Mechanical music links.
Marty and Elise Roenigk, Mechantiques. Major dealer of music boxes and mechanical musical instruments.
Tim Fabrizio. Co-author of The Talking Machine, An Illustrated Compendium.
Antique Phonograph Supply Company. Source of mainsprings, parts and supplies.
Glen Sage. West coast record dealer.
Musical Box Society International. Non-profit organization with over 2000 members devoted to all mechanical musical instruments.
APM Press. World's most complete selection of phonograph related books, catalogue reprints and literature from Allen Koenigsberg, author of The Patent History of the Phonograph.
Wolfgang Brommer. Master German organ builder.
Charlie Weatherbee. Longtime collector and manufacturer of phonograph dancing dolls.
Edisonshop.com. Rob Lomas' website.
Canadian Antique Phonograph Society.
Howard Embleton. Dealer-collector in New Jersey, interested in early phonographs.
Des Amis des Automates, Poupees et Jouets Anciens. (Friends of Automatons, Dolls, and Old Toys.) French collector group, publishes magazine Coppelia. Site is in French or English.
Australian Collectors of Mechanical Music.
James Weber. Author of the advertising history of the Berliner Gramophone and the Victor Talking Machine Company.
Ruth Lambert. British collector of gramophone needle tins.
David Adamitis. Anything that plays music automatically
Rene Rondeau. Virtual phonograph and jukebox museum.
LP2CD. Audio restoration company, transfers 33 and 78rpm records to compact discs.
Nipperhead. A phonograph gallery, cylinder and disc recordings, repair instructions, resource listings, Nipper and more. Features an online collection of phonograph manuals.
Bill Wineburgh. Virtual musical box museum.
Dean Organs. Specializing in the manufacture & restoration of mechanical pipe organs, band organs, fairgrounorgans, barrel organs, etc.
AMICA. Automatic Musical Instruments Collectors Association. Collectors group for all automatic instruments, with an emphasis on pneumatic instruments.
The Talking Machine.Gramophones, music boxes and mechanical antiques in the UK.
Jack Perron. A windows program that simulates a l5 1/2" Regina music box.
Records Unlimited. Thousands of records for sale, mostly vinyl, but some 78s.
The gramophone network. A platform for trading and for friends of phonographs
Donley's Wild West Town. Site of the huge phonograph and music box show held every June in Union, Illinois.
Robin and Joan Rolfs. Wisconsin collectors' homesite.
Soundsaver. "CDs made from old recordings/ Five or one or lifetime hoardings/ Made at home or concert hall/ Text and pics explain it all."
Wonderful Windups. Quality reproduction phonograph castings from Norman and Janyne Smith. Tone and support arms, Orthophonic brackets, and much more.
Surround Sound productions Bob Bosak's record shows, for 78s and vinyl.
The Southpaw Peggy Heeschen's phonograph shop, also postcards including some phonograph related.
Michigan Antique Phonograph Society The nation's largest antique phonograph club. Newsletter published monthly.
78tours Record collectors' site, mainly in French but enough English to navigate.
Draaiorgels Barrel organ rebuilding and renting. Site is in Dutch.
Vincent Freeman antiques We specialize in 19th century music boxes and mechanical music.
Talkingmachine.org and Waxcylinder.com Sites of the Thai Phonograph and Gramophone Society.
Edisonman Don Gfell's website. Sights and Sounds of Edison, a shop in Edison's birthplace, Milan, Ohio. Also manufactures wooden horns.
Music boxes for sale Buy, sell, trade and restore.
Little Wonder records and Bubble Books Merle Sprinzen's encyclopedic site for everything you want to know about the history of these records and books, and sales, too.
Go2Audio Directory The Internet's biggest directory of audio - and music- related web sites!
Melvyn Wright Mechanical Music Arranger. Music rolls, music books, microchips and MIDI music for all types of mechanical organs.
Capacitors for Vintage Tube Radios - JustRadios Specializes in high voltage film and electrolytics capacitors for tube radios. Also has Capacitor Tips
The Kiddie Rekord King The Internet's only Website totally devoted to vintage (78 rpm) children's records. The most complete source of information about the history of this genre. Includes a music library and virtual museum.
Friedhelm Maur Friedhelm Maur's Gramophone and Phonograph web page showing parts of his collection of machines with some history information on the invention.
