•Hello All! I found this site through a friend, and it is great! I am a piano hobbyist (a nut, really) and I have a couple of things to contribute. For almost the past 30 years, I have written down every piano I have seen, and when possible, their serial numbers. I saw that someone was specifically ...

•Hi MMD, I have recently obtained a Seeburg A keyboard piano, gutted case only. I am interested in dating this piano. The serial number is 58220. It is an earlier A. It has an angled coin slot and slot for soft-loud cut out at the bottom of the beveled glass front, but no on-off mandolin control kno...

•Hello, I am in the process of restoring our Seeburg model "L" nickelodeon and discovered that it has the wrong (and larger) pulley on the motor. I am interested in knowing the exact size of original pulley specifications for Seeburg style "L". Does anyone have an original Seeburg correct size pulle...

•[ Don Teach wrote in 040401 MMDigest: > Both of these pianos are extremely rare and are the only known > examples. ... The Seeburg G has four extra foot pedals to play > the percussion and you can play the pipes from the keyboard. > ... Somewhere someone has a copy of a Seeburg ad (which I would > ...

•Seeburg L models, also known as the Seeburg Junior, used three different types of pneumatic stacks. The most common stack is the two-tier stack of the 1920's. The valve travel is .035 with leather facings. The valve covers sold today are not correct. They may look good but you need to measure them...

•[ Ref. 050205 MMDigest, Seek Tubing Schematic for Nelson-Wiggen 5X Hi Group, "Treasures of Mechanical Music," by Arthur A. Reblitz and Q. David Bowers (1981), shows the following tracker scale for style '4X' and 'G' orchestrion rolls as tubed on the Seeburg G orchestrion: 1 Hammer rail 2 Sustaining...

•Speaking of eBay, can anyone tell me more about #25430 Trademark on a Seeburg F piano? I have searched the Trademark and Patent site with no success. This document is on eBay under Seeburg Piano and has shown up several times. I wonder if it is bogus or what since all trademarks and patents can be ...

•Last summer, I announced that I was going to make a reproduction of a 2-tier style Seeburg pneumatic stack. After a year-and-a-half of searching for suppliers, jig making and drilling, I have completed my first stack. I am very pleased with how it looks and performs. Pictures and more information a...

•Hello All, I just received my first shipment of reproduction Seeburg valve covers from Brian Thornton. His wooden valve covers are excellent and cannot be distinguished from my 85 year old original covers. Please contact him for Seeburg stacks & stack parts. He is a true craftsman who enjoys his wo...

•This is a notice to those of you who wanted to be informed when I would get finished with my one-of-a-kind Seeburg orchestrion playing Wurlitzer Mandolin PianOrchestra files, H rolls, G and 4X rolls and my own arrangements transcribed from genuine period dance orchestra orchestrations. It's ready t...

•At a local auction in Central California a Seeburg L, which was reportedly in playing condition, with art glass in an early 2-door style, fetched $4300.00 just last week (not including buyer's premium). It is nice to see automatic instruments start to recede in price to a level where more middle in...

•It's really sad to hear that something as collectible as a Seeburg Model L would sell for only $4,300.00, when just a few years ago they were fetching nearly double that. It only tells me that, instead of increasing in value so that automatic musical instruments can be considered a good investment...

•In the 05.05.30 MMD Kim Bunker writes: > The point I'm trying to make is, if we see higher prices, that > means there is a lot of interest in collecting. No one has to > be rich to collect; all you need to be is in the right place at > the right time! When we see lower prices on these marvels, it >...

•Hi All, Kim Bunker's comments about the declining value of some mechanical musical instruments is something that has both interested and concerned me for many years. As one whose entire livelihood centers around player pianos, the fact that they have continued to decrease in monetary value ever sin...

•Re: Kim Bunker's post in MMD 050530: I've been following Seeburg L prices closely for a half dozen years now and $4,300 is not that far off the mark. Seeburg L pianos generally go for between $4,000 and $10,000, depending on many factors: a.) condition of the instrument b.) where it is being sold, ...

•Brian Smith wrote: "It will be wonderful if prices are reasonable for us, the majority of automatic music fans who are not multi-millionaires." Hear, hear! Being 24 years old myself, I can certainly agree with this. Collecting automatic musical instruments is a wonderful thing, but it certainly see...

•The model identified as "Cab." in the 1918 Seeburg price list is either the PGA, or a predecessor to what we know as the Style L. It has three doors -- a full-width upper door with one large stained glass window, and two lower doors. It has standard L mechanisms (including a shaft- driven roll mech...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a single-manual player pipe organ that says JP Seeburg on it. It's been in my father's basement for 50 years. I would like to find out its value. It's not assembled. Its front shape is that of a theater organ. All the pipes go inside the c...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I am seeking to communicate with other owners of Seeburg Model "HO" self-contained reproducing pipe organs. This is a 1-manual 3-rank tubular pneumatic pipe organ with a roll player system and one octave pedal keyboard. It is quite similar to the...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- What type of wire, plug, and connection to the piano was used for the line cord on a Seeburg L cabinet piano built about 1918? Also, what is the correct type of wiring, routing, connection method, and battery type and location for remote coin tri...