•Thanks to all the MMDers who have pointed us to Mission style player pianos. They are, indeed, rare but this audience has demonstrated again that you have the answers to most questions when it comes to automated music. I have another, perhaps simple or simple-minded, question. My wife and I commiss...

•Hi, MMDers! On the Third of July, I did the Stone Mountain, Georgia, Fourth of July Parade. After the parade, as I was taking off the flag decorations, and old man came up to talk to me about the calliope. He said he had owned one of the originals in the 1930s. We were talking about rolls for the i...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Sirs: I need to find out what blower would be proper for a 42-pipe calliope. I want to connect it directly to the pipe leading to the chest. It would not need to be installed internally. Any information you could supply would be greatly appreciat...

•Larry Kern wrote to me expressing gratitude to MMD and the readers responding and offering to loan the special "G" roll for the calliope in the New Orleans parade next week: >> Possibly resolved and just that quick? The MMD is wonderful! Mike Hanchett told me about the calliope he built, now owned ...

•I am interested in selling the steam calliope parts I acquired while working at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. In 1955 Walt Disney bought two antique steam calliopes and salvaged them into one. When the calliope was converted to compressed air it was sent to Florida. I have what remains of the ...

•We are still looking for a home model Tangley calliope [style STA-43 or STA-53], the type that is voiced for home use and is in a residential organ style cabinet. We will pay $1,000 for a lead that results in our buying one of these. Marty Roenigk Eureka Springs, Arkansas tel.: 1-479-253-0405 mroen...

•The McBride "New Age" Air Calliope is documented at the MMD website: http://mmd.foxtail.com/Calliope/newAge I recently had the opportunity to hear and photograph another example of this curious instrument. I've placed some photos of the sixth and final instrument that Melville McBride built on my w...

•Hi All: I saw the advert in the Dec 7th MMD posting about William Endlein's 42-note calliope for sale. When I went to the referenced web site, it states that the calliope has "brass colored _polymer_ pipes". I have the Stanoszek plans for a calliope and have often wondered about making the pipes ou...

•The AP is featuring a story on the post-Katrina status of the sternwheeler "Natchez". My local paper's website has a link to the story here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_STEAMBOAT?SITE=CACRU&SECTION=US MMD readers will be interested in the audio/slideshow that accompanies the arti...

•When I lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one place I found which had all kinds of brass tubing and flat stock is Howard Brass and Copper. Oops! I just checked and found they do not stock brass anymore, but I was referred to even a better source: Central Steel and Wire which ships out of Chicago: tel. ...

•Historically, Conklin Brass and Copper was one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of brass in the USA. They have been taken over by Admiral Metals. Conklin had an extraordinary variety of tube sizes and alloys. They even had twisted hex tubing which you would often see on carousels and band...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- We have a Harrington's New Tone Air Calliope, Model N-101. We have been told it was manufactured around 1898. The plate on the side of the calliope says it was manufactured in Kansas City, Mo. We are searching for information regarding this calli...

•I may have mentioned this last year, but a friend of mine was recently widowed and her late husband left a fine set of 44 brass calliope pipes that he never got around to building an instrument for. I don't know the wind pressure but these are the real deal, not plastic -- I saw them some years ago...

•I just received these data from the widow with the calliope pipes [080620 MMDigest]. Note there are 43 pipes, not 44, which may help nail down the make and model. I don't know if she measured from the tip of the toe to the top of the pipe, or from the mouth, but I suspect the former. What she sent ...

•Hello again. The lady with the calliope pipes has given me permission to post her phone number so interested parties may talk with her directly. It is (630) 668-3252, her name is Edie, and she is very knowledgeable about music, just not calliopes, though she and her late husband were big fans of my...

•For sale at public auction: - Stinson 165 band organ playing perforated music rolls, built in Bellfontaine, Ohio, with custom-built trailer, 4.5 kW generator; - circus calliope built by Cozatt Organ Co. of Danville, Illinois, 49 notes, powered by air, can be played by keyboard or by player rolls. T...

•Free to a good MMDer's home: an all-steel two-wheel trailer ideal for a Tangley calliope or a small band organ. The bed is approximately 38" wide by 56" long. The trailer is complete with hitch chains, jack, and spare wheel & tire, and is in very good condition. It is located in Los Gatos, Californ...

•I acquired a cast iron blower which I believe is original with my Tangley 43 calliope. I have since restored the calliope and chose to use an electric blower. I also have an 8-horsepower Wisconsin gasoline engine that came with it. I know that this is not the original engine but it runs nice. I am ...

•Hi Folks, I'm new to this list, but am fascinated with the "electronics" of a century ago. I had built some small musical instruments, and a small Zuckerman harpsichord, and restored a smashed Hubbard harpsichord prior to doing a minimalist but successful rebuild of a 1923? Hoffman player piano wit...

•>[ The original Tangley players I've seen with unit valves were made >[ by Amphion. What maker used die-cast valves? Robbie, I don't know the term "unit valve", but it might apply to the fact that each player valve and its key bellows are a "unit". These valves are about 1-1/2" wide by 2-1/2" with ...