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MMD Archives Authors Randolph Herr The most recent submissions are listed first. Address supressed for SPAM control purposes. Write to the editor if you need assistance Digest Nr Subject 2008.05.01.10 Replacement for Lead Tubing 2008.05.01.09 Life of PVC-E Glue in Container 2008.04.02.09 Seek Action Stack for Strich & Zeidler Upright 2008.02.07.03 Effect of Tracker Bar Hose Length on Repetition 2008.02.05.06 Duo-Art vs. Ampico 2008.02.01.12 Source of 3/8" Felt for Push-up Fingers 2008.01.31.14 Seek 3/8" Sheet Felt for Push-up Fingers 2008.01.05.03 Seek Diagram of Welte Vorsetzer Valves 2007.11.10.03 Rebuilding Welte-Mignon T-100 Vorsetzer 2007.11.07.08 Mislabeled QRS Story Roll 2007.11.07.06 Perforating Original Piano Rolls 2007.09.26.03 Steck Pianola With Reproducing Action 2007.07.25.06 Seek Thin Wall Tubing for Tracker Bar 2007.06.05.04 Tempo of Hupfeld Piano Roll 2007.04.26.07 Seek Disklavier Mark 2 Information 2007.03.12.10 Hot Hide Glue 2007.03.12.06 Duo-Art Test Rolls & Accent Perforations 2007.01.30.03 Materials for Rebuilding Player Instruments 2006.12.22.08 FS: 6' 10" Hardman Peck Welte Licensee Grand 2006.11.03.06 Welte-Mignon Vorsetzer Disassembly 2006.10.29.01 J. Lawrence Cook on TV 2006.10.28.05 Mister Rogers & QRS Music Roll Production 2006.10.19.07 Improvisation in Classical Music Rolls 2006.08.16.04 Piano Keyboard to MIDI Interface 2006.08.15.03 Seek Piano Keyboard to MIDI Interface 2006.06.19.04 Unknown Piston Airmotor 2006.03.20.03 Source of Ivory Keytops 2006.03.04.02 Music Rolls of Swollen Paper 2006.02.23.12 PVC-E Glue Diluted with Water 2006.02.14.02 PVC-E Glue and Phenoseal 2006.01.23.06 Weber Pianola Grand Piano 2006.01.17.11 Removing Action Stack from Early Steck Pianola 2006.01.17.02 Bach "Brandenburg Concertos" 2005.12.24.07 Under Floor Heat Causes Player Piano Failure 2005.10.22.08 GE Silicone Adhesive 2005.10.19.11 GE Silicone Adhesive 2005.06.24.05 Pouch Leather As Duo-Art Gasket Material 2005.05.19.04 Aeolian Visuola 2005.05.06.08 The Curse of Perflex 2005.05.06.07 Duo-Art Cross Valves And Ball Bleed Valves 2005.04.17.04 Mechanical Music in the Movies 2005.04.17.01 Instrument Mover John Wrasse 2005.04.10.06 Half Duo-Art Pianola 2005.03.03.14 Source of O-Rings for Piano Roll Flanges 2005.03.03.13 Instrument Moving Firm 2004.12.10.06 FS: Angelus Push-Up Player & Reed Organ 2004.12.10.05 Aeolian Themodist Valve Box Near Spool Frame 2004.06.01.04 "Breezy Broadway Medley" Unknown Tunes 2004.05.14.03 Post-Production Editing On Ampico Roll 2004.01.08.03 Welte Vorsetzer Includes Tracker Bar Pump 2004.01.05.09 Recording Four-Hands Piano Rolls 2003.12.20.02 Stored Binary Control Data & Jacquard Loom 2003.12.02.18 Power Supply for Welte-Mignon 110V DC Motor 2003.11.16.07 Seek Stack for Steinway Pianola Upright 2003.10.19.01 Welte-Mignon Artist Bernhard Stavenhagen 2003.10.11.02 Musical Box Cabinet Restorers 2003.10.01.12 Welte-Mignon Recording Technology 2003.04.08.03 List of AudioGraphic Music Rolls 2003.04.04.09 FS: Audiographic Rolls 2003.03.22.01 Small Steinway Box 2003.03.05.02 Tchaikovsky's Piano 2003.02.27.06 Al Shean of "Gallagher and Shean" 2003.02.20.07 7.5 Foot Steinway Player Pianos 2003.02.20.04 Geentroep 2003.02.14.01 Beethoven Tempest Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2 2003.02.13.07 Bigger Pianos Aren't Always Better Pianos 2003.02.09.01 Duo-Art Roll 71894, "Mother Goose" by Ravel 2003.02.08.03 Steinway