•I recently purchased an untouched 1927 Schulz grand piano in an ex- exquisitely carved art case. The piano is being restored, but I have no need or desire to restore the player system. If anyone is inter- ested in purchasing the entire player system, please contact me. David Winkelblech Bethlehem, ...

•Gary Jones asked in the 000516 MMD about a Schulz Aria Divina belonging to a customer. Aria Divina was the Schulz house name for Recordo. The "Bardini..." part probably refers to the case. In 1925 the Aria Divina system was probably the 5-step Recordo ("B" type). In 1926 Aria Divina was the late 16...

•I have the following for sale: 1 - jig for covering Schulz pouch pneumatics 1 - piece Schulz cloth 17" x 34" 1 - set spacing blocks for Duo-Art expression pneumatics 1 - set piano top lid props New cost of these items would exceed $65; I am asking $35 plus shipping. Please respond to Thanks Lou Kre...

•I am re-facing the valves on a late Schulz player. The original inside valve facing is a medium thickness pouch leather, with the smooth side out, in contact with the brass seat that it rests on. Is there a concern about using a chrome-tanned leather versus a vegetable-tanned leather on this facing...

•Hi MMDers, Craig's post about Schulz players and the previous discussion on the use of PVC-E has prompted me to relate this tale. About ten years ago, a technician was called upon to rebuild a Schulz player. The job was never completed. The owner of the piano contacted me about two years ago to jus...

•The American Automatic Typewriter Co., owned by Otto Schulz of Chicago's M. Schulz piano company, began building the Auto-typist in 1932. This interesting machine had a roll-operated console which could be connected to one or many slave units. Each slave unit had a pneumatic action with pull-down w...

•I am almost finished with my M. Schulz upright pneumatics. I would like to somehow soften the hammer felt. The felt is very hard and gives a slight tinny sound. My tuner softened them up a little using a sewing machine needle connected to a cordless Dremel tool. He said that fabric softener could b...

•I am almost finished with my M. Schulz upright pneumatics. I would like to somehow soften the hammer felt. The felt is very hard and gives a slight tinny sound. My tuner softened them up a little using a sewing machine needle connected to a cordless Dremel tool. He said that fabric softener could b...

•Hi Folks, I have just completed my Schulz upright pneumatic rebuild (whew). I was going through all the rolls sorting the good from the warped or boring when I found one roll that is not like the others. It is slightly wider than an Angelus Orchestrion roll and much narrower than an 88-note roll. T...

•Hi, I finished doing some work on my Schulz player piano stack the other day and I have put it back in the piano and I now need to regulate the stack to the piano action. In the back side of each pneumatic there is a little eye screw with a wooden dowel and felt punching on each one. I was told bas...

•There is not much that I can add to Art Reblitz's account of the Auto-typist and Otto Schulz. I was the Auto-typist dealer here in San Antonio from the early 1970's until the company went out of business. The Auto-typist could be used with almost any make of typewriter. When you ordered a new machi...

•Hi Folks, I am preparing to rebuild the pneumatics in my Schulz upright. The machine was rebuilt completely in the mid 'sixties between the first and second owners (my family). The only failed parts are the pouch and secondary pneumatic coverings. Although the valves appear to be in great shape, I ...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a M Schulz player piano manufactured in Chicago in about 1923. I acquired it about 6 or 7 years ago intending to rebuild it. Now I am getting ready to move and I would like to offer it free to a good home. Just pick it up. It needs to be r...

•In the early 1970s I bought two rolls of pre-trimmed 11-1/4-inch paper from Otto Schulz at the American Automatic Typewriter Co. (maker of the Auto-typist) in Chicago for my roll arranging use. He sold it in two thicknesses. I believe Allen Ford described the thicker of the two in his recent MMD po...

Hello everybody. My name is Harry Couchman, a new subscriber to the list, I hail from Australia and I am the proud owner/restorer of a Schulz player piano circa 1926 model. I became aware of the list after posting a notice in a newsgroup looking for advice from anyone who had experience with restori...

Thanks for your advice Bob, my instrument is a 1927 model and is of a more conventional design stack rather than the pouch pneumatics for which Schulz were (in)famous. It has pouch blocks that lift round valves on wobbly valve stems, the bottom seats are metal and the top fiber washers. All the refe...

•Hello everyone, I'm Norman Narmore, I live in Atlanta, and I'm restoring two M. Schulz pianos, an Aria Divina Grand and an (un-Recordo) upright, both at the same time. When I get tired of endlessly gluing pneumatics and monkeying with the valves I try to work on the aesthetics. I've had good succes...

•I have read with interest the discussion of leather vs. rubber cloth on mechanical vacuum pumps. The Autotypist, Otto Schulz' version of a player piano typewriter, used leather on the pumps. These units ran up to eight hours a day five and often six days a week, continuously. I had one location tha...

•Hi Folks, I am in the cleaning and inspecting phase of an M. Schulz upright player action rebuild. The only defects in the piano I can find are bridge pin cracks (not pin block). Most bridge pins have a crack emanating out from the pin approximately 1/16 inch and perpendicular to its associated str...

•Hi Folks, Does anybody know the intended use for the large hole on the left side of a Schulz tracker bar? This is the version of the Schulz with the swinging arm centering device. On the left side of the spool box is a 'Loud Pedal' on/off switch label. The switch is missing and there is nothing con...