•Somewhere (but where?) I have a roll of "Would You Like To Be A General With An Eagle On Your Shoulder (Or A Private With A Chicken On Your Knee)" Also, in a bunch of sheet music sent to me recently another gem lurked: "In Sweet Onion Time (I'll Breathe My Love To You)". The lyric of the first chor...

•The scenes with the Pianola were filmed in an annex of the famous Caird Hall in Dundee's City Square. The Square and the Great Hall itself, inside and out, were swathed in Soviet banners to emulate Moscow. Dundee Council was apparently receptive to this as it then had the reputation of being one of...

•I seek an antique Christmas coin-operated cylinder music box, 49 teeth, cylinder 11 cm. The movement is probably by L'Epée. It played four religious tunes (Adeste Fideles, O Holy Night, He is Born the Divine Christ Child, Angels We Have Heard ...). It was used at the beginning of the XXth century t...

•"How Hard Can That Thing Be To Fix?" Ah, someone who uttered those innocent and naive words evidently got their hands on an Ampico I'm restoring right now in my shop. Rather than describe the nightmarish destructive 'repairs' in a vain attempt to "make her play" -- 'repairs' which necessitate remak...

•[ Ref. Dave Stevens in 150715 MMDigest I downloaded the free MIDI player mentioned in the 150715 MMDigest. I have not used it yet but did notice a mention that you can select different MIDI devices for systems up to Windows 7. This is probably because Windows 8 made it more difficult to do so -- it...

•First, set the pump spill with the roll speed at zero Tempo. Set the Crescendo screw so that it shows equal threads on either side of the threaded casting, taking into account the lock nut doesn't figure into the visible threads. The expression diving board should be ever so slightly closer on the ...

•Anthony J. Showalter composed a tune in 1887 which included some initial lyrics intended to comfort recent widowers. He was later assisted by Elisha A. Hoffman to fill out the work as a proper hymn, which is still sung in modern times. The refrain ends with the phrase, "leaning on the everlasting a...

•Ensure the spill valve is properly seated. Disconnect the stack supply hoses individually from the stack, one at a time, and stop them off to the pump to see if there are leaks at the stack or pump. Check the crescendos to see if they are collapsing. Check the movement of the diving board valves to...

•Dear friends, I am very sorry to inform you of the death today of Patrick Handscombe, known to everyone as Paddy, at the age of 75. Paddy was erudite, very knowledgeable about the Pianola and the reproducing piano, ebullient, generous and his laugh was loud and infectious. His very full life encomp...

Here's an individual offering some reproducing and non-reproducing piano rolls for sale in Columbus, Ohio. I thought I'd pass the list along to automatic-music in case anyone's looking for rolls. - Mark Fontana - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1...

I missed the original message from Robbie Rhodes in AMD 95.11.01 quoted by dick@via.at (Claus Kucher), mentioning Artis Wodehouse's interest in "randomizing" : > the timing of a heavily-edited piano roll performance in order to > make it sound more like a live performance. The only respectable ambit...

•Jody & Robbie, I just laughed myself silly over this one. You might want to include this in the Sunday edition. [ It's just what Joyce Brite needs! :) -- Robbie ] - - - AN ANNOTATED THERMOMETER (degrees Fahrenheit) +50 ~ New York tenants turn on the heat ~ Minnesotans plant gardens +40 ~ California...

•[ Mark Forer is a self-avowed insomniac, which explains his great [ knowledge about all those old movies which appear on TV in the wee [ hours of the morning! He is also a successful producer of television [ advertisements, and, as becomes evident in his letter following, has [ certain recent exper...

•[ Reprinted from MMDigest 971116 ] Jody & Robbie, I just laughed myself silly over this one. You might want to include this in the Sunday edition. AN ANNOTATED THERMOMETER (degrees Fahrenheit) +50 ~ New York tenants turn on the heat ~ Minnesotans plant gardens +40 ~ Californians shiver uncontrollab...

•(Editor: Craig Brougher was kind enough to suggest posting to MMD the following info which I sent to him.) [Thanks to both you and Craig, then; it's fascinating! -- Robbie] I've been examining my Pistonola action. Unfortunately it's disassembled and I'm unable to measure actual vacuum levels, but p...

•Dear MMds, The specialized auction, which was held on Sunday, Dec. 8th, 2002, was a success, although the general international and economical context is rather unfavourable. (For the illustrated catalogue and complete results, see the MMD Auctions web site at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Auctions ) Here...

•My sarcastic brand of humor just couldn't let this thread go without a comment. My apologies up front to anyone I might offend, because no offense is intended, just a good ribbing to show the absurd level this debate has gotten to on keeping our instruments original. I guess that Robbie is an elect...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I enjoyed reading the thread Paul Murphy started about enjoying both classical and pop rolls. When I bought my piano a number of years ago, it came with a collection of 65-note classical rolls. The box of these lay dormant for a number of years (...

•Hi All, Time to chime in here. As with almost every job, there is a good way, a better way, and the best way to get the job done so it lasts. Stripped screws are no different. The best method to use depends on the factors involved. To say that any one method is the best is pure foolishness because ...

•Daniel Cox wrote in 071125 MMDigest: > I read with interest the lament that mechanical music videos > on YouTube show very little of the behind-the-scenes action > that produces the music. That was me. I lament a lot. > I myself have a YouTube page and have at present twelve clips online. > My late...