[ Ana Maria Latorre wrote in 011030 MMDigest (translated):

> I have seen on the net that you have an Ariston organette of
> approximately 1910.  I have an apparatus exactly alike and 36 discs
> of perforated cardboard and I am looking for somebody who can
> restore it, since it is a little deteriorated.
>
> If you know about somebody I would appreciate that I be contacted.

Sorry, I am incapable of writing in Spanish, but here in English.
There are only about 3 to 4 people who actually specialize in the
Ariston and similar music-boxes and organettes.

In Germany: Alois Blueml, Grassau, Bayern/Chiemsee

In Switzerland: Spinnler Brothers, Zitzau (or Zuntzgen?  Something
like that...)

Both are also reproducing the Ariston in their own new way.

There are lots of people out there who had an Ariston once in their
hand and been playing round with fixing it.  Not everybody has a real
clue, though...

If you have questions about fixing it yourself, feel free to contact
me, but there are others here in MMD, as well, who might help with a
project like that.

(I'm writing also to MMD here, so this is just for MMD:  Personally
I am currently living in Canada, so only if someone in North America
is thinking about getting one fixed and might like to get me doing it,
as well feel free to contact me, but I also currently have no workshop,
so that I can't promise a quick delivery, especially if I have to order
replacements for reeds or other parts that I can't build myself.)

Also, I'm always looking for "new" discs.  That means that I would
appreciate if you share the list of titles and serial numbers of the
discs you have, so that I can countercheck our own list.

greetings by(e) InK - Ingmar Krause
Victoria, Canada
Erlangen, Germany