Nov 23, 2009 I recently was given an M. Upright piano with the serial number 154566. It also has the sicker 'for the advancement of music' with the number 000918 on it. Can anyone give me any information on it. I know nothing about the history of the piano or the company. Schulz Piano Company was a major contributor to the American piano industry at large. Schulz founded his firm in Chicago in 1869. The firm was later incorporated in 1891 as The M. Schulz Piano Company. Schulz built very high quality pianos and organs, and their instruments enjoyed a stellar reputation for their quality and tone. Upright Walnut Cabinet Grand Serial# 94005 Greek Revival Art Case Piano, Rebuilt including: new strings and tuning pins, gorgeous tone. How old is my M. Schulz chicago piano? Serial number 218987. It is alot different from all pianos ive looked at online. Most have decorations or ornamental designs. Mine is a dark wood with no. Schulz Piano Company was a major contributor to the American piano industry at large. Schulz founded his firm in Chicago in 1869. The firm was later incorporated in 1891 as The M. Schulz Piano Company. Schulz built very high quality pianos and organs, and their instruments enjoyed a stellar reputation for their quality and tone.
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MMD Technical Library
Orchestrelle Feature Article - It's a book! Rebuilding the Æolian Orchestrelle58-Note Player Reed Organ, 1912 Model 'W' -- by Richard Vance
Restoration Techniques: Etched Brass Name Plate for ReginaMusical Box -- by Craig Smith (110318 MMDigest) Replicating Aeolian Lithographed CelluloidNameplates -- by Richard Vance 'Roosevelt' Type Font for Aeolian Organs-- by Robbie Rhodes Making a New Bottom Board for an UprightPiano -- by David Vanderhoofven, RPT (030604 MMDigest) Recovering Player Piano Bellows-- by John A. Tuttle (040308 MMDigest)
Music Boxes & Organettes: A unique music box movement (the 'DDR movement')-- by Hauke Marxsen How To Make a Regina Coin Mechanism --by Bill Wineburgh (010708 MMDigest) Polyphon Top-Mounted Dampers -- byCraig Smith (001111 MMD) Mignon 22-note Reed Organette --text and drawings by Hans van Oost Inversus: Sankyo 20-NoteMoebius Strip Plays Inverse Music -- by Roland Tremblay (030204 MMDigest) Retrograde Music for Sankyo20-Note Paper Strip Movement -- by Roland Tremblay (030228 MMDigest)
Organs: Manischewitz Wine Bottle Organ --by Phil Dayson (120828 MMDigest) Inventor L. B. Doman& The Maestro Co., Elbridge, New York -- documents courtesy DaveKerr 65- & 69-key Gebruder BruderOrgans in America -- by Jeff Alterman (001213 MMD) The Leach & Overington 89-Key ConcertOrgan -- by Andrew Leach (030225 MMDigest) Aeolian Pipe Organ Plays Duo-Art Music --pictures courtesy Paul Morris Making Brass Flat Wire for Organ BarrelPins -- by Craig Smith (090711 MMDigest) Key Adjusters for Poirot Mirecourt Organ-- by Craig Smith (090817 & 090819 MMDigest)
Wurlitzer: Wurlitzer Company Records Wurlitzer Band Organ Factory Ledgers-- by Matthew Caulfield (080212 MMDigest) Wurlitzer 125 Band Organ -- compiledby Robbie Rhodes Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ Specification-- compiled by Robbie Rhodes Wurlitzer Long Roll Tracker Frame-- image files from U.S. Patent Office Instructions for Tuning Military BandOrgans -- courtesy Matthew Caulfield Make Wurlitzer Valves With 'Pem' Fasteners-- by Don Teach (040816 MMDigest)
Serial number for flip4mac 3.3.3. Gages & Testing & Test Instrumentation: Manometer Vacuum Gage With Water Trap-- by Richard Vance (MMD 060123) Leak Meter -- by Johan Liljencrants. A simple low-rate air flowmeter you can make yourself. Testing Pouch Leather Sealants -- by CraigSmith (000721 MMD)
