•I was fascinated to learn from Bernt Damm about the American Pedal-Electric Duo-Art 'export' model, and its way of achieving the switching between electric and pedalled states. I have never heard of these machines before. I suppose that with the UK market supplied from the London factory the US mac...

•In 17.08.12 MMD, John Hupcey writes: > Is there such a thing as a foot-pumped Ampico reproducing piano? > Did Ampico sell non-reproducers in the early 1920s? John, yes indeed, the American Piano Company built pianos that were Ampicos and were upright pumpers. They are referred to as Marque Ampico o...

•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

[ 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...

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 ...

•Dear MMDers, Well, Rodney Diehl's contribution about collector profiles should bring the lurkers out of the woodwork! Neat idea. I have two Ampicos: an upright Marque Ampico in a Foster piano, and a Knabe Ampico A, modified by Tim Westman to play B rolls, utilizing some of the 0-T and 0-B holes. I ...

•"Roberto Clemente" by Artcraft is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4PWqwmTJWU Pianolist: Michael Potash Piano: Franklin Marque Ampico, late '20s L. Douglas Henderson - Artcraft Music Rolls Wiscasset, Maine, USA http://wiscasset.net/artcraft/

•My thanks go to Chris Phillips and Bob Taylor for letting us all know about the passing of John Phillips. Many years ago I corresponded with John and, hopefully, helped him with understanding the secrets of his Marque Ampico foot pumped reproducing piano. John was very gracious and appreciative of ...

G'day all you digestees out there! Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Darrell Clarke, I am 50 something, married, 2 daughters, living in Adelaide (pop. > 1M), South Australia, working in communications. My interests include: listening to music (I can't play anything), collecting and restoring ...

> > The problem lies in transferring the old shafts and gears to the new > frame. My caller says he has got most of it worked out but he needs to > remove the small brass pinion gear which, when viewed from the front of > the player, lies at the left-hand end of the top shaft. The Amphion transmissi...

In a message dated 96-11-09 03:35:58 EST, Terry Smythe writes: > > The transposing feature is kinda neat, particularly if you are using > the player piano as accompaniment to a sing-along situation. Not too > many player pianos have some form of transposer, I would guess at about > 20-25%. > I have ...

•Jody or Robbie; I've tried sending the following message to Andy Taylor twice at his TEMPOLA@aol.com address and it has bounced back both times. Maybe you will put it in the digest and he might see it that way. It might be of passing interest to other people, anyway. [ Editor's Note: [ [ I'd like t...

•Welcome to Dave Dibley, of the Pianola Shop, 134 Islingword Road, Brighton, England, who joins the Digest today. I described the shop in some detail in MMD970818. It's the last of the Mohicans, a real player-piano shop such as most American towns still had in the 1960s but very few British towns ha...

•I join Dan Wilson in welcoming David Dibley to the MMD. I have been trying to persuade him to join for a while, even to the point of threatening to sign him up. I am glad that Dan has confirmed the acute "e" in Marque Ampico that I mentioned a few months ago and which caused such prolonged discussi...

•G'day, Bob Fitterman writes (MMD980914): > Bravo, David. I like the idea of a glossary on the web. But, > I'll tell you what feature I'd love to see in such a glossary: > a little button you can click to hear the *pronunciation* of the word. To which Robbie replies: >[ What a great idea ! We have a...

•"Ballet Mecanique" Disklavier Concert Review, 11-19-99 (Part 2 of 3) [ This 3-part article reviews the concert which featured 16 [ Yamaha Disklavier pianos, performed at the University of [ Massachusetts, Lowell MA, on Thursday, November 18, 1999. [ Previous MMD articles about this topic may be fou...

•I have the following instruments for sale: 1. Reproduco player piano/pipe organ 2. Seeburg A coin piano 3. Seeburg MO player piano/pipe organ 4. Kimball Electramatic electronic player organ 5. Fischer Marque Ampico upright player All are here in suburban Orlando, FL. If you would like information o...

•I am the pastor of two Russian-speaking Baptist churches in New York City, with parishioners from virtually every republic of the former Soviet Union. I have yet to discover a mechanical musical instrument from Russia, although I am told that some piano rolls were made there, so there must have bee...

•'Triumph' in this case was the trade name of Kastner & Co., nothing to do with the car maker! Kastner fitted many brands of piano with the Autopiano, but if the piano in question has no other maker listed it may well be one of their own construction or one of the numerous anonymous 'stencil' pianos...