•Spending money restoring a 1960 Pianola spinet player piano is a waste of money. I suggest this person invest in a good old upright player and have it properly restored. Bruce Clark

•I'm working on a Wurlitzer spinet piano with the model 1203 player mechanism [pneumatic reader & pouch switches operate solenoids]. Everything in the player behaves just fine except the vacuum pump -- not even a grunt out of it. So either the pump is blown, or it's not getting the signal to come on...

•I have a 1972 Baldwin spinet piano with a bright tone and excellent sound and workmanship for an instrument of its class. Living in a small house it was rather loud, so to eliminate this problem I installed a "practice rail." Basically, one takes some sort of rail long enough to fit across the stri...

•Several years ago I was asked to repair the Kimball spinet player piano in a Shakey's Pizza Parlor. The player was sluggish but it played after a fashion. The manager was concerned because the keys did not move when the music (such as it was) played. Well, can you imagine what I found when I opened...

•I have a Mills Violano Virtuoso and an Ampico Fisher spinet piano that I wish to sell. Anyone up on prices for these two items? The Mills works perfectly and the Ampico did until the belt broke on the pump. I replaced it, but succeeded in breaking a tee fitting which I haven't fixed yet. Both are c...

•Seek a take-up spool for an modern Aeolian spinet player. Schaff and PPCo is out. Duaine Hechler Florissant, Missouri http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com/

•If anyone is interested in a Hardman Duo spinet player piano, yesterday I saw one for sale at the Goodwill Industries thrift store in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. I don't recall the exact price, but I'm sure it was under $100. I haven't seen the piano's interior, but externally it's sort of a mess: lo...

•I addressed a problem years ago on MMD with modern spinet players tearing rolls on rewind, but your problem is different: the upper spool is out of alignment. You actually should be able to play a roll with the automatic tracker disconnected. If it is constantly shifting the roll during play then i...

•I am looking for a mover to move a spinet piano from the Seattle, Washington, area to Palm Springs, California, Any suggestions are welcome! Thank you, John Kiszla

•I have an opportunity to get a Hardman Peck "Duo/Art" spinet for free. It's not a Duo-Art, but apparently is a Standard player with both foot pumper and an electric pump. The pump fires up and can rewind the roll but the piano doesn't seem to play. The piano action will need to be repaired; there a...

•Today I was asked to remove a player mechanism from a Kimball spinet. The valves are the double plastic kind and most have come unglued from the decks. If you need any of these parts, let me know. They will go cheap. You pay the freight. Ed Gaida egaida@txdirect.net

•I'm looking for a schematic or service manual for a Wurlitzer spinet player from the 1970's. Thank You Grant Leonard

•In a prior note to all subscribers I requested any information of a Conover-Cable (spinet type) player, #363505, that we recently purchased. If there would be anyone out there with any tidbits we would greatly appreciate information that anyone might have. Roll-on, Lyle Allen [ Your piano tuner can...

•I inspected a 1968(?) Kimball Electramatic spinet player for a customer. It's clean and the electrics work, but pneumatics are crispy and hard to close. The glued-on plastic valves may need work, too (if that's possible!). In short, I think the stack is the culprit. She would like an estimate for r...

•I was given a Pianocorder system that I am installing in a small spinet piano. I am only using the solenoids, 3 driver boards, and the power supply. The cassette tape recorder and the 2 large logic boards are replaced with 1 special board that converts the Z-tronics pipe organ data into signals nee...

•Luke, your post is interesting concerning the Wurlitzer spinet player piano. I remember when these were sold new in the late 1970s. The performance of these instruments at their best will not compare to a good upright from the 1920s. My Cable Euphona could outplay one of these in circles and it was...

•Can anyone recommend a competent piano mover in the Chicago area? The piano is a spinet, it needs to be moved from a suburban house with a few steps, to a city apartment, with two flights of stairs and no elevator. This is not a player. Meta Brown Senior Consultant SPSS Quality SPSS Inc. ...

•Hi, I just serviced a Kimball P795 Electromatic player spinet piano. It was a real hassle to tune. The electric bellows works and sounds like a noisy vacuum cleaner, not as bad as a shop vac, more like an Electrolux. The transmission is faulty and I think the entire unit is connected to a fuse whic...

•I have received a lot of email lately about the later style player mechanism installed in Kimball spinet pianos in the 1970's, or maybe before. Years ago, when Kimball was still making those players, I wrote to the factory and received four service manuals from them. One of the manuals was a photoc...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a 1960 Pianola spinet player piano with the foot pump bellows. I have an estimate of $1600 to repair it and he wants me to take it to his shop, and I think that is excessive. However, there is only one person in this area who can do these ...