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MMD Archives Authors Eliyahu Shahar The most recent submissions are listed first. Address supressed for SPAM control purposes. Write to the editor if you need assistance Digest Nr Subject 2008.05.15.04 Repairing a Crushed Instrument Case 2008.03.24.01 "Carioca" for Duo-Art from Artcraft Music Rolls 2008.03.13.04 "Zampa" Ampico 64313 2008.03.04.03 Seek Rubber Diaphragms for Mechanical Singing Bird 2008.03.02.01 Building a Player Reed Organ 2008.02.24.01 Cost of Membership in Mechanical Music Societies 2008.02.06.04 Duo-Art 6266, Chopin Fantaisie, Op. 49 2008.01.30.06 Duo-Art vs. Ampico 2008.01.21.01 Mechanical Music in Museums 2007.11.11.11 Fitting Salvaged Player Piano Parts 2007.11.11.01 CDs of Paul Morris' Orchestrelle Player Organ 2007.11.05.07 Removing Piano Action from Duo-Art Grand Piano 2007.08.26.04 Penetrating Oil - Kroil 2007.08.01.01 Favorite Duo-Art Classical Music Rolls 2007.07.27.03 Removing Orchestrelle Keyboard 2007.07.25.01 Restoration vs. Reconstruction 2007.07.08.05 Removing PVC-E Glue 2007.07.01.01 Mechanical Music Museum in Israel 2007.06.24.01 Duo-Art Audiographic Rolls 2007.06.14.04 Player Piano Plate Breaks During Restoration 2007.06.03.02 My First Mechanical Musical Instrument 2007.05.28.04 Replicating Metallic Decals 2007.05.20.03 Repairing Ivory Keytops 2007.05.17.07 Repairing Ivory Keytops 2007.03.12.07 Source of Recut Duo-Art Rolls 2007.03.11.04 Duo-Art 88-note Mode Pneumatic 2007.02.22.08 Duo-Art Rewind & Repeat System 2007.02.04.09 Rebuilding Box Pump Valves 2007.02.04.02 Rebuilding a Roller Organ 2006.12.20.01 Happy Holidays To All MMD Readers 2006.12.18.07 Stripped Screw Holes in Wood 2006.12.18.04 Leonora (Fox-Trot) by Abner Silver 2006.11.14.11 Repairing T-100 Red Welte-Mignon Upright 2006.11.05.01 Source of Damper Rails for Regina Musical Box 2006.10.11.03 Want Welte Licensee Tracker Scale 2006.10.09.09 Aeolian Colonial Organ Available for Museum 2006.09.17.01 Deodorizing an Instrument 2006.08.07.01 Mystery Barrel Organ in Israel 2006.07.24.06 Orchestrelle & Aeolian Organ Rolls 2006.07.23.03 FS: Aeolian Colonial Organ in Virginia 2006.07.20.01 Mechanical Music in Israel 2006.07.06.01 Rubber Bands Around Music Rolls 2006.07.01.01 Moving Instruments Overseas 2006.06.29.09 Weber Duo-Art in Israel 2006.06.20.06 Seek Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ Player 2006.05.21.08 Seek Parts for Weber Duo-Art Grand 2006.05.21.01 Rebuilding an Aeolian Model XW Orchestrelle 2006.05.04.07 Lyrics On Piano Rolls 2006.04.11.09 Player Piano Rebuilding Supplies 2006.03.14.04 "Gorilla" Glue 2006.02.05.03 Replacement Comb for Musical Box 2006.02.01.06 Windway Sealant for Pouch Chambers 2006.01.25.07 Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) 2006.01.23.07 Converting a Weber Pianola Grand Piano to Duo-Art 2006.01.19.02 Symphonion Geneva Mechanism Stop is Missing 2006.01.08.04 Aeolian Orchestrelle Discussion Group Created 2006.01.02.02 My Favorite Nickelodeon 2005.12.02.04 Mechanical Music in Beijing 2005.11.16.05 Player Piano Motor Runs Backward 2005.11.10.06 Player Piano Motor Runs Backward 2005.11.04.02 Seek Aeolian Solo Orchestrelle Model XW Owners 2005.10.26.03 Olympia Musical Box Discs Damaged by Hurricane 2005.10.15.03 Sending Money from USA to Europe 2005.09.27.02 Internet Auction Fraud 2005.09.21.08 Teflon Bushings in Steinway Pianos 2005.09.13.02 New Mechanical Music Museum in Israel 2005.08.29.09 Rebuilding Welte T-100 Crescendo Pneumatic 2005.08.29.06 Cleaning Wood 2005.08.28.01 Cleaning Wood 2005.07.14.05 Player Piano Keys Don't Move 2005.06.29.06 Pouch Leather As Duo-Art Gasket Material 2005.06.23.07 Pouch Leather As Duo-Art Gasket Material 2005.06.07.04 Stella Disc Box Value And Repair 2005.06.05.08 Welte T-100 Rolls For Trade 2005.05.31.04 Identifying Aeolian Organ (Orchestrelle) 2005.05.17.06 Is A Welte T-100 So Heavy? 