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Links to Resources for Mechanical Music
An organized list of resources related to Mechanical music, including firms who offer services and supplies for all types of mechanical musical instruments.

Compiled by / Send updates to: Jody Kravitz
Compilation Copyright (C) 1999-2017 by Jody S. Kravitz
Last updated: January 01 2016 10:28:35.
 

Piano Music Rolls - Sales/Perforators
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No Longer In Business
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Audio
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Piano Discs
MIDI Supplies
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Miscellaneous


VendorJack Breen - Violano Rollography and Violano Rollscanning projects
WebPagehttp://www.violanomusic.com
Phone(508) 380-3844
Emailjack@violanomusic.com
DescrAccumulating information and rolls for both the Violano Rollography and Violano Rollscanning projects. Sales of Violano MIDI files and rollography. Identification and labels for unknown Violano rolls.


VendorRich Ingram (formerly California Player Roll Co.)
Phone(626) 824-4404
Emailrollguyrich@yahoo.com
DescNEW PIANO ROLL BOXES Exactly like the originals - Duo-Art Audiographic series, AMPICO "Top Hat" and Large boxes, 88 note roll, 65 Note Roll Boxes. Other repair supplies available- Parchment Leaders, Tabs, Tubes, Flanges,Repair Tissue. Quantity Discounts available. CALL/WRITE FOR SPECIFICS.


VendorGibson - Baldwin: Piano Playing Systems
WebPagehttp://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Baldwin/ConcertMaster
DescSelf playing piano systems


VendorNoel's (Musical Instrument) Appraisal Service
WebPagehttp://www.citibulletin.com/AppraisalService.html
DescAppraisals are for Gems and Jewelry, Machinery & Equipment and Business Valuation


VendorAmerican Jukeboxes
WebPagehttp://www.americanjukeboxes.com
DescGet your ticket back to a yesteryear of neon bubbler juke boxes, old time radios and turntables, with music that will "knock your socks off!"


VendorCarousel Music Links
WebPagehttp://www.webspawner.com/users/carouselmidifiles/index.html


VendorTom's Movers - Piano Moving (California based)
WebPagehttp://www.pianomoves.com/piano_movers
DescGet piano moving rate quotes from professional piano movers for your upcoming piano move from California piano movers.com


VendorTim Trager
WebPagehttp://www.timtrager.com/
DescDealer, Historian, Lecturer, Consultant, Collector. For over 30 years I have supplied Mechanical Musical Instruments to Collectors and Museums All Over the World! I enjoy stirring the "pot" of enthusiasm for these wonderful mechanical treasures from the past!


VendorMonrovia Sound Studio - (Mike Meddings)
WebPagehttp://www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk
Desc*Extensive* research website for the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Frank Melrose, J. Lawrence Cook, Joseph Lamb, Dick Wellstood, together with other notable Ragtime, Blues and Hot Piano performers.


VendorJohn Wolff
WebPagehttp://home.vicnet.net.au/~wolff
DescRolls for 20-note organettes (Celestina, Symphonia, etc). Re-mastered copies of original rolls. New rolls arranged by Stephen Kent Goodman.


VendorStudio 801 - Gary Stevenson
WebPagehttp://studio801.com/
DescA very nice (graphically-intense) site on automatic instruments, et al.


VendorCollectors.org
WebPagehttp://www.collectors.org
DescSite that lists all collecting websites, including a large number of musical websites.


VendorAutomaton Gallery & Shops
WebPagehttp://www.automatons.fr
EmailPhilippe Sayous
DescAutomatons, Androids, "Artificial Animals"


VendorThe Mechanical Maestro
WebPagehttp://www.mechmaestro.com/
DescPrivate individual that buys/sells/repairs/rebuilds. Contact them for details.


VendorThe Player-Piano Web-Ring
WebPagehttp://m.webring.com/hub?ring=playerpiano
DescDevoted to ALL websites that involve a paper roll operated, foot-powered or electric powered player piano in any way, shape or form. Open to Enthusiasts, Dealers, Roll Makers and Player Piano Technicians everywhere. From the Grand Reproducing Ampico, Duo-Art or Welte-Mignon units to the straight line circa 1920 'pumper', these mechanical musical marvels have entertained (and continue to amaze) music lovers around the world for over 100 years.


VendorHolzter
WebPagehttp://www.holzter.com/
DescManufacturer of a Professional Piano moving Kit


VendorU.K. Piano Page
WebPagehttp://www.uk-piano.org/piano_pages.html
DescInformation on diverse resources related to pianos, this is the website of the Association of Blind Piano Tuners. The links page includes resources for visually-impaired piano players


VendorThe Player Piano Page
WebPagehttp://www.pianola.demon.co.uk/index.htm
DescTo promote interest in a particular kind of automatic musical instrument, commonly known as the Player Piano or Pianola


VendorBBC - Pianolas: the original digital music
WebPagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/features/pianolas.shtml
DescBBC feature on player pianos


VendorBallet Mécanique Page, The
WebPagehttp://www.antheil.org/
DescDevoted to the Ballet Mécanique, a 1924 composition for 16 player pianos and other instruments, and its composer, George Antheil.


VendorLive/Mechanical entertainment for small theaters, festivals, celebrations and weddings
WebPagehttp://baenkelsaenger.ch
EmailPeter Hunziker
Desc(German) Crank-organ-music: Musette-sounds, waltzes, tangos etc classic music: Mozart, Haydn, & wedding-marches, Nostalgic melodies and songs of the turn of the century (for example, O bide with me),Schnitzelbank songs ["roastings"] according to your statements,Music- and culture-history, fresh for once! -- something for your school.


VendorClear View Designs
WebPagehttp://mydisplaycase.com/
EmailJames Roggero
DescMakes custom display cases for museums, antique stores, collectors of fine ship, train, and car models, sports memorabilia, dolls, etc.


