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| 2005.10.22.05 |
Donating a Roll Collection to an Institution
from Albert Petrak •Kevin McElhone of the U.K. (writing in 051021 MMDigest) clearly is "on top of" a major collection which _is_ available to those who are interested, and presumably can be accessed, perhaps by scanner if not permitted to be borrowed. However, in our gracious land(!) the situation is quite different, ... |
| 2016.08.02.01 |
Wayne Stahnke Interview 1993
from Robbie Rhodes •The development of the modern solenoid reproducing piano began in 1974, tucked away in a corner of Dick Carty's player piano shop in Redondo Beach, California. Wayne Stahnke's prototype instrument was built into a sturdy Canadian Loughead console piano supplied by Carty. A 10-1/2-inch reel-to-reel ... |
| 2018.06.30.03 |
Bernardo Segall, Welte-Mignon (Licensee) Artist
from Jim Miller •Part 2 of 2. Part of what else I'd learned was concerning that five-years-time with the Siloti's. One delicious tit-bit that Bernardo related, and with obvious delight, was concerning some mornings there. Apparently, there was a sort of ritual for certain of these, this being big visits of Rachmani... |
| 2019.10.18.03 |
Academia and Museums and Mechanical Music
from Jim Miller •I am saddened to read what is being said with regard to our fellow reader and contributor, Dr. Peter Phillips. MMD reader and subscriber Mark Kinsler, in his posting, among much else of-interest stated thus: "If anyone out there in academe knows more about music rolls than, say, Art Reblitz or Mr. ... |
| 2019.10.20.04 |
A New DeLuxe Licensee Welte-Mignon Label
from Jim Miller •Some time ago, when believing that I would have my T98-scale roll punch up-and-going (ha!-ha!-ha!), I decided to teach myself to draw a bit, so that I might create my own possibly decent appearing labels. Well, the punch is still in-progress, while the labels did materialize long ago in my proof bo... |
| 2020.08.03.02 |
Welte-Mignon Sustain Pedal Compensation
from Jim Miller •[ Ref. Welte-Mignon Sustain Pedal Compensation, Part 1 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/202001/2020.01.14.01.html MMD readers, It has too long since I last wrote on the subject of "Welte-Mignon Sustain Pedal Compensation" and a Compensator for the effecting of it, so I am posting now thi... |
| 2020.10.23.03 |
Early T-100 Welte-Mignon Dual Sustain Pedal Speeds
from Jim Miller •Mignonites and any others having interest -- Among the divided ever-fussing Mignonite Coterie, as far as I am aware, none of either are aware that the first German Welte-Mignon instruments in combination with their T-100 record-rolls, featured dual-speed pedaling effects! Some fifty-or-so years ago... |
| 1997.10.01.16 |
Solenoid Piano Survey Results
from Scott Currier •As promised, here is the summation of the informal Solenoid Piano - Acoustic MIDI survey I asked MMDers to respond to. It is very long... I contacted the manufacturers of the modern systems by email asking for input, but received no replies. I received a great response from the MMD, and was surpris... |
| 2000.03.15.09 |
Pianocorder 1977 Original Technical Announcement
from Mike Knudsen •While I agree with Doug Henderson that the Smithsonian exhibit should have showcased more pneumatic players, a lot of us are interested in the more modern piano actions. Here's a technical description of the original Pianocorder, which I just found in a 1977 clipping from Electronic Design, one of ... |
| 2018.10.13.05 |
FS: Welte T-100 and Ampico "B" Parts
from Jim Miller •Over too many decades I've acquired parts of various sorts. It occurs to me now that others might have better use for them than myself. Some are of T-100 Welte-Mignon origination whereas others are Ampico "B." Here they are: 1. An Ampico "B" later-style take-up spool made en facsimile some decades ... |
| 2020.01.14.01 |
Welte-Mignon Sustain Pedal Compensation, Part 1
from Jim Miller •Eighteen years ago, appearing within the pages of the MMD, there was much interesting and useful discussion [Ref. 1] regarding the small damper pedal compensation pneumatic that Dr. Clarence Hickman had developed and caused to be attached to Ampico "A" expression devices, these as ostensibly produc... |
| 1999.11.01.05 |
Everest Recordings of Ampico and Duo-Art Music
from D. L. Bullock •I have a good number of the Everest reproducing roll LP's. As I remember they are mostly Duo-Art. I also remember that they were at the time (1970's when I found them) the only recordings of reproducing rolls I could find except for Joseph Tushinski's three cassettes of "Keyboard Immortals". I also... |
| 2002.12.04.04 |
Seek Material for Reed Organ Keytops
from Louis Huivenaar •I'm seeking a factory or a shop who still has the old type of material which was used on the keyboards of some reed organs, theater organs and sometimes church organs. The color was not real white but more creme, little stripes in it and quite thick. We call it here in Europe 'Belit' or 'Galalith'... |
| 2021.07.12.03 |
Book "Collecting..." Reviewed by Larry Givens
from Jim Miller •"Collecting: An Unruly Passion: Psychological Perspectives" by Werner Muensterberger (1994), ISBN: 9780691633442 Reviewed by Larry Givens Some decades ago now, when I was living in the north-west part of Los Angelus (Tarzana), I'd hosted guests there come from the East to visit. Much to my bemuseme... |
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