which Randolph Herr played for me, to give you an idea o...

•Modeska piano highboy secretary desk by Janssen Has anyone out there in MMD-land come across, seen, or even heard of the Janssen "Modeska" piano? An associate of mine just purchased one. The name "B.H. Janssen" is cast into the plate (it's not a "stencil" make). The Modeska was a small upright pian...

•This is it, perhaps the only unused Standard pedal mat on Earth! It was found in a warehouse with the original protective cardboard still tacked in place (hence the two tiny tack holes in the now-petrified rubber.) I've been intending to duplicate these -- and made some progress figuring out the pr...

•Greetings, Again I am revisiting the subject of 9'6" Steinway Model D R Duo-Arts; I'd like to know what other structural differences existed between them and standard D's. Aside from the lengthened cases, were there differences in the cross-beams underneath, to accommodate the mechanism? Were the c...

•"Tree Talk", a solo exhibition of my work using birch tree markings for player piano rolls, will be presented at Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, California, on Saturday, January 26th, 2019, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Randolph Herr performed the first exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in ...

•Hi, I thought I would post a list of some of (what I think are) the best YouTube channels with mechanical music instruments: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9z-HBeqDv0wCT3jmF3s__w This channel is purely made up of videos depicting a beautiful Themola player piano. There are over 300 videos to dat...

•So I started scanning videos myself since I got Adobe Premiere. I got some really good results, and without me having to rely only on my friend for scanning. (The process is difficult and time consuming so it's understandable that he didn't want to do a lot of scans unless the videos were good.) I ...

•Recently I've been searching for piano roll videos of rare and old Ampico and Duo-Art piano rolls. I process those videos with the PlaySK Roll Reader to produce pretty decent quality MIDI files but lately there just has been a huge lack of piano roll videos on YouTube that could be processed. I'm o...

•Would anyone have a photograph of a motor from an 11-inch Regina glass-front vertical coin-op to share? We have some, but not all, of the mechanism. Thanks. Lynn Bilton Randolph, Ohio [ 11 inch Regina coin-op motor [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/23/03/03/230303_072110_Regina-11-Coinop-Motor...

•[ Ref. Julian Dyer, Duo-Art Recut Roll Catalogue Updated [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/202401/2024.01.09.02.html I just wanted to quickly point out that the Walter Donaldson Popular Song Medley piano roll for Duo-Art wasn't played by the composer, it was arranged by Frank Milne. It's ...

•> Hi Jody, Just came across this web site and saw your name and > thought maybe you could help me. I am looking for a guy who makes > reproduction Regina music box disks. Someplace I saw people talking > about him. I believe his name is Barry Johnson. Have you ever heard > of him and if so, do you ...

•Hi, my name is Jake Davies and I'm from London. I am in New York at the moment, making a record, and the artist I am working with has written a song for a music box. We are trying to find the best way to get a music box sound for her composition. Does anyone have any suggestions about the options a...

•I see three possibilities - first, there are instructions for making an 18-note movement in the MMD archives from a friend of mine who actually did it. If that's all you are looking for, that's your easiest and cheapest way. Second, the Porter Music Box company can punch new disks for the 15" Regin...

•As Lewis Carroll said in "The Hunting of the Snark," "What I tell you three times is true." So all we need is a third person to come forward and claim that "Just A Memory" is a waltz, and it will be! One of the problems researchers have to guard against is repeating inaccurate information in print ...

•If someone is interested in cataloging the AudioGraphic rolls, they will find a head start on my web site. I have a Duo-Art Catalog for download on the download page. It is a compilation of several sources and was recently edited for consistency of format and to remove redundant entries and elimina...

•[ MaryAnn wrote in 050216 MMDigest: >> Hi, I am trying to find someone who can do work on an Empress >> music box. I also need a wind key. Dear MaryAnn, Your Empress disc musical box was made by a Swiss company named Mermod Freres (Mermod Brothers). It is their brand named Mira which was sold by th...

•Hello, It is interesting to hear restorers who are adamant about using original materials and then hear of problems caused by using the same. The problem is that original materials are not available today. What we have is a range of imitations, from good to bad. Unless materials available today are...

•Hi Guys, Here is a new Style 165 Band Organ roll -- Roll No. 6843 sells for $95.00 each and includes shipping. To place your order today call 1-860-261-5923 or fax us at 1-860-845-8339 or you can e-mail me at wurlitzer153organrolls@comcast.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] or you can mai...

•When I read Fred Fey's inquiry in 110114 MMDigest about where to get a replacement gear for his Wurlitzer duplex roll frame, the name "Doyle Lane" immediately came to mind. Then I sadly realized in the next moment that Doyle is gone. Does anyone know what has become of Doyle's mechanical music rest...

•While going through the amazing piano roll collection that belonged to John Farrell, I came across a roll that intrigued me. It is labeled "Marvel Mystery Roll," and has the following note written on the leader in John's handwriting: "In July 1999 I visited John and Nan Flint (in Michigan, USA). Th...