•Hello MMD, I too have just read through the MMD Archives about using ozone to remove odors. From what is stated there and various promotional statements for various products, it is clear to me that ozone and other free ion devices will help eliminate odors and settle particulate matter from air. Th...

•Greetings automuse, I just got a couple of ittyMIDI setups, one the Palm 125 and the other the IIIxe. After a bit of frustration due to unfamiliarity with Palm concepts and terminology, the devices are working well and I am quite pleased with the ittyMIDI player application. The player is easy to n...

•What would I do? Faced with the same problems in my own home, I do not encourage using electrical piano "toasting" or "steaming" devices to add or subtract moisture on the interior of a piano and not on the exterior of the piano. The reason: if you add moisture to one side of a piece of wood and no...

•[ Don teach wrote: > The great Style "O' roll already has holes in the roll to turn on and > off a set of pipes and a set of bells or xylophone -- no multiplexing > is required. ... There are also holes in the roll to operate drums > and other percussion devices, as well several expression holes to...

•After reading Tom Hutchinson's post seeking an Ampico spinet, it is clear that the exact description of these little pianos is once again necessary. The Ampico Spinet is an Ampico "A" lacking duel crescendo devices. It has stack valves unique to the spinet. They are a small, single unit valves that...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hi all! My hobby adventure in mechanical music started recently after a past of self construction of electronic organs, drum machines, synths and different MIDI devices. The first pipe organ I proudly built is the John Smith Busker which I docume...

•I know of no exhibits organized explicitly around mechanical music, but when in Beijing you should not miss the enormous clock collection in the Forbidden City. The emperors of China had a fascination with mechanical devices, and amassed large numbers of very exotic timepieces, many of foreign orig...

•As long as we are on the topic of humidity control, do readers have any experience or recommendations regarding devices sold to maintain stable humidity in pianos? The only one I know of is "Dampp-Chaser," though there may be others I do not know of. Earlier Dampp-Chasers consisted of only a heatin...

•Could someone on the list give me information about a museum in Traverse City, Michigan, which has mechanical music devices, music boxes, etc. Thank You, Dick Day Marshall, Michigan [ See http://www.musichouse.org/ plus Vincent Morgan's article at [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/200111/20...

•Hans van Oost describes the use of zephyr for small primary cushion pouches. I have used this material for small pneumatic devices in organettes and player pianos, particularly for the primary action of German pianos which often used cushion pouches glued to a flat pouch board rather than the more ...

•Hello, Here is the description of a new 32-output MIDI interface able to switch relays, electromagnetic devices, et cetera, in order to automate a mechanical musical instrument, or to command lights, etc. Here is the link: http://www.members.aol.com/decomidi/ (French) http://www.members.aol.com/dec...

•Hi, I have a 6-airs music box, presumed Victorian. I am a clock collector so don't have any knowledge of these wonderful devices. What I need is a schematic of the movement, or detailed drawings, as I have the tune selector mechanism missing, then I can manufacture one myself. I think it works on m...

•Hi from Dave Bowers. If anyone has any original tokens used for dispensing by the Yale Wonder Clock, Automatic Discount & Cashier Machine, and related musical devices of the early 20th century, I'd like to have the opportunity to buy one of each different. Also, I am planning to order some new toke...

•Surely problems arise when the mechanism becomes the sole reason for the interest! In the area of player pianos, the mechanical musical devices were not made originally for users to focus on their mechanisms -- they were quite definitely for musical purposes. Maybe it was different for things such ...

•I just thought maybe everyone could benefit by getting this link! http://sdmidicontroller.com/ I plan to purchase one of these devices for my band organ when it is completed. Regards, Jeff Bridges [ See also "Midi Rekorder mit MMC/SD-Karte" at [ http://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/Midi_Rekorder...

•The late Rice Berkshire, who had quite a collection of pianos, band organs and other musical devices, said that he preferred the Duo-Art to the Ampico. He had a Mason & Hamlin Ampico B, totally restored, and a Steinway Dou-Art, also restored. Both were 7-footers and well maintained. I had to admit ...

•I found a very interesting web site filled with articles from vintage issues of Modern Mechanix magazine. The articles are all about music inventions. Some are unique patchwork devices played manually, and many are self-playing. It really is quite amusing and would likely be of interest to many MMD...

•I plan to be at the upcoming MBSI convention in New Jersey next month. If you wish just to discuss these delightful devices or possible repairs to yours, contact me during the convention or see me at my tables during the mart. If you do have some things to repair, I doubt I can do much during the c...

•I'm located in southern Indiana and am looking to see if there are any folks in this locale who have built their own devices. Mostly, I'd like to gather information on good practices (what and what not to do). I'm looking to build a player calliope on the cheap (PVC pipes). Something that could be ...

•The generic name today is "photoplayer", and many fans limit the term to a player piano with one or more side chests that contain pipes and sound effects devices. This description is given in "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments", by Q. David Bowers, page 352: What is a photoplayer? Basic...