| April 13, 2008 |
New:
The Herbert Vincent Story -- This is the story about a man who worked
in and was an integral part of the mechanical music era during its heyday
in the Los Angeles, California, area. |
| April 12, 2008 |
Updated:
Memories of a Collector. Made minor corrections to text and added
an additional photograph of the Wurlitzer Bijou Orchestra. |
| April 4, 2008 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 32 Concert PianOrchestra. Revised and updated information
regarding original shipping location in Los Angeles and Herbert N. Vincent,
Glockner Music Company/Wurlitzer Music Company employee. |
| February 5, 2008 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 29-C Mandolin PianOrchestra originally located in
Los Angeles, California. Added new restoration information at bottom
of page and new thumbnail with link to
new image pane containing 14 photographs of the recently restored
orchestrion. |
| January 17, 2008 |
Updated: All new music roll database reports in
PDF format for the
PianOrchestra Music Roll Project page. |
| January 2, 2008 |
Updated: Main page for
Welte Style 3 Cottage Orchestrion. Added newspaper story from
The Republic about the return of the Welte orchestrion to Zaharako's
Confectionary. |
| November 27, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 12 Mandolin PianOrchestra. Added new owner information. |
| October 15, 2007 |
The entire Mechanical Music Press web site was further upgraded
to comply with HTML 4.01 Strict standards. Additionally, the latest
Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) and SafeSurf PICS
labeling systems were installed. |
| September 7, 2007 |
Updated: Image pane for
Philipps Model "Pfau" Pianella Orchestrion originally located in
Belgium. Added text and interior view photograph of restored PianOrchestra
to previously existing
image pane. |
| September 6, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 33 Mandolin PianOrchestra discovered in Culver City,
California. Corrected and updated text in the sections for the Weber
and Krughoff collections. Added thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing 8 photographs of the unrestored PianOrchestra
in the Rand collection. |
| August 29, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 29-C Mandolin PianOrchestra originally located in
Los Angeles, California. Corrected pipe specification callout, added
Pipework Notes section and new thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing 2 photographs of the orchestrion in restoration
workshop. |
| August 28, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Philipps Model 40 Pianella Orchestrion originally located in East
Germany. Corrected pipe specification callout, added Pipework Notes
section and new thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing 12 photographs of the restored exterior
and interior components. |
| August 24, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Philipps Model 14 Paganini Orchestrion originally located in Brussels,
Belgium. Added new thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing 12 photographs of the interior components. |
| August 22, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 32 Concert PianOrchestra originally located in Green
Bay, Wisconsin. Added new thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing 10 photographs of the interior components. |
| August 21, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 32-A Concert PianOrchestra originally located in
Leadville, Colorado. Added minor text details to main page; added both
text and electric motor photographs to image
pane #9; added new image
pane 13a (showing fire damage to PianOrchestra) and
pane 13b (initial restoration work in Milhous workshop). |
| August 20, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 16 Mandolin PianOrchestra originally located in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Added new photographs of interior mechanisms
to existing exterior view
image pane. |
| August 19, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Philipps Model 34 Pianella originally located in Groningen, Holland.
Added new thumbnails and links to new image
pane 4 and
pane 5 containing photographs showing the Cohen collection and interior
of the orchestrion. |
| August 14, 2007 |
Installed custom
404 File Not Found error page with the standard full homepage menu
for easy re-navigation to verified Mechanical Music Press page links. |
| August 7, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 30-A Mandolin PianOrchestra originally located in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Added new thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing a photograph showing the exterior of the
restored machine. |
| August 7, 2007 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 32 Concert PianOrchestra originally located in Los
Angeles, California. Added new thumbnail and link to
new image pane containing 14 photographs of the newly restored machine. |
| July 28, 2007 |
Initiated restructuring and HTML code upgrade for entire Mechanical
Music Press web site. Improvements will include correspondence with
WCAG Priority 1 & 2 Accessibility standards, and conversion to current
HTML 4.01 Transitional and CSS 2.1 code standards. The old frames based
navigation system is and will be fully replaced by a page based system.
Certain minor visual enhancements will also be implemented. This transition
is expected to occur incrementally over the next two weeks.
Webmasters: If you have links to this web site other
than the home page some of these special links may no longer
function correctly, due to file name changes and/or directory relocation
required by the restructuring and elimination of all frames type pages. |
| November 27, 2006 |
Updated: Main page for
Welte Style 3 Cottage Orchestrion. Added new owner information. |
| December 31, 2005 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 32-A Concert PianOrchestra originally located in
Leadville, Colorado. Included extensive historical and family history
about the original owner, John (Bernat) Perme, as provided by the wife
of a grandson of the late John Perme. |
| August 19, 2004 |
Updated: Main page for
Wurlitzer Style 32-A Concert PianOrchestra originally located in
Leadville, Colorado. Added newly acquired historical information and
images provided by a longtime Leadville resident and friend of the John
Perme family. |
| November 8, 2003 |
New:
The Vestal Press Story -- The Vestal Press and How It Grew, by Harvey
N. Roehl. |
| November 3, 2003 |
New:
Hupfeld Helios III/39 Orchestrion page, with image links to descriptive
picture panes. |
