•I have done some reed voicing for pipe organs. It basically boils down to -- - being sure the tongue and shallot surfaces are absolutely clean and true; use ultra-fine sandpaper to buff these to a mirror finish; - curving the reed tongue with a rounded burnisher so that it has an exponential curve ...

•For sale: a set of 13 brass trumpets for Wurlitzer 125 or 150 band organ. Including feet and shallots, $2200 plus shipping. Jon Guy Gage, Oklahoma tel.: 1-580-885-7609 nortwf@pldi.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•I'm looking for some brass trumpets and trombones for a large band organ. If you know anyone that has any let me know. Does anyone have a number for Alan Erb? Galen Bird tel.: 1-816-392-6444 ogmbird@hotmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] [ Found in the Resource Registry of AMICA Bulle...

•Hi all, where might I find a set of reeds and shallots for the trumpet rank of a Wurlitzer 105? Les Higger

•[ Les Higger wrote in 080502 MMDigest: > Where might I find a set of reeds and shallots > for the trumpet rank of a Wurlitzer 105? Organ Supply Industries (OSI) of Erie, Pennsylvania, should be able to exactly reproduce any parts you need including complete ranks of pipes and any other parts you ne...

•Hello everyone, I wonder if anyone has the key frame scale for a trumpet organ (monkey organ) by Heinrich Voigt Fabrik. This instrument has serial number 1332 and, as well as the usual pipes, it has 11 wooden trumpets. The keyframe has 37 keys spaced exactly 1/2-inch apart. The barrel plays 8 songs...

•Hello All, the following is going up for sale: a North Tonawanda Brass Trumpet band organ, Style 155, built circa 1917, restored original in perfect condition; ref. page 910 of Bowers' "Encyclopedia". It plays a North Tonawanda roll (not endless); probably one of the finest in existence. Please ema...

•In the 20.06.27 MMD Lee Rothrock writes about a clock in the film "They Came By Night." That clock is a typical Black Forest Trumpet item. It appears to be from around 1880. https://youtu.be/Mtklzx3QD44?t=2750 Robbie Rhodes is correct: the sound is made from a reed to which is attached a tin plate ...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a large Emilian Wehrle 8-horn Shelf Trumpeter that is for sale. The clock is 44 inches high. It is the large triple-wind 8-day movement movement, the largest that Wehrle made. It is cased in a fantastic Shelf Gothic case. It is being offer...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hello, the Black Forest 8-horn Trumpeter has been sold. Thanks, Justin Miller

•Group -- This weekend I restored an 8-horn Em. Wehrle Trumpeter clock that I have in my collection. This clock was a special order piece, and is the most intricately carved example of a Wehrle clock known. I have worked on flute clocks in the past (no reeds), but this is the first trumpeter that I ...

•I just acquired a Wurlitzer brass trumpet organ in a handsome dark tiger oak case. It is in surprisingly good condition and seems most certainly to be the original finish. Sadly, it's been stored in a damp place for some time and there are blotches of mildew on the inside and outside. Has anyone co...

•I have worked with brass trumpets, including North Tonawanda. The overall nominal tuning of the organ -- the violins and open flutes, in particular -- is the baseline for where the trumpets need to be tuned. A set of brass has some half-length resonators, and it is imperative to get correct resonat...

•I am currently building a set of trumpet pipes (Wurlitzer 105 style) and need to know the hardness specs (Rockwell) for the reed brass. The gauges required are from .012 to .016. I assume the material should be full hard or spring hard but cannot find any data on the temper or Rockwell. Any help wo...

•I recently restored a 40 note street organ with 9 trumpet pipes. I would like to find out the tuning scale for the organ, especially for the trumpet pipes. Even some educated guesses would help. Also, is there any information available for Karl Diesner, "Orgelbauer in Erlitz bei Grulich? Erlitz was...

•Doug Nixon writes needing brass hardness info for trumpet reeds. Wallace Venable's reply makes sense if the metal is not going to be pushed to the yield point. I have found that phosphor bronze in its hard condition works well for music box dampers and it is nicely workable. Your could make a test ...

•In response to Matthew Caulfield's question about "E trumpet-on" on a Wurlitzer 150 band organ scale stick [191219 MMDigest], the German word "einschalten" (meaning "to turn on") was used on certain scale sticks for instruments made in Germany. Given the German background of some of de Kleist's and...

•Many thanks to those who provided enlightening details about Trumpeter Clocks in a previous post; now for something a bit more challenging. In "Child of Manhattan", https://youtu.be/GYsEkQab37Y?t=1870 at around time 31:10, the suave gentleman slyly switches his piano into 'play' to make the young l...

•Doug Nixon said in the 121004 MMD: "I am currently building a set of trumpet pipes (Wurlitzer 105 style) and need to know the hardness specs (Rockwell) for the reed brass." As someone who taught Strength of Materials to engineering students for decades, I offer the following. The hardness of a meta...

•[ Ref. "Popcorn & Bees in Brass Trumpet Organs" by Andy Park, at [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201502/2015.02.18.html I'm just getting caught up on my MMD reading and came across the discussion subject, "Popcorn and Bees," that appears in the list of topics of several issues. That soun...