[ Please welcome new member Karl Petersen. My thanks to Robbie [ for introducing Karl to us, and to Karl for subscribing and sending [ his bio on the same day. [ Jody Hello Jody. Robbie Rhodes filled me in on your great work as communication facilitator in addition to several other worlds of activi...

About 10 years ago, work pressures forced me into a hiatus from restoration, from which I am just now recovering. At the time I moved away from this avocation, however temporary, PPC was the major source of parts and supplies, with a few other folks, like Bob Streicher, just starting to make availab...

As I have just filled in (or as U.S. citizens would no doubt say, filled out) Jody's MIDI survey, I'm filled with a warm virtuous glow and that's enough to get this note written. I use a computer every day at work but it's mostly for word processing, although I have begun to analyze astronomical dat...

Doug Rhodes asked about "flexible" hide glue. Actually, it doesn't have to be "flexible." Believe it or not, Hide Glue works just fine in lapping cloth around open hinge pneumatics. I have used it in Seeburgs, Duo-Art accordion pneumatics, Schultz pouch pneumatics, etc. It works just fine. No proble...

Hobart, where I live, is the capital city of Tasmania, but it's really only a medium size town of about 185,000 people. There are not many genuine dyed-in-the-wool player fanatics about; in fact I haven't come across anyone who is as crazy as me. Consequently, even though I'm a rank amateur, I occas...

Colin Hinz asked about finding a good source of new key covering. I would also like to locate a reliable and good source for quality key covering. Recently one of my tuning customers moved into the area and brought a beautiful Mason and Hamlin completely rebuilt by a New York City "specialist." Ever...

•MMDer Claus Kucher has a seemingly inexhaustible archive of songs and stories. He shares with us here the stories behind "Lilli Marlene", known in Germany as "Lili Marleen". * * * Lilli Marlene Popular wartime song of early 1940's. Music by Norbert Schultze Lyrics by Hans Leip English lyric transla...

•There are as many opinions about Violano strings as there are Violano owners. Two gentlemen sell strings for the Violano by mail, and I have experience with both who are reliable. Mr. Terry Haughawout manufactures and markets replacement parts for just about every white metal part in the machine. H...

•[ reprinted from Digest 970712 ] MMDer Claus Kucher has a seemingly inexhaustible archive of songs and stories. He shares with us here the stories behind "Lilli Marlene", known in Germany as "Lili Marleen". * * * Lilli Marlene Popular wartime song of early 1940's. Music by Norbert Schultze Lyrics b...

•I used the Alta Vista search engine to find mention of Brundibar on the Internet. It was performed in September 1996 by the students of the Hamburg Christianeum Gymnasium. The review following is condensed and translated from the reviews by two 5th-grade teachers at the school, as reported at http...

•I am looking for a replacement 120V rewind drive gearmotor for an early 60's Kimball consolette. It says it's made by Brevel Products with a number 628B on it. I called Kimball's parts people and of course they said it's obsolete. No other good leads other than to cobble up something. Does anyone o...

•I am currently rebuilding, for my own entertainment, an Artrio Angelus 84-note push up player. Having heard all the horror stories about them I wasn't very interested until this came along. Most of the job seems straight forward with the exception of the stack. At this time it is completely disasse...

•Hello MMD. I was in our local Post Office the other day, mailing off a piano roll, when the postmistress said "Ooooh, have you got a pianola? We've got one at home but it hasn't worked since we moved into our new house." Because she looked at me very appealingly, I said I'd have a quick look to see...

•Cleaning out the storage area; I have several pianos for sale. 1. Mason & Hamlin BB (non-player) 1927. Newly refinished, brown mahogany gloss lacquer finish. Piano completely rebuilt professionally about 10 years ago. Artist bench included. $24,000 2. Weber Duo-Art art case grand. Lots of inlay and...

•The easiest way to remove anything that has been glued with PVC-E glue is use a heat gun. The glue gets soft when heated. This also goes for anything sealed with Phenoseal. If you want to get the glue off of the metal, try soaking them in water. I am currently working on a Schultz player that has c...

•I have examined several very early (ca. 1915-1921) Wurlitzer band organ roll masters and many late ones (1940-1967). There is no evidence suggesting that anything like a "recording organ" or a device similar to the ingenious arranging piano that J. Lawrence Cook used at the QRS factory was ever use...

•Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have to part with three player pianos. They are free, but you must take all three from my home in Lewiston, Michigan. The three pianos are a 1921 Story and Clark, a Kensington of about the same era, and a Schultz and Bauer. I also have two Hammond organs in playin...

•[ Ref. 080907 MMD "Seek Gulbransen Player Parts" by Brian Thornton ] Hello Brian: My advice is to forget even trying to make this thing play. As a player rebuilder of almost 50 years, let me say that one of the worst player pianos to rebuild, besides the Schultz actions, were the glued-together pla...

•This is my first time posting on here and I'm not very computer savvy yet so bear with me. On the subject of sealing valve pouches, occasionally when needed I've use a mixture of silicone sealer thinned with lacquer thinner. I couldn't say the exact proportions of what to what but kind of by feel. ...

•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...