•I subscribe to probably dozens of newsletters. I don't read every item in each one, I scan, glean, pick and choose items which are valuable to me. For the same reason, I don't subscribe to hardcopy news papers or watch commercial TV. I value NPR and PBS highly, and contribute to their support since...

•[ Sam Marquez wrote in Digest 971231: ] > Recently a client brought in a miniature (toy) barrel piano. It was > made by Faventia in Barcelona, Spain. It's 16" wide, 17-3/4" tall, > plays 6 selections, and is built just like a regular barrel (street) > piano but in miniature. Yep, that's the smalles...

•Referring to Sam Marquez, Digest 971231 and Ingmar Krause, 980103 and 980106, I can tell you that I have a similar instrument. Shaped like a barrel street piano, it measures 38.5 cm wide, 39 cm high, 21 cm depth. There is a crank on the front left to play, and a crank on the left side to select one...

•As mention before I'm restoring a Marque Ampico -- my first Ampico, so excuse the ignorance! The block valves all operate okay, but how do I test them to ensure they are perfect and do not require opening and re-building? All are very responsive. Thanks. David Chalkin

•I have a Cremona Nickelodeon made by Marquette Piano Co. which came from my father's collection. I also got the A-rolls to play on this machine. However I have discovered that there are at least two rolls by Clark that are marked "A 65 note" and they do not play properly. The holes seem to be small...

•What Bernt Damm describes (MMD 20.10.25) is a Marque Ampico, a foot-operated Ampico, a standard model. They had simplified expression systems, having intensities but not crescendos because the operator was supposed to provide that by their pedalling. That's a well-known thing. But less well known i...

•Wanted for Regina Hexaphone: "Regina Hexaphone" sign that fits into the marque coin box cover. Thanks for your help. Dave Ogden

•Hello everyone -- I am currently working on a Marque Ampico. The lower unit was manufactured by Amphion. The cast iron pieces that support the foot pumping pedals to the lower bellow mechanism are broken on both sides. The brackets are approximately 22 inches tall. If anyone has a pair that they th...

•Seeburg, Marquette, Operators, Western Electric, Nelson-Wiggen, and other American coin pianos and orchestrions had three separate tracker bar holes devoted to rewind, play (at the end of rewind), and shutoff, respectively. Roll styles A, G, 4X, H, O, M and others all had these three holes somewher...

•Hello MMD readers, Just purchased a 1926 Brewster Marque Ampico upright, and hope to transport it back to Maine in August, using my Haulmark piano trailer. See this URL for the rig, which has an illustration of our 1929 Story & Clark on the remote control electric winch: http://www.wiscasset.net/ar...

•I would like to thank everyone who helped me get the info to finish my Marque Ampico which is now working superbly. However I only have four rolls! Can anyone, especially in the UK, sell me rolls. Please email me or call me on 0161 737 0111 daytimes or fax me on 0161 737 0555. Thanks again. David C...

•The music store at which my father works recently obtained a style "A" art glass Marquette Cremona with lamp posts and two Seeburg instruments, including an early style "L" and a style "K." Both Seeburg instruments were rebuilt around 30 years ago and the Cremona is unrestored. Upon disassembly of ...

•Hello MMD! I have an early Marquette Cremona A roll piano that has a myriad of leather belts driving the mechanism. My problem is that the belts are getting old and need to be replaced. Does anyone have an address for replacement belts? There appear to be two sizes, one for the motor and pump, and ...

•After a lot of searching I have been unable to find a Marquette company set of list prices for Cremona orchestrions. Does anyone know of such a list? Specifically, what did the models C, G and J sell for ca. 1915? Scotty Greene - DeBence Museum Frankln, Pennsylvania

[ Editor's Note: [ [ In digest 96.11.09, Bob Conant referred to his Foster Marque Ampico: [ [ > Subject: Transposing Tracker Bars [ > [ > I have a piano which is probably an odd duck among odd ducks. It is [ > a Marque Ampico in a Foster upright piano. It has a transposing [ > tracker bar... [ [ Jo...

•Dear folks, Today my wife are owners of a wonderful 1920 Knabe Marque Ampico, which we couldn't afford, because someone cared and saw that it would receive loving care and would be a blessing to many. As a missionary working in New York City with refugees and immigrants from the former Soviet Union...

•I've put the following on my web page for everyone's amusement: "The orchestrion was made by the Marquette Piano Company. Although using a standard 9-to-the-inch tracker bar, it had a layout that permitted a greater piano range, while keeping almost the same compliment of percussion instruments as ...

In a message dated 96-05-24 02:58:57 EDT, Bryan Cather writes: > I rather like the idea of an > Ampico pumper, as I like to "interpret" rolls, and am sure a Marque > Ampico would sound better than a straight pumper (or even a Themodist > piano), and, at least around here, Ampico rolls are more commo...

Hi everybody. Recent correspondence with Wayne Stahnke about his View program and with Terry Smythe about his Marque Ampico has got me doing something I should have done years ago. That is, I've finally cataloged all the Ampico rolls and Duo-Arts I've been squirreling away for years against the day ...

Daniel Wilson wrote in MMD 970115: > What intrigues me is that a Weber piano should have this label, > because "Solodant" was the system used by the rivals to Aeolian Co. > who owned the Weber marque. The Canadian Weber referenced above was built in Kingston, Ontario. It is very likely that this pia...