•Sorry for the delay in answering Jim Gallops' comment about our choice of violin strings for the Mills Violano -- we've been out of town during the entire discussion of Violano strings. Ralph and I have used the same strings on our Violano for many years and with marvelous results. We get a beautif...

•If I obtain strings from Gloria's source, what type of preparation is necessary in order to install them, like winding, the eyelets, etc.? Al Menasche

•How does Gabe's player operate with "no strings attached?" Hal Davis

•I wonder if someone within the group can advise me about the following instrument that has come into my possession. It is a small stringed wooden board, about 2 feet wide, having the same shape as the upper part of a grand piano. It could easily be played on one's lap. It is about 2 inches thick wi...

•I just finished replacing all the hammer springs in an Aeolian with blue felt. I've had problems with weak springs in the past and so when I saw about a dozen of them already broken, I went ahead and replaced them all, rather than use repair springs. Aeolian springs from this era have been so bad, ...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- I'm currently finishing fixing a 25 notes ...

•Hi, All at MMD! I have recently purchased a Triola zither. Can anyone tell me where I can buy a new set of strings? Thank you for any help. Kind regards, Derek Deane Australia

•I have a customer with an Aeolian studio size upright player with some piano action issues including some broken strings. This unit is from the late 1970s and has the plastic unit valves which are below the key bed and the roll mechanism above the keys. Is there a way to remove the roll mechanism s...

•Hi All, It is not advisable to remove the upper part of the player mechanism from the modern Aeolian players. However, to remove the piano action, the upper section must be moved away from the piano action. I have the basic information about removing the piano action from the modern Aeolian console...

•The discussion on hammers for reproducing grands has been informative. I'd like to shift the topic to replacing the bass strings. I suspect the opinions will be more diverse on this subject. When I had my Steinway AR Duo-Art rebuilt I asked my piano technician to use Ari Isaac's bass strings. I had...

•One of my first instruments, bought when I was a teenager, was a beaten-up British-made Weber Duo-Art grand. It had been used in a bar and the lid was gouged and scratched down to the bare wood from beer crates being slid over it. It was filthy inside and the bass strings were "tubby" in the extrem...

•In my personal experience, I found that American piano strings did not use copper for the under-layer of the coil, but steel or some other material that seems to corrode. European strings had mostly copper for both layers. I have removed and cleaned a lot of strings and found that those with steel ...

•I have been very interested in the articles about bass strings for reproducing pianos as I am about to embark on replacing those on my 1930 5-foot 4-inch Knabe Ampico B. I must say that I am surprised that no records appear to exist about the original stringing of these pianos (at least in the UK)...

•My business is about 50% non-player pianos and 50% players. There is a _lot_ more business rebuilding non-player grands. I have restored many: Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, Knabe, etc. I will choose what bass strings and hammers I use based upon the instrument make and model. I restored a small Bluthne...

•To add another 2 cents -- When it comes to original piano bass strings, mainly for player pianos, I have installed countless sets and I have kept copies of the sizes. It appears that companies changed scales slightly over the years. Sydney Beales changed; it is difficult to find two players with th...

•I'm rebuilding a 36-note barrel piano that I have to restring. Where can I buy small quantities of music wire in sizes 12 through 18-1/2? The most I would need is less than a third of a pound each. Has anyone purchased music wire from Aliexpress? Some Asian company on Aliexpress sells single string...

In a message dated 96-04-26 02:22:32 EDT, Craig Broucher writes: > The overall point is this: It doesn't matter whose software or > books you buy. None of them can give you the exact scale of the > original piano strings. But basically, unless you wind your own, what > good is that information going...

---begin forwarded message--- From: repo@webtv.net (david repanshek)¶ Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 09:35:46 -0500¶ To: tuttleja@concentric.net For sale. Complete set (24) wooden string pipes for a orchestrion. Removed from working orchestrion to make room for accordion. Asking $75 including shipping. David...

•Comments by both Grant Leonard and Bernt Damm are, in my opinion, capable of misleading someone regarding the use of the Sustain Trap or Damper Rail. In the first case let me point out that the lifting of the dampers allows something more than just the 'sustaining' of the played tone. It also allow...

•In response to Hal Davis' view on the sustain pedal and piano strings: I believe the Aeolian people would have had 255 steps or more of pedal, and key velocity too, if they didn't go under at the time. One must remember that what we speak today is as a result of the evolution from yesterday. If one...