•Someone on the list was looking for Apollo X rolls. I found I have one. The roll appears to be like new, box is a replacement. It is X-7000, "Carrissima", played by Felix Arndt. Cost is $15 plus USPS Media Mail shipping. Hope it finds a good home. Bob Stewart rstewart0065@gmail.com.geentroep [delet...

•For sale: I have a 1910 Merrill player piano. Needs new air hoses and the wind motor needs repair, also some cosmetics. Free to anyone who can come and haul it away. I live in Westminster, California. Michael Reinig reinigmr@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•Hi, My father invented this hurdy gurdy toy. His name was Edward Fedoryszyn. I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons in the 1960s to see the commercial. I am trying to locate a hurdy gurdy to pass down to my children. If anyone has one in good condition I would be interested. Sincerely, Annie...

•Sometimes it is really hard for me to believe that my piano sounds so good with a player system that was _not_ originally made for it. This proves the point that the Aeolian Company put a great deal of fine quality work into their player actions. You wouldn't normally think that a push-rod system w...

•We are still researching the Swiss cylinder music boxes marked as Malignon. If anyone reading MMD has or knows of any Malignon marked music boxes, I would be grateful if you will please contact me. We are seeking data from these interesting mechanisms, including serial number stamped in left rear c...

•I have two of my just recut "Sousa Memories" #1383 "A" roll available. Tune list is: El Capitan March, Free Lance March, Jack Tar March, Hands Across the Sea, Semper Fidelis, Washington Post, U.S. Field Artillery, The Volunteers March, Wisconsin Forward Forever, And Willow Blossoms. A great roll in...

•Some weeks ago I obtained a 1961 copy of "Player Piano Treasury" from a local antique mall. On page 221, lower left, is a black-and-white ad describing a device called the "Auto-Namic" which, as the ad states, "turns any player-piano into a reproducing piano at a very small cost." The ad goes on to...

•I am raising my previous offer of $30 to $200 for Vocalstyle #12783 "California, Here I Come" [170414 MMD]. This new offer shall be my maximum offer. I am very serious about getting this particular Vocalstyle roll. For those who are reading this for the first time, there are four things required be...

•In a Waco, Texas, Craigslist ad for a Welte-Mignon grand, I found this statement that is at least partly true: "The piano for sale represents the first means that mankind had of accurately reproducing sound before the phonograph or the telephone were invented. This is why it was called a 'reproduci...

•I just unloaded pianos in Reno, Nevada, and will be leaving here early next week, returning to Colorado. I have another trip planned for Nashville and Chicago and other points east. Let me know if you need anything moved in this route. I can also go over to California from here before heading home...

•I received a request today about contacting a book author, perhaps an MMDer can help the writer. "I am seeking assistance in locating Geoffrey T. Mayson, the author of the book "Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres". It was originally published by Roger Hale LTD. They have since gone out of business ...

•Yes, some of you may be thinking that I have gone to "Mush!" as Grumpy put it [in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"]. Nevertheless, I am putting out a request for QRS Roll 6826, "Someday My Prince Will Come". I believe this song is one of the nicer songs out there on piano rolls. Sincerely, Luke My...

•There is a Welte baby grand and approximately 80 rolls (40 are original) available for $500 in White Plains, New York. The piano is in good condition and is being played every day. The main problem is that is stuck on loud. Also, the two highest treble strings need to be replaced. The seller is pla...

•I just came upon a large size Ampico piano roll entitled Special "1932" Recording for Mrs. Forbes, Klavier Music Rolls. It doesn't list the tunes on the roll, and it doesn't say by whom it was played, but it has transition notes between the tunes. The first tune is "Melody in F" and the last tune i...

•I met a new instrument hauler headquartered out of New Jersey. Joe Long has been in business for 30 years. He was very thorough and careful in his packing of the instruments. He picked up three instruments on the 21st, delivered them to a customer in Tennessee, and was back the next day and loaded ...

•5/32" O.D. straight tubing connectors, 10 cents each, 5/32" O.D. U-shaped tubing connectors, 50 cents each, plus shipping. Skip Downing piks.gninwod@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•I am putting out an offer of $40 for QRS roll number 6826, "Someday My Prince Will Come," to anyone who would be kind enough to sell the roll to me. It seems as if I am on a "ignore" list of some kind (more likely, this time of year is busier for everyone.) Note that I would like shipping included ...

•Just today I installed a PPCo suction box kit with a Play-Rewind microswitch. I purchased the kit from Eric Bergstrom for $160, probably the best $160 spent towards my player piano so far. The difference in motor noise and performance from the PPCo box and my homemade one was _definitely_ noticeabl...

•For Sale: Books on Automatic Musical Instruments, Reproducing & Player Pianos, & Music Boxes. These books are being sold since my husband passed away. I have tried to price each item inexpensively. Email me to find out if desired item is still available. Each book is hardcover unless noted otherwis...

•For Sale: Circa 1930s Q.R.S. Play-A-Sax Toy intended for a child (or an adult having fun) to play a saxophone by blowing into the mouthpiece and turning crank which rolls a 16-note perforated music roll. The roll wraps over the front of the sax to play 16 notes through 16 openings in sax. Saxophone...