•There has already been an offer regarding the music box side of the clock-music box combination. I just recently repaired an anniversary clock that belonged to my grandmother. I had previously brought it to a clock repair person and he could not get it to work for more than a couple of days. So, I ...

•The clock with the two ladies is not a 400 day clock and not even a torsion clock at all. It's a clock with a hairspring and balance. The balance happens to be the part with the two ladies. I have repaired several of them but I am too far away to help. The NAWCC is your best bet. Bernt Damm Sydney ...

•Dear Ms. Bromage, It is good to see your post and to hear that you've kept your Duo-Art and still use it for concerts, etc. That's wonderful. To my knowledge there are still some good technicians in and around upstate NY. Probably the closest to you, with experience in reproducing pianos, is Mr. Be...

•[ Ref. William Smith in 190312 MMDigest ] Hi William, From your description, "Thorens silver music box, 7x17x9, with 40 discs," I suspect that the music box you have is a cabinet of hand-etched or -engraved nickel silver over brass, made in India and imported into the USA by Fred Zimbalist Company ...

•I have some Ampico boxes that need repair and I am wondering what kind of repair tape have readers had the best luck with. This includes boxes where the label ends are loose on two sides. I would like to use a tape that is transparent as well as being fairly permanent. What do you suggest? Thanks f...

•Bobby Clark asks what repair tape is good for roll boxes [210609 MMD]. I have been using Scotch Magic Tape by 3M, 19 mm x 66 m, almost invisible and it seems to last for years without staining or deteriorating. I also use it for basic repairs to roll leaders, etc. Regards from sunny UK, Alan Whytoc...

•From Thomas Henden, Norway. I have an old WEBER PIANOLA PIANO, with an Aeolian player action in it, but it is probably wearing out, as it won't play good any longer. The notes has poor repetitioning, and the player action refuses to play at all, or the notes "shiver" if I don't pump very hard. It i...

A while back I became aware of a product called "Lake One Wood Repairer", available from Garrett Wade (and others) that has become a staple in our piano repair shop. It is a two part system, consisting of a powder and a liquid hardener, and, frankly, it is amazing stuff. Here's how it works... Mix t...

•There is a limit to the purist philosophy to which I will go in making repairs to a customer's upright player piano. I was asked how to go about "repairing" a bass bridge and suggested both a new bridge, a cap, and a repair as legitimate methods. To those who believe that "epoxy is messy," I would ...

"Repairing Wrinkled Rolls" -- what a fine example of alliteration that is, Jim Canavan; it rolls off the tongue beautifully! And I'm pleased that someone has brought the problem up. It's really disappointing to acquire a desirable roll in apparently excellent condition but which plays a few unwanted...

It is possible to repair and refit Rollmonicas. Their cases are brittle but repairs can be made with epoxy and cyanoacrylate glues if done properly. The main problem seems to be the cork gasket which dries out. In the case of a harmonica transplant, even a good cork gasket would not likely match bot...

•I can only comment as to what we have done since the 1950's in order to repair and glue ivories. First, we glue any ivories back on if they are loose. Sometimes we have to match them from our huge assortment of old ivories. We have recently tried white two-component epoxy for the white keytops. Thi...

•Hi everyone: This may seem like a silly question, but I am trying to mend some torn rolls and was wondering should the tape be placed on the back side of the roll paper or the top side. My opinion is the back side but haven't a clue which is right. If put on the top side there is always the possibi...

•In MMD970902 Eugene Rogers asks about repairing torn music rolls and wonders to which side of the paper one applies the tape. It has long been my practice to put the mending tape on the side of the paper _away_ from the tracker bar. The reason I do this is that I have observed a few major disasters...

•Larry Lobel was asking about repairing a loud buzz in the soundboard. The kind of buzzes caused by loose ribs are always the ones that seem tight. If they didn't, they wouldn't buzz, of course. Ribs that you can get a shim between aren't close enough to the soundboard to buzz at all. There are many...

•In a message dated 97-09-25 02:06:42 EDT, Bernt Damm writes: > you will need: ... Dentists infra-red light I believe that Bernt meant to write "Dentists' ultraviolet light". Most of the fast-setting tooth repair materials used by dentists cure with one or the other form of ultraviolet light. A (ver...

•Greetings from the carrousel restoration in Shelby, NC. Our recently acquired Artizan A-2 Band Organ has been entertaining (if extra loud) with the 16-gallon Shop-Vac replacing the vacuum bellows. Saturday I got some help removing the large General Electric motor (anyone know how to research old mo...

•A bit more on Roger Waring's query. Roger said the Steck in question had tubing that was 'original lead (80%) or red rubber (20%)'. Aeolian didn't use lead. The 80% is black rubber that has gone rock-hard. A complete retubing seems necessary. This will be an English Steck, not related to its Americ...

•Hello all, I would like to pass on my recent experiences with brittle paper in old rolls. I have been repairing such rolls using a special "Archival" tape, Filmplast-P, as recommended by John Phillips and others (MMD) and found it to be ideally suited to the task with many advantages over "magic ta...

•First of all, thank you Darrell Clarke for bringing this topic back in front of everyone. I'm a crusader for using this tape to repair all paper rolls, old and new! I wrote to about 5 companies to buy this tape back in 1996, and the one company that sends me catalogs regularly and seems most to wan...