•The J. P. Seeburg Piano Company never made a Style G orchestrion with two ranks of flute pipes. The G referred to by Craig Brougher (which was once displayed in "Front Street" in Dodge City, Kansas) had two ranks of flutes, but at least one rank in that G had been replaced after the piano left the ...

•Art Reblitz corrected me about the two sets of flutes, and he is right about the history of the particular machine I speak of, because I told him about it and sent him a recording, as I recall. Then I promptly forgot the details, myself -- but he didn't! That original "Seeburg G" I mentioned began ...

•Just for the record. My opinion is that Seeburg never made a Seeburg "G" with two ranks of flute pipes. All their advertising indicates that the "G" came with one rank of violin pipes and one rank of flute pipes. The one "G" that was mentioned in a previous MMD has had many questions raised as to i...

•Hi Jody, That story of the instrument falling out of the truck about twenty years ago in Alaska jogged my memory a bit. It was about that time that a fellow from Alaska bought nearly all of the medium sized collection that had been in Mike Fink's in Parchment, MI. Fink's was a hotel and bar and dan...

•"Silver Fox," found on Wurlitzer (and rarely Mills) instruments, is a nearly opaque black finish on quartered oak, with white lead rubbed into the pores. Note that this is entirely different from "Silver Gray," described below. "Driftwood," also found on Wurlitzer (and rarely late Mills) instrument...

•Hello MMDers, I am the proud new owner of a KT Special. Everything is working great, and it plays up a storm, but I had one question. There are lights inside each of the 2 drums. These lights currently are turned on by a lock and cancel, with hole 39 turning them on, and canceled by hole 37. They d...

•Yes, Seeburg advertised that the KT Special had an "ingenious device for on and off flashing of colored lights behind tambourine and drum heads." This device consists of a pneumatic operating a light switch, controlled by a lock and cancel mechanism tubed to 39 (lights on) and 37 (lights off). The ...

•No the lights don't flash with the music in a KT Special but is was the first America music machine to have animation so to speak. In most of the original old pianos I have seen there are red light bulbs in them. Anyone else know anything about this. Or better yet does anyone have the switch assemb...

•Bill Masterman wrote: > They do not flash or anything. My question is, did they originally > always just stay on, or were they meant to flash in time with the > music? They go on and off with the violin register. No flashing lights. Cheers, Stephen Kent Goodman

•Greetings everyone, I would like to present a few questions to the group regarding the cabinet model Seeburg "L" I purchased my "L" several years ago and have just recently found time to do a little work on it. I found that someone had installed a 3" motor pulley and adjusted the rubber tired drive...

•[ Re query from Dan Armstrong in 990721 MMDigest ] Seeburg made several different cabinet pianos (pianos without key- boards), the smallest being the style L with piano and mandolin rail. It is hard to pinpoint a value on these, as I just bought one from eBay auction for $4100, mint unrestored with...

•Tim Trager gives a convincing argument for the Seeburg G being the best all-around nickelodeon, but it has one drawback: while the musical arrangements are some of the best, there is always the rat-a-tat snare drum to take your attention away from the music. Maybe it was designed that way, to get y...

•Seeburg balls came in two sizes and were made of rosewood. Don Teach

•For Seeburg questions or parts, I would recommend either Dave Ramey or Jerry Biasella. They are both in the Chicago area, and have extensive Seeburg experience. Dave Ramey (whose phone I do not have at the moment) has created many Seeburg reproduction parts as well as complete machines, and Jerry B...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hi, I was wondering if you have any information on a 1940's Seeburg 200 Select-O-Matic jukebox, the model 200C2? This jukebox looks like a hutch or wood cabinet when the doors are closed. I was told that it is a restaurant style jukebox. It is no...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Michele, I saw your listing in the MMD requesting information on a 200C2 jukebox made in the 40s. I know just enough about jukeboxes to get me in trouble. So here we go with my comments and I hope they are some use to you. -- In the 1940's most o...

•The Seeburg Select-O-Matic model 200C-2 was produced in 1957. This Hi-Fidelity unit contained a Select-O-Matic 200 mechanism, amplifiers, and speaker system all in one large light or dark finished free-standing case. Life magazine did a great article on these when they were new. The unit, which res...

•I have one that is complete, that I would trade for the Rockola if it is the 200 select version. Please email me at LLThoburn@aol.com or call 703-620-3850 and we can work out the details. Lloyd Thoburn

•While searching eBay auctions for a Midland Radio this morning, I found one referencing http://www.ohioseeburgrepair.com/ John Spradley Sylmar CA [ "Whether you have a 1950's Seeburg jukebox that needs some tender [ loving care or just always wanted to own a great piece of nostalgia, [ we can meet ...

•Robbie, you mentioned a Seeburg mandolin attachment that used copper cylinders suspended on stiff fabric. This is one I haven't seen. How does it work? Do the copper cylinders have to drop below the hammers every time or does it somehow come up from underneath? Brian Smith [ Like most of the mandol...