•The second selection sounds like "Scottish Soldier," also known as "Green Hills of Tyrone," confirming that it was probably made for the British market. Evan Mower Hilo, Hawaii

•This is Hi Babit's take on the green J. Lawrence Cook piano offered on e-Bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330320920074 I see that the bidding at eBay has stopped for that green piano. This is not the piano I used with Cook. I never saw this one. The piano I used with Cook was...

•For sale is a black beauty: a Bechstein Welte "Green" T-98 from 1929. It is one of the last grand pianos that was equipped in Freiburg with a self-playing mechanism. It is complete and unrestored and it comes with the original pump box and its electric engine. It is not playing at the moment, but i...

•[ Ref. David Greene in 130209 MMDigest -- David Greene asks several questions about the Ampico "B" drawer which I will address thusly: A. With regard to collapsed or crushed tubes, from David's description I initially thought the previous re-builder might have used tubing with a wall thickness that...

•I have an unmarked 46-key roll on gray-green paper -- supposedly an original Artizan issue -- that I'd like to trade for a 48-key B.A.B. roll. Two tunes have been identified as "You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (or you can't see Mamma at all)" and "My Buddy". Interested parties may contact me fo...

•Years ago Minwax used to make a product in Lexington Green that was a great match to the old Seeburg color. This could be rubbed on the bare wood. After it was dry (usually a couple of days here in the South) then you could spray shellac over it to seal the wood. The black is a satin black. It is n...

•I've just uploaded my scans of 412 Welte T98 ["Green"] rolls to the IAMMP site! This can be found at its new URL, http://www.pianorollmusic.org/rolldatabase.php?sortby=filedate&go= These are all Freiburg Welte rolls, a mixture of classical and dance rolls from 1905 to the early 1930s. All of them e...

•I'd like to thank both Roger Waring and Larry Greenfield for giving me the MMD enthusiasm award! It's good to be recognized and appreciated by these and other esteemed colleagues. With much gratitude, Joyce Brite http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~brite/

•Greetings all, Scotty Greene's inquiry about the Pianotist reminded me of having one of those very early players sometime in the 1980's. It was a very tall mahogany upright, with a pullout drawer, exactly like the photo at http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Pictures/PwrRoller/ It was a very interestin...

•Hi Folks, David Greene asked [130101 MMDigest] about obtaining a gauge to use while regulating a reproducing piano. While it is easy to make and use a water gauge using plastic tubing from a 'big box' [hardware] store, it can be messy and it's easy to make a mistake in reading it (although it is qu...

•In 131211 MMDigest, Scotty Greene asked about the tune titles for Wurlitzer APP roll 50302. The correct roll number is actually 30302. This roll is from 1939, only six years before the end of Wurlitzer roll production. In these final years, very few roll serial numbers were issued by Wurlitzer with...

•I have found some material that may work for Scotty Greene's Cremona valves. It is a stiff, paper-based material made by the ACCO company as covers for stacks of computer printouts. The material I have is 0.018" thick and is blue but I have also seen it in brown. Sometimes it is called ACCOpress. I...

•[ Ref. Scotty Greene in 151121 MMDigest -- Have a clock technician examine the governor and see if it needs to be re-bushed. It's a common problem in antique music boxes -- the steel shafts on which the two small gears in the governor are mounted wear out the pivot holes in the sides and make them ...

•I agree with Mr. Greene's comments about the ethics of a museum guide. However, there are times when the imp in some of us comes out and leaves us with a humorous story. One I heard was on a pipe organ discussion group. Anyone who has visited Salt Lake City and the Mormon Tabernacle knows of the ac...

•[ Ref. Scotty Greene in 160817 MMDigest ] Three years ago we converted a standard player to handle Style "A" coin piano rolls. We purchased a newly built frame from Gordon Ramsey, in Wichita, Kansas. It was quite well made and is still working well in a commercial environment. There were some issue...

•[ Ref. Scotty Greene in 210322 MMDigest ] Hello Scotty, Does the Ampico system have "upside down" valves? If so, how much would you want for them? They have two parallel slots, input and output, and a wooden "washer" on top. Thanks, Kermit Hobbs

•[ Ref. Scotty Greene in 21.06.22 MMDigest ] Scotty, Greetings from north of The Bronx! In regards to your inquiry, without a photo of the device(s), what you're describing is a three-unit lock and cancel system. Each pair of unit valves turns a function or an instrument on and off. The two main fun...

•I once spent some time trying to find out where Wurlitzer bought its green roll paper from, without coming up with any results worth talking about. Early Wurlitzer rolls were on red paper that was not particularly impervious to moisture. Some time around 1915 (a guess) they switched to the green pa...

•There is a Swiss-made alternative for round rubber belting called "Polycord," made of a green synthetic. Easily installed and durable, it is also cheaper than leather of comparable size. When installed, it is fused with a small flame, such as that of a cigarette lighter, and becomes a seamless belt...

•We have recently located and purchased a lovely late 1920's Bechstein Green Welte. We have 50 rolls including an original test roll. Also, in our stable we have a red [T-100 roll] Welte-Mignon Vorsetzer in a million pieces. We have 44 rolls with this including an original test roll. Finally, we hav...