VendorMusica Mecanica
WebPagehttp://www.musicamecanica.org
EmailPhilippe Rouill
DescThis site includes some wonderful material and is exemplary that it provides the information in 3 languages (French, German, and English).


VendorAncient Automatons
WebPagehttp://www.automates-anciens.com/
EmailPhilippe Sayous
DescThe site of androids and artificial animals. A tribute to the 18th and 19th century craftsmen and their works, including the famous Jaquet-Droz androids.


VendorPierce Piano Atlas
WebPagehttp://www.pianoatlas.com
DescSite will also provide information for one piano, for a small fee.


VendorOut-Back Mechanical Music
WebPagehttp://home.mkl.com/~outback
DescBainbridge, New York, USA


VendorSam Harris' Graphical Links Page
WebPagehttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9374/links.html
DescAn Editor's Favorite in Greenville, North Carolina, USA


VendorJohn van Kleef's Music Homepage
WebPagehttp://www.cybercomm.nl/~discus
EmailJohn van Kleef


VendorLe Turlutain and Company (France)
WebPagehttp://perso.wanadoo.fr/leturlutain
Emailleturlutain@wanadoo.fr
DescMusic Rolls, Monkey Organs, and Band Organs


VendorPianoDisc Home Page
WebPagehttp://www.pianodisc.com/
DescMusic Systems Research


VendorThe Pin Wiz Page
WebPagehttp://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/6809
DESCBill Kibler, AKA Pin Wiz, discusses how to play band organ tunes on a synth and have it sound good. Plenty of playable examples.


VendorCourrier and Ives
WebPagehttp://www.geocities.com/scurrier/


VendorPebworth's Player Piano Center
WebPagehttp://www.pebworths.com


VendorThe Pipe Organ Tracker Project
WebPagehttp://www.freeyellow.com/members/radentonson


VendorAntique scientific instruments
WebPagehttp://jbtepas.www.cistron.nl/


VendorThe Musical House
WebPagehttp://www.thebestisp.com/~edcplnd


VendorChris Doe's Home Page
WebPagehttp://www.chrisdoe.co.uk
DescDifferent Pipe / Reed Organs


VendorAssociation for International Display of Art
WebPagehttp://aida.net/subject.hts?showcat+musi
DESCSee the Section on Mechanical Music


VendorSouth Frisco Jazz Band
WebPagehttp://mmd.foxtail.com/SFJB
DescRobbie Rhodes


VendorLive Performance Products
WebPagehttp://mmd.foxtail.com/Livep
DescGreat music diskettes for Disklavier


VendorDraaiorgelbouw (Netherland)
WebPagehttp://www.pluer.nl
DescE. Pluer


VendorMiner Mfg. Co.
WebPagehttp://www.minermfgco.com/
DescSource for the new Tangley® Calliaphone® air calliope, popcorn trucks, music rolls. . Donnelson, Iowa, USA


VendorMills Novelty Company Website
WebPagehttp://www.millsnovelty.com
DescA new disk player for the Violano Virtuoso is announced. Repair parts and supplies for the Violano and other coin-op equipment made by Mills Novelty in Chicago.


VendorKarlheinz Essl - Composer, Lecturer, Austria
WebPagehttp://www.essl.at


VendorGeorge Bogatko -- Composer, Arranger.
WebPagehttp://www.inluxeditions.com
DESCSite contains tunes in Real Audio format plus AWE-32 Resources New Tunes, in Real Audio Format


VendorPlayercare Website
WebPagehttp://www.player-care.com


VendorMelvyn Wright - Mechanical Music Arranger
WebPagehttp://www.melright.com/music/


VendorMechantiques
WebPagehttp://www.Mechantiques.com
DESCThis very attractive Website of Marty Roenigk's is commercially produced by Bill Tchakirides


VendorPlayer Piano and Mechanical Music Exchange
WebPagehttp://mmd.foxtail.com/Exchange
EmailJoyce Brite
DescBuy, Sell, or Trade instruments, rolls, parts, etc. There are also announcements and links to other interesting places.


VendorRobert F. Gellerman's Reed-Organ Home Page
WebPagehttp://reedorgan.info/
EmailRobert 'Fritz' Gellerman


VendorLe Ludion Organ Manufacturer
WebPagehttp://www.leludion.com
WebPagehttp://www.notre-repertoire.com
DescPhilippe Crasse, Toulouse France; We build street, band and chamber organs as we exhibited in the last MBSI convention in Orlando. We also make arrangements and punch music books for band and street organs. We design and built memory cards for musical purposes and now we design a new wireless remote control with “bluetooth” Pocket PC to order new or antique automatic musical instruments.


VendorTerry Smythe -- Collector, restorer, Moderator of TAXI-L
WebPagehttp://www.mts.net/~smythe


VendorLark Mechanical Musical Instruments
WebPageLarkMusic


VendorD.L. Bullock's Piano World
WebPagehttp://www.thepianoworld.com
DescTech tips on restoration, info on organs, pianos, etc. Very eclectic site.


VendorTodd Augsburger's Roller Organs
WebPagehttp://www.rollerorgans.com/
DescKenton, OH


VendorAlan & Sara Erb Antique Mechanical Music
WebPagehttp://www.mechanicalmusicbox.com
DESCRestoration and sales of band organs, nickelodeons and music boxes.


VendorVirtual Music Box Museum
WebPagehttp://antiquemusicbox.110mb.com
DescMore 'sales' than Museum ...


VendorHarald Mueller's 20er Crank Organ Arrangement Website
WebPagehttp://www.haraldmmueller.de
Desc20er Crank Organ Arrangements - buy and hear music (MP3 format).



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