•I was given a Pianocorder system that I am installing in a small spinet piano. I am only using the solenoids, 3 driver boards, and the power supply. The cassette tape recorder and the 2 large logic boards are replaced with 1 special board that converts the Z-tronics pipe organ data into signals nee...

•Mention was made of ozone generated by electrical sparks causing deterioration of rubber parts and such. This caused me to remember a situation I discovered some years ago. I had an Ampex 4-channel audio tape recorder which used a neoprene "O"-ring drive belt to spin the capstan which had a massive...

•For all those who have player pianos: Do you have problems tearing up your rolls on reroll? This is Frank Adams, formerly of AMR. Pull off the left spool end of each roll and wrap one layer of tape around the left spool end flange. On really loose flanges put two layers. Now you can put the flange ...

•An amazing product recently caught my attention. It's called "Simply Wipe" and is formulated, according to the label, to remove spray mount, tape residue, rubber cement, decoupage glues and varnish. I've used these paper towelettes to remove gummy residue from labels on glass and plastic containers...

•I must defer to Dan Wilson and Spencer Chase for their vast improvement on my suggestion of covering the end holes with "Magic Mending" tape. I did specifically warn that one should not leave the tape on, implying that one does not want to sticky things up! But Dan and Spencer espouse using a bette...

•Folks, what I had in mind in my recent post on this subject was this: I have reel-to-reel tape recordings I made back in the 1960s of many of the best reproducing pianos that went through my hands for restoration and resale. For example, I have some tape of Welte Licensee rolls played on a Baldwin ...

•I bit the bullet and went to an art supply store and purchased a large stack of posterboard, then over to the mailing place and purchased a roll of brown paper tape with glue, not easy to find. Then I cut all the sheets to square for the disk size and taped three sides, making very nice jackets. No...

•Hi all, For those seeking music roll end tabs with "D" rings, I do stock them as well as various sizes of flanges and tubes. Also I stock various widths of the music roll repair tape. You may visit my web site at http://home.earthlink.net/~rollertunes to find these and other delightful items for yo...

•As an addendum to Matthew Caulfield's list of songs/rolls played on the Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ at Glen Echo Park in Cabin John, Maryland, I still have a crude audio tape from 1963 of this band organ playing Caliola roll #6111. At that time, the park was under the management of Mr. Sam Baker (no r...

•Hello MMD readers, Regarding the current tracker bar discussions and the use of a television camera with one: In September, 1997, I made a tape for Chas. Smith, who was giving an audio-visual presentation at the Lake Superior Ragtime Festival. He provided me with a VHS tape to make from my Hi8 orig...

•Hi Gang -- I put a post in on the MMD in October 18, 2001 about this nifty little video tape, "America On Parade". Here is your chance to see Paul Eakins playing the 'Sadie Mae' orchestrion at the Opryland recording session for Disney! I have just been informed by the producer that it is still avai...

•I've heard that Dorney Park has acquired a Wurlitzer Style 157 band organ. I have received a tape of this machine, which does seem to be a 157. This is not to be confused with the Wurlitzer 153 and Dentzel carousel which was moved from Cedar Point to Dorney when Cedar Point acquired Dorney Park. Wh...

•I agree with comments about computer storage. I was a computer manager for 15 years, from 1976-1991, when I retired in my 30's! I still have punched 80 column IBM cards and ticker tape samples. What I stuck with is my Aeolian 58-note roll catalog on 8-inch diskette, saved from an IBM System 36 mach...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- [ Ben Jackson inquired in 020515 MMDigest: ] > Does any of you know where I can get CDs or tape recordings > of the following dance organs: Mortier, Decap, Hooghuys A recording of 27 (?) tracks of the "Amaryllis" Mortier dance organ can be obtain...

•Hello MMD readers, Not long ago, a piano technician (and Artcraft Music Roll customer) sent me an audio cassette taped from a New York City live broadcast by WQXR. I don't have the date, but the program was tied-in with compositions of and rolls by 'Zez' Confrey, well-known for his "Kitten on the K...

•I have collected and repaired reproducing piano rolls since 1951. In the early days I discovered that 3M "Scotch" clear adhesive tape always ruined rolls eventually. Now I am sure that "Magic Mending Tape" will ruin a roll, whether it is too stiff for the old paper or if it oozes out the side to st...

•Greetings. I often have to repair rolls prior to scanning. Although there are many methods, a couple which I have discovered are the following: For repairing broken bridges without causing false repeats, narrow charting tape can be used. I am not sure if it is made of plastic of some sort or a heav...

•Over the years I have found the best method that can be used to stop tearing original rolls is to pull off the left end flange and on the protruding part apply a little scotch tape. Try a little wrapped around the protruding part. If it is not enough to make the flange tight then apply a little mor...

•Hello fellow Pianocorder owners, Mark Fontana has created a new Windows-based computer program that will allow you to play MIDI files of piano roll scans through your Pianocorder directly from your computer and/or you can also make new tapes as desired. The new program utilizes the popular Winamp p...

•Hello, MMD friends: I have an LP issued by Major Records in 1958, entitled "Authentic Carousel Music." I bet it is the same LP that Dan Robinson has a tape of. The organ playing the Style 165 music roll is the Ruth model 38 at the Crescent Park Carousel at East Providence, Rhodes Island. I think it...