Regarding the widespread comments about the Marque Ampico only
occurring in the USA in foot-powered form, may I offer the following
entry verbatim from an English catalogue.  (Robbie, could you keep the
original paragraph splits, please.)  [ No problem.]

 "The Marque Ampico.

 "The foot power model of the Ampico Reproducing Piano.

 "The Marque Ampico has been specially designed for those who prefer a
  foot-powered model, and can be supplied in two different types.  There
  is a foot-impelled model for homes without electric installation, and
  there is a combined foot-impelled and electrically operated model for
  those who wish at times to sit back in an easy chair and have the
  playing of the great pianists rendered for them without personal
  effort

 "Besides being an Ampico Reproducing Piano it is also a player-piano
  on which any standard full scale rolls can be used.

 "When playing with Ampico recordings, which reproduce the actual
  playing of the world's famous artists, the most beautiful results are
  achieved without the use of hand expression devices.  On the other
  hand by merely turning a lever the instrument becomes a player piano
  for personal interpretation, thus making this superb instrument the
  finest and most easily operated reproducing and player piano
  obtainable"

This advert sheet has a picture of the piano on one side and the above
text on the other.  It was published by Ampico Ltd. (really the Herbert
Marshall Co., the UK licensees of Ampico).

A price list which I assume to be contemporary with the adverts, dated
1 October 1927, has the following entries:

Marque Ampico - foot power                             210 guineas
Marque Ampico - combination electric or foot operated  265 guineas

For comparison, a Marshall & Wendell imported instrument cost 265
guineas as well, being the cheapest upright on offer by some way.
This suggests (but doesn't prove) that the UK-sold Marque Ampicos were
Marshall & Wendell as well.  A guinea was about 4 US dollars.

Note the name is exactly as I have quoted it - Marque Ampico.
No hyphenation is used anywhere in the UK literature I have available.

The above is all factual, directly from original literature.  Now for
some speculation!  Could it be the very strong competition in the UK
from the Pedal-Electric Duo-Art that induced Marshalls to put together
a combination instrument that the American parent company did not
supply?

Marshalls installed Ampico systems from components sent from the USA,
but they were capable of using Angelus parts as well, since they were
the UK's agents for Angelus, which they also installed.  Angelus-stack
Ampico systems are known, I am told.

For what it's worth, I would agree with Darrell Clarke -- assuming no
difference in performance between the reproducing systems, I would
choose a pedal Duo-Art over a pedal Ampico simply for the Themodist
system, which substantially increases the musical capabilities when
pedalling full-scale rolls.  You could also look for a Steinway or
Weber piano, which surely must beat a Marshall & Wendell!

Julian Dyer