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Unknown Hupfeld Phonoliszt & Clavitist Tunes
By Niels Berkers

Hi all,  I'm in the process of restoring a basket case Hupfeld Phonola
Vorsetzer (push-up player).  It's coming along fine; there is still
some leakage in the primary valves but that'll be sorted out soon.

I also need to fix some of the wooden fingers as they are broken,
that's why there are notes missing.  New felt will be put on all
fingers.  After that I can start with the hardest part: French
polishing.

I've put some videos on YouTube of the Vorsetzer playing my Steck
Duo-Art Pianola (sorry for it being out of tune).  I need help
identifying the titles of one tune on a Phonoliszt roll and a 4-tune
orchestrion roll (Clavitist-Universal) made by a Dutch roll company:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugzONJ5JE5E (Phonoliszt)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-zkBeLvcuI (Clavitist-Universal)

Any leads appreciated.

Regards from the snow-covered Netherlands,
Niels Berkers


(Message sent Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:30:39 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

Key Words in Subject:  Clavitist, Hupfeld, Phonoliszt, Tunes, Unknown

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