VRPS VRPS is in our 31st year as a club. We are dedicated to the preservation of antique wireless apparatus and phonographs. We are 400 + strong across the country and a few foreign members also. We are one of the largest clubs in the Southwest and host an annual convention (November 18-20, 2005) which includes a large auction, also a spring auction (March), 2 day long swapmeets, radio repair sessions and publish the quarterly newsletter, SoundWaves. We also host a monthly meeting locally in Irving, Texas. Our website has information for joining and you can review our current newsletter or access free member ads.
Hooghys.org A website dedicated to the history and instruments of the Belgian organ builder Louis Hooghuys.
Kevin McElhone Mechanical Musical instruments and music for sale, including books, CD's, tapes, rolls, discs etc. Organettes a speciality, also Musical Boxes, Player Pianos and Orchestrelles.Located in UK, can deal in any currency.
Jaeger and Brommer Street Organs More than 200 years of tradtion in building streetorgans and churchorgans in Waldkirch - Black Forest Area. New streetorgans with 20, 26, 31, 45 .... notes and restoration in our Master Workshop of "Jaeger & Brommer" - Waldkirch.
Roger Wilmut's Web Site Music-hall Performers and Classic Operatic Vocals to download: Reproduction of 78rpm records - technical details
Blues World 78 record auctions and lots of information pertaining to blues, jazz and record collecting.
Miller's Music Rolls & Player Piano Page (Australia) Buy, Swap & Sell Music Rolls, interstate and overseas. Large collection of New and Restored Music Rolls,also. spare pare parts, new boxes etc. If in Victoria meet other people who have an interest in Player Pianos
HensTooth Discs New tune discs for Musical Boxes, including Regina/Polyphon, Stella, Criterion, Reuge and Thorens. Specializing in custom discs, new music, transfers from one manufacturer/size to another.
Mechanical Maestro The Mechanical Maestro is a hobbyist specializing in the repair and rebuild of player pianos. This Web Site was created to promote all things related to enjoying player pianos.
Australian Mechanical Organ Society Australia's only active mechanical music association. A great bunch of members meeting annually for a rally and contributing to a quarterly newsletter.
The Cylinder Archive
Maesto For more than 25 years specialized in restoration of mechanical musical instruments, orchestrions and band organs. Source of new music rolls for more than 24 different systems.
Brown's Antique Phonographs Buy/sell/trade/repairs/parts for all makes and models of antique wind-up phonographs.
De Weergever Dutch society of collectors of 78-rpm records and vintage talking machines.
Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Links
Mechanical Music Press Fascinating orchestrions and other instruments that play wonderful music automatically, made long before the age of electronics---their music and history in pictures and recordings. Mail-order source for Art Reblitz' important book The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments.
Fair Organ Preservation Society Organs for hire in the North West UK. Information about the North West Group Fair Organ Preservation (F.O.P.S.) Society.
Memory Lane This site is the presence on the Internet of Memory Lane Magazine dedicated to music of the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, particularly the English dance bands, swing bands and their stars and vocalists.
DeBence Music World More than 100 antique mechanical musical instruments and related memorabilia to see & HEAR! Music boxes, calliope, band organs, reed organs, phonographs, and much, much, more. Museum open April 1 - Oct 31. Tues-Sat 11am-4pm; Sun 12:30-4pm. Admission $8 for adults; $7 for Sr. Citz. (60+) and $3 for children (3-14). Special group rates available. Call 814-432-8350 for further info.
Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music Quality musical boxes bought, sold and restored by our internationally renowned team of craftsmen. PIoneers in quality restoration since 1961. Leading restorers of clocks and musical boxes for forty five years. Famous collection presented as a live entertainment seven days a week. World of Mechanical Music, Northleach, Gloucestershire GL54 3ET. England. Tel; (0044) 1451 860181
Phonographs.org Phonographs.org is your home for phonograph parts and repair services. A message board is available to find help for phonograph-related questions.
Mr. Victor A phonograph gallery of approximately 300 vintage talking machines and related items.
N. J. Dean & Co. Music Boxes & Jewellery Boxes UK supplier of Music Boxes, Musical Jewellery Boxes, Music & Jewellery Gifts
Noel Burndahl Practicing appraiser specializing in automated musical instruments
Tom Rutkowski Manufacturer of high-quality reproduction phonograph grills.
Carolina antique music and phonograph show Held once a year in Mooresville, NC. The 2007 show is March 17.
Marion's Attic Shortwave radio program features recorded music with the original records from the 1890's to the early 1930's. The theme of the show varies each week.
Links to other sites of interest
Centennial Antiques Excellent selection of quality general line antiques and collectables.
Pastmart Multiple dealer antiques website, including not only music boxes and talking machines but general line antiques such as pottery, porcelain, furniture, books, etc.
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