At 09:57 PM 11/23/2013, Mechanical Music Digest wrote:

 [ Walt Kehoe wrote in 131122 MMDigest:

> Aeolian used the best materials in their products.  I still have
> a Model V Orchestrelle that is playing flawlessly on its reed bank,
> pouches, and valve facings, after 112 years, that also includes
> the wind motor as well. ... If it isn't broke don't fix it.

Walt, you couldn't have phrased it better!  My Orchestrelle Style W
is now 114 years old.  In the 1980s I replaced the note pouches and
roll motor cloth, but the rest of the action, including the reed bank
pouches, is all original.  It was truly built to last, and last it has!

Bob Loesch
Northern California, USA