•> Some Ampico rolls are for sale at ebay online auction: > http://komodo.ebay2.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1927474 Jody says this URL is no longer valid...

•>> Some Ampico rolls are for sale at ebay online auction: >> http://komodo.ebay2.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1927474 > >Jody says this URL is no longer valid... The URL works fine from mindspring, with no problem. FYI, I noticed that there are about 5 days left on the auction of those ro...

•>[ The Obenchain rollography shows only the early "A" version, >[ performed by Leo Ornstein. -- Robbie Robbie, As it happens, I don't have a copy of the roll, but you should be made aware that Ampico re-coded many, many of their "classical" recordings to "B" format after 1927. In almost no cases we...

•This note is intended for Mike Walter, who asked about late copies of Ampico Roll 50715, Debussy's "Reflets dans l'eau" played by Leo Ornstein and originally issued in 1915. I am replying through the Digest, rather than privately, because it appears others are interested in this matter. Dean Randal...

•I am working on a 1923 Marshall & Wendell Ampico which was "rebuilt" some years ago. After restoring it, the wind-motor will not govern properly. After eliminating all other possibilities (chain tension, brake tension, binding shafts, wind-motor problems, etc.) I believe that the governor pneumatic...

•This note is intended for Mike Walter. I am posting it here because it may be of interest to other readers of the Digest. Mike, at your request I retrieved from cold storage my copy of Ampico Roll 50715, Debussy's "Reflet dans l'eau" played by Leo Ornstein. The first thing I noticed is that the tit...

•I, too would love to know where to get power switches for both Ampicos and Duo-Arts. There were about 3 different models (that I can recall) used in Ampico drawers before the model B came along. Two of these were pull-on switches. Cutler-Hammer made some of them, and I located some C-H switches, 5A...

•On several occasions I have had the problem of bad switches in Ampico pianos and a few Duo Arts. If one has *infinite patience* it is sometimes possible to take one of these original switches apart, and repair them. Be prepared for springs to fly out, etc., but they can be put back. Usually there i...

•Several people have wondered about Ampico expression response curves and have written to me privately about them, in regard to what they have heard or read. I probably haven't expressed myself very well about these dissimilarities and the actual real-world response, so let me simplify the two model...

•Be they in the realm of myth, reality or simply glib and lengthy pontificating, compatibility issues regarding the Ampico A and B are still far from being resolved. Musical art reproduced from Ampico recordings is in the ear and mind of the beholder, whether it comes from an Ampico A or B. "Compati...

•Dave Saul brought up some good questions about A and B "compatibility" that still need to be answered. Granted, there will be no way to satisfactorily answer someone who is basically saying, "Well, to my ears, the B plays the A rolls poorly." I'll leave that alone. But there were a few salient, leg...

•Corrections needed Whoa, Craig Brougher, you are putting words into my mouth that I never said. (re: 12/28/97 MMD). Never at any point did I make any statement about "model B's being poor reproducers". To the contrary, I think they are GREAT reproducing pianos. I enjoy mine immensely, ball unit val...

•I just have a terrible time trying to read the #280-C Ampico layout revised by Player Piano in 1990. Does anyone know of a reprint or layout that is more easily read? Thanks and Happy New Year Doug Adam

•Greetings, Some months ago, Craig Brougher wrote an item for MMD about the correct way to set the upstop rail in Ampico grands. After much searching, I can't find it in my saved MMDs. Does anyone remember the date, or even the month this was posted? Thanks, Dean Randall

•To answer Dean Randall's question about adjusting the lift-stop rail on the Ampico grand, there was a discussion about this subject in MMD970702, MMD970703, and MMD970704, involving Larry Broadmoore, Craig Brougher, and myself. I hope this is what you were looking for. Richard Vance

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•Hello again. I have been e-mailing the gentleman with the Ampichron chime roll for sale and am now researching info on this clock mechanism. If one can be found is it advisable to retrofit one on an existing Ampico? Any info provided greatly appreciated. Thanks. Phillip Morgan [ See the recent disc...

•Having purchased an original Ampichron mechanism from Aeolian-American, back in the days when they were available, I can tell you something about them. Fitting them into a model B Ampico drawer is far more complex than it appears to be. The original Ampichron mechanisms were very well built, but ex...

•Help, help, I've just had the hammer action rebuilt in my 1928 Fischer-Ampico grand. I find now that the hammer-rail will not lift evenly. In this late-A mechanism, the lift point is at the first scale break on the bass end (between the strings on the bass bridge and those on the tenor) rather than...

•Dean Randall wrote: > I suspect, since I have determined that all centers are free and all > related friction eliminated, that the new treble hammers weigh more > than did the tired old originals, which lifted fairly evenly. The > lift-rail assembly and its associated pivots and flanges are secure ...