•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a 1976 Kimball spinet player, but I have a special roll I need to replace so that I may listen to this melody by a standard QRS roll, or _any_ roll with the same melody. The roll title is Duo Art The Aeolian Company 713054 Indian Love Call...

•Re: 050115 MMDigest Hi List, does anyone have a schematic on those forgetable Kimball spinet players of the 'fifties and 'sixties? I have a problem with one that shuts off prematurely. I think it's the momentary contact switch but would like to tackle it armed with more than a hunch. Thanks Arthur ...

•Hi, I am seeking a set of old electronic spinet organ foot pedals with switches, set of 13 pedals, keys C to C. I would like to use these to build a MIDI controller. Please contact me directly Thanks, Andy Taylor

•What was the maker or model of the on/off power switch used in the Aeolian spinet players of the 1970s? Where can I find one? Don Teach - Shreveport Music Shreveport, Louisiana

•I have three players, two tall uprights and the third is a spinet, that I would like to find a good home for. They are complete but definitely need some TLC. (I have a fourth, a Philips and Crew with a Standard action, that I am working on.) I also have an upright reed organ, looks like a piano but...

•Hi all, I completely agree with Andy Taylor on buying a Universal player over the Aeolian spinet piano. I would not touch those 1960s to 1970s Aeolian or other spinet player pianos. Another reason, besides that they don't sound as great as an old upright, is the fact that most of them will not play...

•Hi, I have a client that is in need of one of the Kimball Spinet player piano drive motors. Are these available anywhere? I would appreciate any and all info on their availability and/or possible replacement. Thank you all! Steve Grattan [ Visit http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/E/electramatic...

•Hi all, I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1938 spinet Ampico and I am in need of about 35 late "A" type cork gaskets for rebuilding the stack (with the almost square holes diagonally across from each other). If anyone has some that they would sell, please contact me. Thanks very much! Mike Walter ...

•[ Ref. FS: Piano Parts in 170405 & 170407 MMDigest ] Knight never made spinet or console pianos. The action shown is from a Knight studio piano. The piano had to have been dropped, and severely so, for the plate to have broken. Knight used a full perimeter plate that was very, very robust. I have o...

She: A reproducing piano? What does it bear? Spinets?¶ He: No, baby Grands!" - - -

•Interesting comments on Mr. Herz's father's experience tuning Acrosonic spinets at the Baldwin factory. At a PTG (Piano Technician's Guild) convention, I remember one respected tuner explaining how to deal with tuning an Acrosonic in the home: "Set your watch alarm for two hours. At the end of two ...

•Dan Armstrong mentioned his Storytone electronic piano. I had one of these sold under another name. It looked like a 1940s spinet, but with doors on either side of the pedals. One side held a phonograph, the other a radio. The piano had an ordinary plate, strings and action, but pick-ups instead of...

•From a piano builders point of view, it would not cost much (if any) more to build a quality upright than one of those god-awful spinets. Some of these spinets have far more complicated linkage with all the drop elbows than the common upright stickers. From a cost point of view, we are talking abou...

•The customer is indeed part of the problem, and perhaps has been for a long time. About twenty years ago I was in a piano store, and put my fingers carelessly on an evil Kimball spinet. It sounded awful. I remarked to the salesman about it, and he said that someone would like it and buy it. Weeks l...

•What a disappointment to find a fake Duo-Art! Back a few years, I saw a "Welte-Mignon" decal plastered on a cheap and dreadful spinet player piano. I guess someone must have bought the name, or the trademark had expired. The player transmission appeared to be made of pot metal, and under the gears ...

•Just as the model name 'Pianola' refers to several self-playing products of the Aeolian Company throughout its history, from its pushup player and inner player through the 1950 keytop unit and 1960 64-note Pianola spinet, so too were 'Duo' and 'Art' applied to Aeolian's 1960's model line. Unfortuna...

•For years we have had an off-again and on-again affair with buying a player. The other day we purchased a second-owner Cable. It is electric/manual (spinet type) and is in excellent physical and playing condition. The piano hasn't been delivered yet and already I am collecting information. We have ...

•After many years of of looking and longing I purchased my first player. Previously (7 years ago) I had purchased 66 Ampico rolls with expectation of someday owning a piano. Last month we became owner of a Conover-Cable spinet type player. I know that you and your readers can relate when I tell you ...

•Does anyone have an idea where there is a music store or loading dock in Spokane, Washington (a spinet piano is going there), and also Atlanta GA. We seem to have (as a business) lost contact with a few mover names, and no one is responding. We are a registered business in New York State, and I can...

•We recently acquired a Aeolian Themodist-London. It is a small upright, almost a spinet. It has only 85 notes and has the superior floating tracker bar system. Can anyone give me any additional information on the player, style, year produced, etc.? Thank you, Stephen Kent Goodman