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| This reed organ was restored in my shop by total disassembly, stripping the many coats of varnish, refinishing, and completely restoring the musical parts to new condition. The stool was missing, so this one was built to resemble those of the period. The keyboard was dated 1869. The previous owner was the estate of the principal at the high school school my wife and I attended. |
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I restored this reproducing piano in 1983. It was originally built in 1922 by Fischer, with the early Ampico reproducing mechanism. When I got it, it had been disassembled and there were no diagrams. The motor drives a four-chambered vacuum pump, and all controls and action are by vacuum using fluid computer logic. It was a challenge, but it now faithfully reproduces the performances of long-deceased artists. This is not to be confused with a player piano; it plays each note with the same intensity and expression as the original performer. |
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| Built about 1917, this Kimball piano was my first player piano restoration. It had been through a flood that severely damaged the bottom foot or so. It has been playing about 20 years now since its restoration, and regularly plays from the large collection of vintage rolls. |
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This Edison 4 minute cylinder player was a preproduction model DX, built in the Edison lab at West Orange, NJ, before it was destroyed by fire. This machine was the forerunner of the popular model 30. I bought what was left of it at a farm sale and restored it to playing condition. |
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| Our library of about 70 cylinders for this Edison standard 2 minute cylinder player contains many that are not politically correct! |
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The Edison Diamond Disk laboratory model plays 1/4" thick 80 RPM records, of which we have a fair collection. We have a second identical machine, if another collector wants one.
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| This reed organ was restored in my shop a few years ago for a friend of a friend. My wife was hoping he wouldn't pay the bill, so she could keep it ... she fell in love with it. |
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Family Album