Pipes: Dimension Tables for Band Organ Pipes-- by Marc Elbasani How to Make Harmonic Freins -- byMarc Elbasani Simplified Reed Pipe Construction -- by Marc Elbasani Build a Simple Organ Pipe, 'Across between a flute and a pennywhistle' -- by John Kleinbauer 'No Arithmetic' Flute Pipe -- by Vicki Webb(PDF file, 156 kb) Organ Reed Pipe Tongue Dimensions-- by Johan Liljencrants (MMD 010125) Recipe for Wooden Organ Flue Pipes,with Designers Formulæ, Spreadsheet and Measurements -- by JohanLiljencrants Tremolo and Vibrato Sounds -- by Johan Liljencrants Ising's formula for pipe-mouth dimensions -- by Johan Liljencrants Pipe cut-up and flue pipe dimensioning chartbased upon Ising's formula -- by Johan Liljencrants Wurlitzer Caliola Organ Pipe Dimensions-- by Julie Porter (070407 MMDigest)
Percussion: The Construction and Tuning of Vibrating Bars-- by W.E. Flynt Calculations for Xylophone Bars -- byJack Breen (980321 MMDigest) Developing an organ harp -- by Johan Liljencrants Resonators and Q value -- by Johan Liljencrants Replacing a Drum Skin -- by Walt Kehoe(060519 MMDigest)
Bellows (Feeder) Pump & Regulator: Building Organ Bellows, ClassicalOrgan Style & Estey Reed Organ Style -- by Richard Vance Bellows Pump with Internal Shunt Regulator-- by Hans van Oost Organ Pressure Regulator and Tremulant --by Johan Liljencrants Pushing and Bouncing Air - Some reflectionson the Theory and Practice of Pipe Organ Wind Supply -- by Johan Liljencrants
Valves & Pneumatics & Pneumatic Controls: How to Fold the Cloth in a Pneumatic --by Troy Taylor (081021 MMDigest) Pneumatic Pouch Forces - A Designer's Aid-- by Johan Liljencrants Pouch Operated Valves -- by Johan Liljencrants Damper for Harp or Chrysoglott -- drawingby Richard Vance (MMD 020108) Magnet Valves for player pianos and organs Making Wurlitzer Unit Valves --by Bob Humes (070217 MMDigest)
MIDI Control: Octet Design Corporation Products 'MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface'-- by Mike Ames, Originally published in Mechanical Music,Vol. 47, No 1, Spring 2001. MIDI Control for Frati-Hymnia Orchestrion-- by Willy van der Reijden (020312 MMD) Decap 'MidiMapper' Software Program-- contributed by Tony Decap (030331 MMDigest) Using Cakewalk to Adapt Music for StreetOrgan -- contributed by Hans van Oost (030419 MMDigest)
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Tuning: 'Tuning', by Owen H. Jorgensen -- bookreview by John Rhodes Mathematics of Stringing -- by DougRhodes (MMD 96.07.03) Instructions for Tuning Military BandOrgans -- courtesy Matthew Caulfield Sound Speed and Pipe Tuning -- by JohanLiljencrants Sound Speed and Pipe Tuning -- by JohanLiljencrants [formulae as images]
'Pianolas' & Pianos: 1917 Kimball Player With Pushbutton Controls-- by John A. Tuttle (100212 MMDigest) Dating French Pianos by Serial Number-- by Jean-Pierre Jouandet (MMD 010201) Kastner 'Kastonome' Accenting PlayerSystem -- photos by Iñigo Perez-España, Madrid Aeolian Themodist SchematicDiagram -- by Richard Vance Mandolin attachments (for the 'honky-tonk'sound) -- by B Bronson Single-Finger Music Roll Tracking System-- by Julian Dyer Music Roll Tracking Systems -- by RichardVance Aeolian Pianola Player Brake Adjustments-- by Richard Vance (MMD 001002) Electric Motors for Player Pianos --compiled by Robbie Rhodes Hickman Grand Piano Action --compiled by Robbie Rhodes Farrand Cecilian Player Action -- byEd Gaida (020302 MMDigest) Sloping Bench for Pianola M. Schulz Co. 'Tuner's and Repairman's Manual'-- courtesy Gary Stevenson Duo-Art Valve Pouches -- by MarkFudge (030122 MMDigest) Air-O-Player Tracking Adjuster -- drawingby C. H. Short, August 23, 1917 Volume Indicator for Player Piano--by John A. Tuttle (040501 MMDigest)
