Marquette (Cremona) Survey (for Marquette/Cremona Piano Study Project) Version of August 6, 2018. Copy (press Ctrl + A to select all text) and then paste the text into the body of an email message. Then, at your leisure, please answer what questions you can and omit the rest. Incomplete information is better than none. When finished answering questions please send the information to: webmaster@mechanicalmusicpress.com Contact Information Your First and Last Name: __________ Your e-mail address: __________ Owner's First and Last Name: __________ Show owner name in reports: __________. (Yes/No) Owner's Address: __________ City, State/Province, and Zip: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Piano Basic Information (Cremona pianos) Piano Serial Number: __________ Usually die-Stamped into the pinblock and visible in a small oval shaped opening located between the bass & tenor tuning pin sections of the piano plate. Piano Style / Model: __________ Cremona Styles: 1 through 5, A-Art, C-Art, F, G, J (standard case), J (Byzantine case with carved falcons and gryphons), K, 10, 20, 30, Theatre Orchestra Style M, M2, M3, O Special. Piano Attachments: __________ Mandolin attachment, or Piano muffler. Furniture case finish: __________ Oak, Fumed oak, Mahogany, Walnut, etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pipework Choose one option: * Wooden violin pipes: __________. (Yes/No) * Metal violin pipes: __________. (Yes/No) * Open flute pipes: __________. (Yes/No) * Stopped flute pipes: __________. (Yes/No) * Wooden piccolo pipes: __________. (Yes/No) Styles F and G typically have stopped or open flute pipes, or less commonly, wooden violins. Metal violins might have been used but no examples are known. Style J orchestrions have either metal or wooden violins, either stopped or open flutes, and either wooden xylophone or metal Una-Fon bells. All known examples of Style K orchestrions have open wooden flutes, wooden violins and wooden piccolos. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Striking and/or Percussive Instrumentation Choose all options that apply: * Xylophone: __________. (Yes/No) * Una-Fon bells: __________. (Yes/No) * Tambourine: __________. (Yes/No) * Triangle: __________. (Yes/No) * Castanets: __________. (Yes/No) * Wood block: __________. (Yes/No) * Snare drum: __________. (Yes/No) * Bass drum: __________. (Yes/No) * Tympani effect: __________. (Yes/No) * Cymbal: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pneumatic Stack Stack Serial Number: __________ This serial number is usually die-stamped into the front (or possibly the top) of the pneumatic stack. * Early Stack with tubing connections in back: __________. (Yes/No) * Late Stack with tubing connections in front: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Roll Frame Drive System Choose one option: * Belt from crankshaft to roll drive shaft; small stepped pulley in back: __________. (Yes/No) * Belt from crankshaft to roll drive shaft; larger stepped pulley in front: __________. (Yes/No) * Worm gear driven roll drive shaft; stepped pulley for tempo control: __________. (Yes/No) * Worm gear driven roll drive shaft; double cones with friction wheel: __________. (Yes/No) * Worm gear driven roll drive shaft; friction wheel on vertical shaft: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Roll Frame / Spoolbox Choose one option: * Early spoolbox with wood sides & tracker bar: __________. (Yes/No) * Standard spoolbox with cast iron sides & brass tracker bar: __________. (Yes/No) * Spoolbox equipped with Tune Selector device: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Music Roll Type * Style A music roll: __________. (Yes/No) * Style M music roll: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vacuum Regulator Type (if an orchestrion) * Double pneumatic vacuum regulator: __________. (Yes/No) * Single pneumatic vacuum regulator: __________. (Yes/No) Early orchestrions have a large regulator pneumatic with a pair of medium size pneumatics that either push it farther shut (for soft expression) or pull it farther open (loud). Late style Js had a large regulator pneumatic with one pneumatic that pulled it farther open. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Motor Information (only if original motor) Motor make: __________ Motor Model: __________ Motor S/N: __________ Motor RPM: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coin Accumulator / Coin Magazine Mechanism Choose one option: * Nickel completes electrical circuit: __________. (Yes/No) * Weight of nickel turns pinned counting wheel: __________. (Yes/No) * Two separate pneumatics control counting wheel: __________. (Yes/No) * Spring-loaded ratchet wheel: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Art Glass Description: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Inspection Date and Inspector's Penciled Initials Inspection Date and Initials: __________ On many Marquette (Cremona) pianos the final inspection date and the inspector's initials are written in pencil on the inside left side of the case, or on the upper back of the piano. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Comments, History, and Explanations Comments: __________ Please include any additional information about the piano that might be pertinent, such as its history, i.e., various locations and owners. If you find a date (or style number), such as on a paper sticker inside or on the backside of the case, or on a pneumatic component, notice an early tuning date written by hand on the piano plate, find an original sales invoice, etc., please describe any such items. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thank you for your patience and interest in dealing with this detailed survey form. Your help is very much appreciated.