•For sale: 1. Mortier accordion, 41-note piano key treble and 36-note bass with smaller piano keys, needs restoration; 2. Maas Rowe 25-note brass tube chimes and operating solenoids, no keyboard. Bob Smith So. California rawalnut46@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] ...

•I am putting out a request for used piano rolls, anything not jazzy or rocky. I prefer marches and popular songs, e.g., "Seventy-Six Trombones" or "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Anyone can contribute to this. My current collection is 41 rolls. Luke Myers ldmyers95@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".g...

•I am researching a discography of Symphonion discs issued for the 3-disc Eroica musical box. To help complete the list I am seeking identification of tunes and composers for the following disc sets: 8005, 8055, 8119, 8131, 8145, 8146, 8148, 8149, and any number above 8164. In addition, I have data ...

•I would like to know if anyone has a "newer" Connorized roll, No. 6533, of which the tune is "Will You Remember". The song is the "Sweetheart Duet" from "Maytime", music by Sigmund Romberg, 1917. My own Connorized roll of that same tune has about had it and I don't want it to be damaged any more. L...

•So just this afternoon I find a Craigslist ad for a coin piano stating: "Coin operated player piano. The piano was made in NYC. Has better than average sound and playing ability. Stays in tune very well. Most player pianos were built with cheap pianos because they were used as machines not pianos t...

•[ Ref. Julie Porter in 161013 MMDigest ] If one wants a modern computer with a parallel port (so you can drive "old hardware), and if you are willing to assemble the PC (these days, just a motherboard, case w power supply, bit of memory and a cheap hard disk), search for "Mini ITX" motherboards, an...

•For sale: a 1915 grandfather clock in an oak Mission Style clock case, 7 feet tall, with a Regina Chime music box in the base of the clock. The chime movement [saucer bells] plays 1/6 of the music disc each hour on the hour. The sale includes one original 12-1/8-inch Regina disc and 8 re-cut discs...

•I recently acquired a hoard of Ampico Rolls. Mixed in were these two 88-note recuts from the Automatic Music Roll Company run by Frank Adams. Collectors remember the Adams recuts as top notch quality from the boxes to the paper and spools. I don't think these rolls were ever played. I tested them a...

•For sale: 3 discs for Regina 20-3/4" disc music box: (1) The Holy City, Sacred Song, Adams 5294, $40.00. (2) Stars and Stripes Forever, $30. (3) Home Sweet Home, $30. All are in excellent playing condition. Angelo Rulli angelorulli@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•I am a piano technician. My client asked me to tune her barrel piano. I've tried to remove the barrel to get access to the hammers but it is held in by a component that I can't remove. There must be a way to remove this barrel, I just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. Allan Day al...

•I still remember the first time that I tried to play a roll with the old Artemis player action in the piano. I had gotten _everything_ fixed -- or so I thought. Lo and behold, when I pumped, nothing happened. It took me a while after that to realize that it takes a lot more than just "hooking up ho...

•I would love to read the article by Kevin Kline about the thirty Nicole Freres Variations boxes he found. It was published by MBSI in winter 2002/03, I understand. Could anyone scan it and email me a copy please? I can't find one on the web. Brian Chesters lowtonroad@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".g...

•Just this evening I ran across the third (and _only_ the third) Krell "Auto-Player" piano that I have seen in Craigslist over the past twelve months. It's located in Vancouver, Washington. [See "For sale on the Internet" http://www.mmdigest.com/ForSaleOnTheInternet.html ] It seems like I run across...

•It amazes me when I see the huge amount of music rolls for sale on eBay called "vintage" and "antique". Most persons out there are completely clueless as to what the current value of a roll is. I saw one single Duo-Art roll selling just the other day for $80 -- I kid you not! This is ridiculously s...

•Is there someone out there in MMD-land available to service a 1960s (maybe '70s) vintage "Pianola" in Norfolk, Connecticut? (Norfolk, CT, is maybe 20 minutes from Great Barrington, Mass.) Please let me know, or respond to client, Buzz Peacock, at buzz12561@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" t...

•How about playing the player piano for a few rolls instead of wasting time on an iPod? I'm sure most of us here have a lot of fun pumping our players. I've never had more fun than pumping away at mine! I consider the player piano one of, if not the best, musical inventions to be created. There are ...

•This is a Mills Violano Virtuoso back door which means a 44-note piano. The unit is played by QRS solenoids driven by Klinger Electronics. It plays style "A" music roll files and Wurlitzer Pianino music also, plus other roll files. A YouTube video of it playing is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

•I have for sale a DeLuxe player piano roll, number B-2897, "Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Dances)", played by Nora Winogradoff-Gorges. This roll is for a Welte Licensee reproducing piano. Will sell for $12. First person to respond gets it. Interested party must have a functional Welte reprodu...

•[ Ref. 150331 MMDigest, "1910 Krell Auto-Grand Piano" Well, after a year or so of searching, I finally found a matching player piano made by Krell. This one was found in the Allentown Craigslist, in the "antiques" section. I contacted the seller in hopes of getting a few in-depth pictures of the pi...

•For sale in England, will post internationally: storage sleeves for Polyphon 19-5/8" discs. Proven anti-rust sleeves (volatile corrosion inhibitor film) encased in a cardboard "record sleeve" outer with Polyphon image printed on the front. This is a long-term storage solution. Cost £12 per sleeve p...