•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMDigest -- Hi; I have a Bush & Lane player with a Standard Pneumatic action. It is missing the loud pedal on/off switch that mounts on the side of the spoolbox. Any help I could get to obtain one would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Gary ...

•Hello, I am in need of one original style Seeburg porcelain base lamp socket for my style A coin piano. This mounts in the upper section to light the art glass. I can provide a picture of the one I have to be sure it will match; however, I was told Seeburg used all the same styles in the A and B mo...

•We are in need of a final roll drive gear for a Nelson-Wiggen 4X machine. The gear has 148 teeth and measures 4.685 inches on the outside diameter. The bore where it mounts on the shaft is .310 inches diameter. Does anyone know where we can get one? Scotty Greene DeBence Antique Music World ...

•Hi Dave, Almost all of the Welte-Mignon regulator action parts under the piano are mounted to a board, 1.5" by 42", that mounts to the bottom frame of the grand piano. The valve unit is attached to this board with two metal brackets that are hinged at one end so it can be dropped down for adjusting...

•I am restoring a very early Wurlitzer 88-note coin piano which is missing the entire coin mechanism and entry chute. This mechanism mounts on the left wall in the piano, and has a visible magazine on the front so that you could see the deposited nickels stacked up to play. The nickel itself complet...

•I need the following parts for my Cremona Style 2 nickelodeon: - white porcelain junction box for the motor leads, which mounts under the motor bracket, - square Bryant porcelain light socket, and - music roll idler bar and hanger brackets. Thanks. Fred Deal

•Hi Group, I am missing the instrument switch unit from my Nelson Wiggen 4X. It mounts in an oval cutout at the top back of the instrument. It has three draw knobs that turn on and off the snare drum, mandoline, and triangle. It has two large and one small hose nipples on the side and three small ni...

•I make the Seeburg knobs as well as Seeburg spool chucks, Wurlitzer five-tune changer chucks, coin drops for Wurlitzer and Seeburg, Ampico motor mounts, knobs for Emerson motors, Ampico A transmission frames, and other hardware parts for dealers. I make the parts when I have spare time, which right...

> clarets@ozemail.com.au Wrote: > > Subj: Schultz Player Pianos Area: 0-sic.makers.piano Date: 02/10/96 > ============================================================================= > Anyone have any info or experience in restoring these instruments? I > have one in fair/good condition that I am c...

•Some of the MMD subscribers might be interested to know that Ragtime Music has developed and has for sale an optical roll reader /tracker bar. It can apparently fitted into any roll playing piano. I know that Ragtime has had a lot of bad press in the MMD but they certainly have some interesting pro...

•[ In reply to "Calliope Blower Needed", 981018 MMDigest ] Mr. Boulet, I rebuilt one of these a number of years ago. They are a lot of fun to rebuild and to play. What you have here is probably a Tangley CA-43, the most popular and most common model. Wurlitzer made some as well but not in as great a...

•Hi and happy new year, I am in need of the coin-slot parts for a Regina 15 1/2" model 14 music box. I need just the two steel parts that you place the coin into. The top one, with the push handle, has one hole the size of a nickel and the lower part, with the 2 tabs, has two holes (one smaller than...

•Hello to all! Just thought you might like to hear my progress. I did get some great messages from you all with my last entry and I really appreciate them all. In one of the messages I had someone refer to a wind chest and problems getting the dividers to come out square, so I thought I'd share this...

•In MMD00222, Tom McAuley asked about the British names of fairground rides and attractions. Gallopers -- These are merry go rounds. Roundabout tends to be the generic name used in Britain, with gallopers referring to a particular type. On gallopers the riders will sit on mounts, most frequently hor...

•[ Re Wayne Finger in MMD 001105, 15.5" Polyphon Has No Dampers ] I have a similar, but smaller, machine and I have sketched the dampers in the attached image files. I also enclose a scan of the metal cover which protects the damper assembly. The cover is the same size as the top of the comb, except...

•> Can anyone tell me what the difference between a PianoDisc 128 and > 128+ is? Also, will the "symphony" module from the 128 fit the 128+? > I tried the PianoDisc web site but couldn't find the info I need. The main difference between the two is the CD capability which allows a CD player to be con...

•I agree with Robbie in the motor choices of solution which he has outlined in MMD 010629. I must add that I have seen replacement motors from the 1920's which replace the Welte-Mignon DC motor of circa 1910 with an 1150 rpm one/eighth horsepower AC motor and a pulley having several diameter choices...

•If you need rubber parts and you can make a simple mold, you can make your own parts. Just get a small kit of RTV [Room Temperature Vulcanizing] materials, mix, and pour it into the mold. The next day you pop out the part and do another. If you're in a hurry, you can use dental materials. They set ...

•Hello all and Happy New Year, I would like to appeal to any MMD reader who may be able to provide me with information on the operation of the pneumatic stack vacuum regulator used by Pierre Eich in the Solophone. I have two back-to-back pneumatics and valve mounted on a wood block that in turn moun...

•I have been watching the debate between hide glue and silicone adhesive. I am reminded of gasket sealers. When I was young, the choices were gasket shellac (a messy and disgusting substance) or the various versions of Permatex Form-A-Gasket. Permatex was only slightly better than shellac. When sili...