•Many years ago when I worked in broadcasting, our station aired a weekly feature known as "Keyboard Immortals Play Again, In Stereo" that was distributed by SuperScope. At that time, SuperScope was the US importer of Sony stereo/hi-fi equipment. The recordings were distributed to radio stations on ...

•Hi, I would like to add my two cents worth on the roll seals. I vote that you keep the seals intact. They do make a great conversation piece. Granted you don't get to hear the music unless you have another copy, but you do have a unique piece of history from the early days. I don't really know if t...

•Piano means soft. The full word is Pianoforte, which means Soft-Loud. What we need are player systems that have the capacity for full expression, ranging from 'barely audible' to 'soft'. The modern Pianomation and PianoDisc systems are getting better in that respect. The late Joe Tushinsky, of Mara...

•In 1986 (or so), the Chicago-based manufacturer of Cobra CB equipment was looking for its own in-house line of audio equipment. They purchased the entire Marantz line. Along with that purchase came the Pianocorder Division. In my conversation with one of their vice presidents, he explained that the...

•The only predecessor to the Pianocorder System was a unit sold for a short time by Chemical Ventures Corp. in Alabama. This was developed by Teledyne, in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Around 1977, Superscope, Inc., owned by Joseph Tushinsky, purchased the entire enterprise from Teledyne, Lewisburg and then...

•Greetings all, I had written Grahame Code privately regarding this issue but thought that it might be helpful to others to respond publicly. I had mistakenly mentioned to Grahame that you can use a Green tracker bar with the Licensee rolls, if it is connected to a Licensee expression unit. This is ...

•I was wondering if this "robot" or Duo-Art "Vorsetzer" is the one that was owned by Joseph Tushinski of Superscope/Marantz Pianocorder fame. That unit was sold to Yamaha with the Pianocorder business. They later sold it to someone here at MMD, I believe. Who has this now? If this is not the Pianoco...

•I notice several posts mentioning Ray Siou and it jogged some old memories for me from more than 30 years ago. Back in the very early 1970s I imported from Leonard Gymonprez of Holland a small container load of 10 various European machines; I recall selling one or more of them as-is to Ray Siou. I ...

•Greetings to all! I am selling my collection of Welte-Mignon T-100 rolls. It comprises some 330 titles, give or take a few. To make a very long story short, I assembled what I have over a period of about forty years. Contained within the assortment are many nice things: Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart, e...

•Thought this might help someone with a tubing chart for their reproducing player piano. Sincerely, Jeff Bridges http://www.google.com/patents?id=inp5AAAAEBAJ&dq=lock+and+cancel http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT1639105 Reproducing Piano Patent number: 1639105 Filing date: Jul 12, 1921 Issue da...

•Just after recently posting here my request for a copy of the first Keyboard Immortals (KBI) broadcast in 1966, the following thought came to me: "Well, Jimmy, why not provide a sample program so that any interested readers of The MMD not familiar with the early series, might THEN know, hmm?" This ...

G'day all, I have a Filmusic roll titled "Reuben and Rachel" played by Ed Horton and I am curious to know who these characters were. A musician friend thinks they might be "generic" country folk, but I have a feeling that I have heard of them somewhere before. I guess they were very (Jewish?, Negro?...

•I have just come across what must be a very rare, possibly unique Steinway duo -- and it is truly a DUO -- but not a Duo-Art! The piano is immense, I am told: 8'4" or so, and it contains *two* spoolboxes, one seemingly a Welte Red and the other unknown, at least to me. The spool boxes are on the to...

•Greetings, all! I'd like to add yet another perspective to the old vs. new piano raillery going on. Even cheaply-made old grands can surprise you ! Three years ago, I was asked to resurrect a very, very battered H. C. Bay 5-foot grand which had sentimental value for its owner. This sad little instr...

•Tom Lear wrote in 010105 MMD: > Problem: When playing tapes on the Pianocorder, the stabilization > light keeps coming on, no matter what position the adjusting wheel > is in. Out of curiosity, is the tape an old tape? Cassette tape, like any other magnetic media, suffers data loss over time. There...

•Regarding the Pianocorder System P-200 Vorsetzer reproducer, I think that if one has plugged this unit into a typical 20-Amp (or worse, 15-Amp) home circuit, then if one turns the volume up, one can observe a slight diminution in the room-lamps on the same circuit. To say that the lights dim consid...

•I know that one or two people don't like to see advertising, but I feel that this time I really must say something. I have a few elderly collectors (I am not sure if they like names like 'elderly' any more than they do 'old'?) who have sent me some super great consignments and will be sending more ...

•Thinking of pianos particularly, modern MIDI systems don't offer interactive control, so the one instrument that has no competition is the player piano. It remains as good as it ever was for those who want to make their own music but can't play the piano. You play to match your mood, the piano, the...

•Dear Robbie, To the best of my knowledge, Thelonious Monk never recorded for the Marantz Pianocorder System. [ I'm sure you're correct, Bob; what other jazz pianist might [ I be trying to recollect? -- Robbie Contrary to Mr. Craig Brougher's assertion, any properly-functioning Pianocorder System wi...

•There is a considerable difference between the giving of mechanical music devices and related material to a recognized museum, whose purpose, one supposes, is to display same and provide access to it, as is certainly the case with the many fine organizations mentioned from time to time in the MMD, ...