•Michael, I think what you are referring to is the dreaded pouch pneumatics inside the stack of the Schulz. There are very good pictures of the stack and instructions in the book by Art Reblitz. I've rebuilt two of them and after I did it I was told by Dick Carty that the best way to recover those p...

•For a picture and information on the M. Schulz stack, visit http://www.player-care.com/system11.html You can also buy a service manual there. Also, check the MMD Archives. If I recall correctly there was a discussion on pouch material for these actions a few years ago. Andy Taylor

•Ah, the old M. Schulz player with the mini-pneumatics. Loved by few and hated by many (if you were rebuilding them, that is). Rather than to put up with the hassle many rebuilders would rather toss them out the window faster than Clark Kent could change into Superman. After rebuilding six of these ...

•Hi, I wanted to install an auto rewind unit in my 1921 M. Schulz player piano. I had one I had taken off another piano, but the hoses were undone so I couldn't see where they went. Mine is a homemade unit I think, like new and works good, but do not know how it goes on. It has two smaller tracker b...

•I am looking to see if anyone has a copy of the M. Schulz repair and service book. I'm not looking for the little paper booklet with like 30 pages, I have that one. They made a hard cover book as well, does anyone have a copy of that? Also, I'm looking to see if anyone has any old catalogs or adver...

•I have a M. Schulz Piano Co. player piano action with the famous tiny pneumatics inside the value chest. Rolls with wide holes and short notes plays the best. On some long notes the keys flutter up and down rapidly. Newer rolls with thin paper and thin holes don't play so well, either. Any ideas? M...

•Matthew Schultz asked (16.08.18 MMD) if the tracking device in his Schulz player could be modified into a better-working tracker system. There was a discussion someplace on-line a couple of years ago (I can't find it now) about how to add Amphion-style tracker fingers to the tracker bar. The drop-d...

•I came across a M. Schulz Aria Divina grand player piano. No rolls and not working, but it's complete. Is a Schulz Aria Divina worth saving? Does anyone have some rolls for it that I could obtain? Bernt Damm Sydney [ The Schulz "Aria Divina" played Recordo rolls. See [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archi...

•This is in response to Mr. Bernt Damm's email in 170116 MMDigest: > Is a Schulz Aria Divina worth saving? > Does anyone have some rolls for it that I could obtain? Dear sir, Although I have not yet personally played or heard a Schulz piano (yet), I understand that as musical instruments they have a...

•For sale: M. Schulz Co. (Chicago) baby grand with Recordo expression player, mahogany case, partially refinished. Piano mechanism working, player mechanism needs rebuild; all parts are accounted for, currently disassembled. $500. Contact George Veveris Santa Fe, New Mexico tel.: 1-505-988-9116 cvev...

•Hi all, About three years ago (January, 2017) Andrew Barrett of California posted an article about Schulz Recordo pianos and their rolls from QRS which were supposed to be 16-step rolls. I'd like to know a bit more about the rolls (if they looked similar to half Duo-Art rolls with long chain perfor...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- A local restaurant has asked me to install an electric pump in their M. Schulz (Waldorf upright) player. I have some knowledge of players, but am weak in troubleshooting. I was trained at Aeolian to service their players manufactured in the early...

•I am looking for some Aria Divina rolls for a "Marionette" miniature grand piano with Aria Divina player, made by M. Schulz in 1928 or 1929. I am also wondering if the tubing schematic is the same as the Grand Aria Divina. I just saved this little bugger from going into a dumpster. Unfortunately I ...

•Hello MMD and Scott Lesniak. According to the Billings Rollography, Aria Divina rolls are Recordo coded, and there are plenty of QRS Recordos to be found. I have two Aria Divina rolls and they play perfectly well on my Gulbransen Recordo upright. John Phillips in Hobart, Tasmania

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I own a 1918 Steinway player grand that has the brackets for the player, but is missing the player itself. Can anyone give me information on how to find that missing player? Kathy Schulz ks@good-news.net.geentroep [omit ".geentroep" to reply] ...

•As the proud owner of a Raffin R31/119 organ, I would love to be able to play Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". Much searching has failed to find anyone who has produced this tune for the 31-note Raffin scale. Does anyone here know of a supplier? Regards, Eric Schulz

•Schulz player actions are infamous. I used to charge an extra $1,000.00 to restore a Schulz, however, now because of more efficient rebuilding techniques we now use, I would not charge that much any more. The main problem with Schulz player action restorations was the leather and patent leather tha...

•Otto Schulz, whose grandfather organized the M. Schulz Co. in 1869, had this to say (excerpted from his letter to Q. David Bowers, which is printed in its entirety on p. 660 of "The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments): "The first year I was in the business, 1923, we built 11,000 pianos o...

•The 1927 Schulz I am working on appears to have stored for many years with one end protected from light. The majority of the veneer has darkened to almost black, so much, in fact, that some bright spark decided to paint the fascia in what appears to be several layers of black full gloss paint. The ...

•I am working on a Schulz stack at the moment and I am having a very hard time getting the valves to seat on their lower seats except under extreme vacuum, at which time they work just fine. Does anybody have any suggestions? The pneumatics move very freely, etc., and everything appears as it should...