2005.05.16.14 FS: Steinway XR Stack -- Free 2005.05.16.11 Selecting Leather For Valves 2005.05.15.02 Is A Welte T-100 So Heavy? 2005.05.10.03 New Pouch Ideas 2005.04.24.04 Seek Hammer Rail Lift Linkage for Duo-Art Grand 2005.04.13.03 Packing & Shipping a Big Musical Box 2005.04.06.02 Book "Mechanical Music" by Kevin McElhone 2005.04.03.08 Dihydrogen Oxide 2005.04.02.07 Seek Hand Control Knobs for Weber Duo-Art 2005.03.21.04 Removing PVC-E Glue 2005.02.24.01 Nancy Fratti Panchronia Antiquities Web Site 2005.02.23.04 Internet Auction Fraud 2005.02.19.02 Internet Auction Fraud 2005.02.06.04 Duo-Art Operating Pressure 2005.01.24.03 Visual Effects in Mechanical Music Instruments 2005.01.21.03 Cleaning Musical Box Cylinders 2004.12.25.02 Erratic Repetition in Ampico A 2004.12.16.04 Duo-Art Won't Play 88-note Rolls 2004.12.01.08 FS: 1923 Knabe Ampico 2004.11.29.01 Help With Nicole Freres Restoration 2004.11.23.14 Player Piano Failed After Moving 2004.11.23.03 Musical Box Maintenance Primer 2004.11.16.06 Ampico Symphonique Roll Tracking Problem 2004.10.31.04 Repairing Torn Music Roll Bridges 2004.10.21.03 Player Piano Systems to Play MIDI Files 2004.10.12.04 Describing a Player Piano For Sale 2004.10.02.01 Storing Musical Box Discs 2004.09.13.06 Number of Duo-Art Expression Levels 2004.07.08.07 Erratic Air Motor 2004.07.07.07 Heating Hide Glue 2004.07.05.06 Why I Rejoined AMICA 2004.06.26.04 The Future of Mechanical Music 2004.06.02.03 Welte-Mignon Book by Charles Davis Smith 2004.04.22.03 Visiting Austin, Texas 2004.04.18.01 The Future of Mechanical Music - Museums 2004.04.10.15 Replacing & Gluing Ivory Keytops 2004.04.08.02 Is It Still an Antique? 2004.04.07.09 Cost to Restore a Player Piano 2004.04.07.01 Regina 8-1/2" Disc Music Box 2004.02.21.01 Merry-Go-Round and Carousel 2004.02.16.13 Ampico Expression Mechanism Tubing Diagram 2004.02.16.09 MMD Spam Solution 2004.02.10.02 Seek Linkage Diagram for Early Duo-Art Grand 2004.02.06.01 Filling In The Gaps 2004.01.31.03 Cutting Wheels for Musical Box Comb 2004.01.29.05 "Easy To Pump" Player Piano 2004.01.26.11 Seek Pump & Motor for Duo-Art Grand 2004.01.25.05 The Pleasure of Restoring Antiques 2004.01.04.12 How To Move a Piano 2003.12.31.08 Adhesive for PPCo Purple Pneumatic Cloth 2003.12.27.05 Ampico Sustain Pedal Compensating Pneumatics 2003.12.23.03 What's an Orchestrion? 2003.12.17.01 Olympia Musical Box Plays Regina Discs 2003.12.02.08 Sources of Player Piano Parts 2003.11.24.07 Duo-Art Bass/Treble Split Point 2003.11.12.05 Storing a Piano 2003.11.09.06 Duo-Art Audiographic W & Y Series 2003.11.05.04 Repairing Folded Music Rolls 2003.10.28.05 Rebuilding a Player Piano in the Customer's Home 2003.10.23.02 Seek Replacement Boxes for Ampico Rolls 2003.10.21.03 Repairing Broken Musical Box Main Spring 2003.10.08.16 Converting T-98 Welte to Play T-100 "Red" Rolls 2003.10.05.01 Repairing Gem Roller Organ 2003.09.21.01 Mechanical Music in China 2003.09.10.09 Are Mechanical Music Instruments "Robots"? 