Concert Duo-Art Rescued From Dump 2003.02.07.07 Music Roll Label Errors 2003.02.05.04 Piano Roll Performances of "Just A Memory" 2002.12.31.12 Square Grand Piano Regulation 2002.12.31.09 "William Tell Overture" Plays Inverted 2002.12.01.05 Seek New Ivory Keys 2002.09.03.02 Seek Audition of Cecilian Roll 2002.07.19.09 Adding Foot Pedal Exhausters to Duo-Art Grand 2002.07.16.10 Adding Foot Pedal Exhausters to Duo-Art Grand 2002.07.13.05 Aeolian Valve Leather 2002.07.13.04 Ampico Sustain Pedal Compensating Pneumatics 2002.07.02.06 Turn-of-the-Century Pianos - Steinway vs. Weber 2002.05.04.08 Duo-Art Five Position Switch 2002.04.20.04 Music Roll Artist William Merrigan Daly 2002.04.18.10 PowerRoll Delivery Status 2002.03.28.08 Quieting a Piano - Felt Mute Strip 2002.03.21.16 Seek Duo-Art Motor and Pump 2002.03.20.04 Effect of Piano Key Length 2002.03.17.13 Effect of Piano Key Length 2002.03.13.08 Nickelodeon Rewind Problem 2002.02.25.04 Piano Rolls at eBay Auction 2002.02.24.06 Piano Rolls at eBay Auction 2002.02.23.07 Adding MIDI Control to Pneumatic Player Systems 2002.02.10.04 Cute Song Title 2002.02.02.08 FS: Seeburg Mortuary Organ 2001.12.29.06 Converting Orchestrelle to Play 88-Note Rolls 2001.12.28.06 Converting Orchestrelle to Play 88-Note Rolls 2001.12.27.11 Converting Orchestrelle to Play 88-Note Rolls 2001.12.21.02 Converting Orchestrelle to Play 88-Note Rolls 2001.12.06.09 Share Welte Rolls for Recutting 2001.10.19.06 FS: Aeolian 88 Note Push-Up Pianola on eBay 2001.10.07.02 The Metrostyle Questions 2001.09.15.03 WTB: Square Grand Dampers 2001.08.30.03 Piano Shop Liquidation Sale 2001.08.29.11 Same Melody Used For Different Songs 2001.07.24.04 Special Piano Action in Player Grand Pianos 2001.05.10.04 Computer Model to Simulate a Piano Action 2001.05.03.02 "President Harding March" 2001.04.22.01 Duo-Art Adjustment Tips 2001.04.17.03 Demise of the Player Piano 2001.04.06.08 Sticking Center Pins on Steinway Vertical Piano 2000.12.17.06 Duo-Art Test Rolls & Pneumatic Springs 2000.11.21.05 Marking Questions In The MMD Subject Line 2000.11.16.01 Clarence Hickman Recollections 2000.11.15.09 Is the Piano Sustain Pedal Needed? 2000.11.14.05 Irving Caesar Recollections & "Ka-Lu-A" 2000.11.13.06 Piano Roll Artist Ralph Rainger 2000.11.08.08 Constant Tension Brake for Roll Supply Spool 2000.11.05.10 Constant Tension Brake for Roll Supply Spool 2000.10.31.07 "Ching Chong" by Lee S. Roberts 2000.09.09.07 Plastic Hot Melt Glue 2000.08.28.11 Glue 2000.08.28.01 Edwin Votey Family 2000.08.26.05 Preparing a Duo-Art Grand for Moving 2000.08.22.07 Cabinet Maker Hates Hot Glue 2000.08.22.05 Seek Player Tech in Washington DC 2000.07.14.04 Mystery Tune - The Hootchie Kootchie Dance 2000.06.22.04 Language Translator Web Site at AltaVista 2000.06.08.06 Deodorizing the 'Pianodor' 2000.06.08.05 Source of Decals 2000.06.07.10 Deodorizing 2000.05.30.01 Composers Inspired by Mechanical Music 2000.05.22.13 "Fumed Oak" & "African Mottled Mahogany" 2000.05.22.12 Shellac & Lacquer Wood Finishes 2000.05.13.07 Duo-Art Tracker Bar Installed Upside-Down 2000.05.11.01 Missing Article in Digest 00.05.06 2000.05.01.11 Aeolian and Mel-O-Dee 2000.04.29.01 Steinway Piano Models, Large and Small 2000.04.28.08 Duo-Art Cross Valve Idea 2000.04.28.04 Duo-Art Test Rolls 2000.04.26.11 Hickman Ampico B Ball Unit Valve 2000.04.26.07 "I Love A Piano" 2000.04.17.11 Making a Belly Cloth for a Reproducing Grand

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