Expression & Reproducing Players
Ampico: Ampico -- excerpts from the Ampico'Model B' 1929 Service Manual Spark Chronograph -- by Clarence Hickman,J.A.S.A, Oct. 1929 Spark chronograph, photograph(JPEG 964 kb) -- courtesy John A. Vba to java converter. Tuttle Key force recorder, photograph(JPEG 1001 kb) -- courtesy John A. Tuttle
Duo-Art: Duo-Art Fan Accordion ExpressionUnits -- by Bruce Grimes (040517 MMDigest) Duo-Art Tubing Diagram, 1925 SteinwayDuo-Art Grand Piano -- courtesy Eliyahu Shahar Duo-Art Piano Concertola Drawings-- by James Heyworth (030621 MMDigest) Pedal Duo-Art (Half Duo-Art) TubingDiagram -- drawing courtesy of Alan Turner
Welte-Mignon: 'Welte On/Off' Selector Tubing Diagram-- by Howard Goldberg Tubing Schematic for Welte-Mignon Licensee-- by John Grant (120707 MMDigest)
Hupfeld DEA: Hupfeld DEA Reproducing Piano
Nickelodeons & Orchestrions: Universal Nickelodeon Diagram-- drawn by David McQuaide, forwarded by John A. Tuttle (110218 MMDigest) Mills Violano-Virtuoso Tubing Connections for Seeburg Style 'L'And Other A-roll Cabinet Pianos -- by Art Reblitz (020318 MMDigest) Reproduco Piano-Organ (Operators PianoCo.) -- compiled by Robbie Rhodes
Schematic Diagrams & Drawings for PlayerPianos & Organs Wurlitzer 1203 Player Piano Power Problem-- by John A. Tuttle (120108 MMDigest) PPCo Vacuum Pump Speed Controller Diagram-- by John A. Tuttle Lauter-Humana Layout Diagram & Poker Tool-- by John A. Tuttle Aeolian Themodist SchematicDiagram -- by Richard Vance Mignon 22-note Reed Organette --by Hans van Oost Duo-Art Tubing Diagram, 1925 SteinwayDuo-Art Grand Piano -- courtesy Eliyahu Shahar Duo-Art Piano Concertola -- courtesyJim Heyworth
Music Rolls & Tracker Bar Scales: 1908 Buffalo Convention Piano Roll Specifications-- by Matthew Caulfield (080219 MMDigest) Bass/Treble Player Piano Split Points-- by Julian Dyer Identifying music rolls --'Measure the width of the paper and the distance between the punched holes.' Then check the tables. 'Carl Frei 20er' 20-note crank-organ scale-- by Robbie Rhodes Cakewalk CAL Template Changes MIDI Note Numbers-- by Tony Decap (001107 MMD) Piano Roll Graph Paper -- by J.B. Roth Tracker bar scales -- photos and descriptions Transcribing music rolls -- Wayne Stahnke's'View' program and sample WEB data files. Cakewalk CAL Program for WEB Files --by Walter Tenten (030120 MMDigest) Wurlitzer APP & Caliola Scale -- compiledby Robbie Rhodes
Music Roll Spool Frames & Readers: Pratt-Reed Spoolbox & Transmission-- illustration courtesy John A. Tuttle Spool Frames, Pulleys & Pumps --Photos and engineering data Mills AC/DC Rotary Converter -- U.S.Patents Tracker Bar Select Switch -- by RobbieRhodes (031227 MMDigest) Nickelodeon Spool Frame With Belt Drive-- by Ed Gloeggler (040528 MMDigest)
Pneumatic & Optical Roll Readers: Pneumatic Switch Assembly for Reading MusicRolls-- by Richard Vance Fiber Optics Reader for Music Rolls --by Horst Mohr USB Controller for CIS Optical Roll Reader-- by Julie Porter
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Reference data: Mechanical Forces Developed in Pianola PneumaticMotors (rumpf_1.doc, 65 kb) -- by Paul Rumpf, November 2008 Mechanical Forces Developed in Pianola PneumaticMotors (rumpf_1.pdf, 122 kb) -- by Paul Rumpf, November 2008 Forms of Shellac -- by Craig Smith (080306MMDigest) Pitch Shift From Change In Loudness -- by JohanLiljencrants (031217 MMDigest) Wood for Mechanical Music Instruments-- compiled by Hans van Oost Ozone
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Miscellaneous: Economical Audio Recording -- by JohanLiljencrants (040125 MMDigest) PDFILE.EXE (217 kb) recovers individual songsfrom corrupt PianoDisc and Yamaha diskettes -- by Julie Porter (041118MMDigest)