2003.08.21.03 Repairing Musical Box Comb With Soft Solder 2003.08.20.02 Musical Box Restorers 2003.08.08.01 Seek Mozart Works on Ampico Rolls 2003.07.27.06 Politically Incorrect Piano Rolls 2003.07.08.08 eBay Transactions 2003.07.07.03 Electronic Tuning Device for Musical Box 2003.06.22.06 Playing a Player Piano via Electronic Media 2003.06.18.02 Repairing a Cylinder Musical Box Spring Barrel 2003.06.10.07 Fix the Tracking System to Avoid Roll Tearing 2003.06.07.10 Duo-Art Tubing Diagram - 1925 Steinway Grand 2003.06.03.03 Steel vs. Zinc Musical Box Discs 2003.06.01.04 Piano Technicians Guild 2003.05.18.06 Storing Leather & Pneumatic Cloth 2003.05.15.02 Musical Box Plays Slowly 2003.05.14.11 Gluing Bellows Cloth 2003.05.14.04 Early Forte-Piano 2-per-turn Musical Box 2003.05.11.05 For Sale Announcements in MMDigest 2003.04.28.03 Building a Duo-Art Vorsetzer 2003.04.14.03 Collecting and Dispersing and Museums 2003.03.22.03 Mechanical Music In the Movies 2003.03.18.01 Perfection Music Box Company of New Jersey 2003.03.13.03 Single-Comb 11-Inch Regina Music Box 2003.03.09.03 Source of Ampico Model A Transmission Frame 2003.03.04.08 Rebuilding My 1923 Ampico 2003.03.04.01 Austrian Musical Clock 2003.02.25.03 Mechanical Music Museums in Western USA 2003.02.11.11 Piano Mover Horror Story 2003.01.22.02 Music Box Repair in Northeast USA 2003.01.18.01 Music Roll Has Center Sprocket Holes 2002.12.29.04 Universal Computer Transcription of Any Cylinder 2002.12.18.10 Cutting Cylinder Musical Box Gears 2002.10.07.04 Protect Our Musical Heritage 2002.10.01.02 Storing Music Box Discs 2002.09.28.09 Storing Music Box Discs 2002.09.22.04 Customer Wants a Non-Original Case Finish 2002.09.22.01 Music Box Size vs. Movement Size 2002.08.27.02 Maintain And Enjoy Your Instruments 2002.08.22.02 Mandoline Cylinder Music Box 2002.08.18.02 Testing a Damaged Music Box 2002.08.08.05 Deagan Chimes Tower On Santa Catalina Island 2002.08.01.03 Deagan Tubular Bell Carillon on Catalina Island 2002.07.31.07 Crated Piano Survives Fall From Movers Truck 2002.07.23.04 Quality of Knabe Pianos 2002.07.21.03 What MMD Means To Me 2002.07.15.03 Mechanical Music in Budapest 2002.07.10.04 Ampico Player Is Missing Parts 2002.07.06.03 Ampico Player Is Missing Parts 2002.06.26.05 Rebuilding a Player Piano 2002.06.15.07 Getting The Right Parts 2002.06.09.06 How to Make A Musical Box 2002.06.04.04 Refinishing a Grain Painted Case 2002.05.28.02 New Dampers for 15-1/2" Regina 2002.05.07.04 Visiting Prague 2002.05.04.07 Visiting Prague 2002.04.25.02 Nancy Fratti, Panchronia Antiquities 2002.03.15.04 The Ideal Reproducing Piano 2002.01.17.06 Replacing Grand Piano Hammers 2001.12.30.04 Should a Restoration Look Like New? 2001.12.20.04 Music Boxes on Top of the Piano 2001.12.06.01 Lubricating a Small Music Box Movement 2001.11.25.08 Ampico Won't Play Immediately 2001.11.14.13 Removing a Bent Screw 2001.11.12.05 Removing a Bent Screw 2001.11.08.02 Yamaha Concert Grand Ampico Piano 2001.11.04.04 Yamaha Concert Grand Ampico 2001.10.29.10 Cabinet Restoration 2001.10.16.02 Tune Words For Regina Discs 2001.09.25.08 Fair Organ Restoration Ethics 2001.08.22.01 Repairing Spring Motor 2001.08.07.01 Alignment of Regina Disc Music Box 2001.08.01.07 Mechanical Music Mistakes in the Movies 2001.07.05.01 Regina Coin Mechanism 2001.05.15.06 Tempo of Scott Joplin Rags 2001.05.07.02 Shipping Instruments Overseas

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