•Hello. I'm new to the world of roller organs although not to automatic musical instruments. My late father had picked up a roller organ somewhere and it's been kicking around for a while. I've finally found out what it IS, so now I need to start the rebuilding. From what I read in Todd Augsburger's...

•I need a few more parts to complete a project. First, I need a late Ampico "A" expression unit. The unit I seek must have the main vacuum supply on the left as the unit is viewed looking into that long supply nipple, with the unit is held upright. Looking into the nipple, one sees the main regulato...

•Hello Jack; I just read your MMD message. I have a Larry Broadmoore PowerRoll mounted under my piano rather than in the spool drawer. It has hardly been used. I have it connected to a laptop computer. The software plus MIDI music files are from a Phillips-Ampico CD from Australia. Perhaps you would...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMDigest -- At our local clubhouse is an Aeolian "Sting" console player piano, circa 1987, and its push/pull on/off white plastic Cherry switch has jammed. The electric motor will not turn on or off. The switch is located with a protruding shaft that mo...

•To answer Robbie's question about noise. A good quality motor such as the Bodine 24A series will be very quiet. If you are concerned mainly with noise you can run the motor at a low speed and will hear virtually nothing. Depending on the design speed and the controller chosen, there will most likel...

•Fellow MMDers, I have a Gulbransen to restore that has been extremely mal-treated. Someone took the stack and pump out, tried to rebuild it, then threw the stuff in boxes which were then stored in a leaky barn. Some of the parts are too damaged to use and some are missing. I will have to make the s...

•Hi all, does anybody know where to get an auto off switch, the one that PPCo sold? It's the type you use on any old upright player when you add a vacuum pump. It's simply a small block of wood with a button on the front and a metal tongue on the back. It mounts on top of the spool box after you dri...

•I have an upright Steinway Duo Art, Style S with a steamboat pump. The piano has a vibration when playing and I am sure that the problem is caused by the way the motor is mounted. It is the right motor for the piano but there is nothing that cushions the motor vibrations. The motor basically is hel...

•Hi MMD, I am looking for some details of a 23.7 cm (9.33") Mira in order to complete a restoration. I need: 1. details of the winder -- a winder from a 30 cm (12-inch) Mira fits perfectly but I would like to be sure; 2. details of the disc support rollers and their mounts; 3. details of the escutch...

•Seeburg piano parts needed: cast iron cash box and drawer with lock; sheet metal coin chute; top lid lock, catch and key; fallboard lock key; bottom panel lock and metal brackets; mandoline rail and pneumatic; mandoline on-off switch; 3-way pipe rank on-off switch that mounts under the keybed above...

•Duaine, I suspect that you will get a number of replies to your question, so my response may not be that useful. But I have certainly had some experience with Ampico A Tempo regulators and their issues. The symptoms you describe, of it "going from 0 to full speed" in the first little bit of control...

•My Reproduco is of the standard 88-note [spool frame] tracker bar type. It has the factory installed Catch-All Tracker Cleaner. However, this unit has been disconnected from the vacuum source and, of course, it does nothing. I have yet to locate where the vacuum supply would have been tapped to ope...

•Recent interest in electric motors installed in reproducing pianos has brought out an abundance of new information. However, some of the information that I have read in these current postings and some found in the MMD Archives suggested by Robbie is erroneous. Perhaps I can add a few comments that ...

•Hello -- The old family player piano (which I've coveted since the age of five) has been recently passed down to me from my grandfather. It's an upright 1927 Stroud Duo-Art, fully electric -- no pedals -- in pretty serviceable condition. Sometime in the 1980's, the original electric motor stopped w...

•I need some Ampico A switches for the drawer. I need original ones that don't necessarily have to work, as I need them as a pattern to reproduce them in cast brass. While I am working on this project, does anyone have suggestions for any other parts? I have already made transmission frames for Play...

•Hello All, I am working on a 1922 Weber Duo-Art grand. During the process of rebuilding the piano action, I stored the metal piece that connects the hammer rail pneumatic with the hammer rail in a place so "safe" that I doubt I will ever see it again. It is quite a mystery to me how I could have so...

•I need the cast iron shifter lever for a Weber Duo-Art grand. I believe they are all the same design regardless of the brand of Duo-Art. I have attached a photo of one from another Weber Duo-Art I am rebuilding. The piano that this lever goes on was purchased by my customer as a gutted player becau...

•[ Wayne Finger wrote in 160821 MMDigest -- > My Seeburg L has a cast iron plate screwed to the floor directly > under the coin exit from the coin counter. This floor plate (see > attached photo) is the holder for the nickel collection box. Alas, > this Seeburg instrument is missing this nickel coll...

•I have an almost complete Ampico B player system for sale. Includes pump, motor, stack, drawer, wooden stack cover, and miscellaneous mounting parts including the motor mounts but the rubber has dried out. The only thing not included is the damper pneumatic. This was not playing and was removed fro...

•[ Ref. David Krall in 230425 MMDigest ] My first player piano was a Farrand upright which played nicely when 35 years old. It had vertical mounted valves. Each valve was suspended on a short wood arm which was held in place by 2 sharp pins. The pins made a low friction contact as held between by a ...