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6 Front Street
Bainbridge, New York 13733
Phone: 607-967-8909
Email: outbackmechmusic@frontiernet.net

OutBack is now Featuring
Antique and Reproduction Lighting

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About the Business

  • Vintage hi-fi sound equipment, bought sold and repaired...Being audio buffs has always been a strong interest of ours for many years. We are always looking for unusual audio equipment. We have several years experience building custom speaker enclosures including Altecs Voice of The Theaters.
  • Collecting and restoring all types of antique musical "machines" including; player pianos, nickelodeons, reproducing pianos, player organs, reed organs, organettes, harmoniums and just plain pianos, too.
  • Authorized QRS player piano roll dealer.
  • Authorized Meyda Stained Glass Products dealer.
  • Custom stained glass panels made to order for nickelodeons or to "hang", can copy original pattern or create new.
  • Building "new" nickelodeons to your specifications.
  • Antique lighting restored; bent glass panels replaced, leaded shades repaired, crystal prisms and "chain" available in many sizes.
  • Custom fixtures built; we have made replacement "post" lamps for nickelodeons and custom hanging fixtures for the home.
  • Replacement Melodeon pedals available in several styles.


Our Showroom & Collection

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Our Collection

Here are some photos and descriptions of instruments we have collected.

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Items in the Parlor (Music Boxes)

Over the years we have acquired a number of music boxes for our personal collection. We have these on display here in our "parlor". We have decided to show you pictures of some of these rather than keeping them hidden. We hope you find these items interesting.
 
Pictures from the parlor

Parlor picture used by permission from Joyce Brite
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Items in the Attic (awaiting restoration)

Over the years we have acquired a number of items for our collection that have yet to be restored to a condition that can be shown to the public. We have the stored away in our "attic". We have decided to show you pictures of some of them rather than keeping them hidden. We hope you find these items interesting while we await the time, energy, and funds to restore them.
 
Pictures from the attic

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Antique and Reproduction Lighting

While decorating our shop we just couldn't afford the expense of using antique lighting exclusively. We instead became affiliated with some of the better distributors of quality reproduction lighting.

Meyda-Tiffany Stained Glass Lighting  

Check the 212 page Meyda catalog (19.8MB PDF) - You may purchase any of their products through us and we'll have it shipped to you.

If you have a fixture in mind, just send us a description or mail a picture and we will be glad to give you a price.

Other Meyda product catalogs may be viewed at the Meyda web site. You may purchase any of these products through us and we'll have it shipped to you.




 

B&P Lamp Supply Company  

Check the 14 page B&P Lamp Glass catalog (400KB PDF) - You may purchase any of their products through us and we'll have it shipped to you.

OutBack is a dealer with B&P Lamp Supply Co. B&P has been in business since 1952 producing very high quality lighting parts, accessories and complete fixtures. You may visit B&P's online catalogs (see below>. Keep in mind that OutBack sells at a discounted price.  See a few examples of B&P products and OutBack's prices. Also avaiable are many different ball shades, silk shades, all kinds of parts, burners, fonts, prisms most anything you can imagine. Please contact us for current price and availability. Prices shown do not include shipping; NY residents must include sales tax. Thank you for giving us an opportunity in serving you.

B&P online product catalogs may be viewed at the B&P web site. You may purchase any of these products through us and we'll have it shipped to you.




 

Gone With The Wind Lamp Service  

Now offering shade painting service. Notice the picture here showing a new replicated shade.

With the closing of the Musical Museum the Lamplighter Shop where we had many shades painted for Gone With The Wind lamps also closed.

We have become affiliated with an artist with many years experience in duplicating shades for GWTW lamp bases. If you have a GWTW base and are missing the shade, send us a picture for a quote for a replicated shade.

Any other missing lamp parts are also available. Do you have parts that need replating? Brass, bronze or nickle, we can have it done for you.
 




Piano "spool box" lamps are available in almost any color imaginable. The carmel slag glass in this picture has suffered from the camera flash.
Post lamps are available for your nickleodeon. These lamps were created after the design found on Electrova nickelodeons but as you can see will work fine on any machine that might have the originals missing. Please write for cost and availability. See an example on our Capital piano.

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Out-Back Mechanical Music
Tom & Dave Smith
6 Front Street
Bainbridge, NY 13733
Phone: 607-967-8909


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For Sale & Wanted & Looking For

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Out-Back's Automatic Music Hall Of Fame

When one becomes "infected" with this hobby, they find a world of exciting music machines that seem almost beyond belief. As much of a unique discovery as the machines are, so too are the great people associated with them.

We would like to say Thank You to some of them here, in Out-Backs Automatic Music Hall Of Fame. Without their help and encouragement, we would not be here today!

  • Art Sanders & Family
  • Dr. Robert B. Whiting
  • Harvey & Marion Roehl
  • Allen Galpin
  • Guy Douglas
  • Ed Lungen & Family
  • Philip Jamison
  • Paul Manganaro
  • Marty Roenigk
  • Larry Hall
  • Durrell Armstrong & Player Piano Co. of Wichita, Kansas

Visit the Automatic Music Hall of Fame at Mechanical Music Digest

While this is our personal Hall Of Fame, an international Hall Of Fame is being constructed that will cover, makers, inventors, early collectors, researchers etc. When it is completed, you may link from here.

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Musical Museum of Deansboro New York

So Long Old Friend
The Musical Museum of Deansboro
1948 to 1998

September of 1998 marked the end of an era, the end of the Musical Museum of Deansboro, New York. Started by the Sanders family the Musical Museum was open to the public for almost 50 years inviting everyone to come and play music boxes, reed organs, nickelodeons, and violin machines.

We wish to thank the Sanders family for all their efforts and all they gave to so many. The Musical Museum will surely be missed.

Expanded writeup in the Mechanical Music Digest's Hall of Fame.

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Arthur, Esther, & Hardie in 1952

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Links To Information About The Bainbridge, NY Area

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To see the Maps to Bainbridge & Out-Back click here.

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A Rare Stereo View Card

Our Guest Book & Human Interest Page

Our Guestbook has been shut down due to an increasing number of inappropriate postings. As an alternative we invite you to send a personal email message.

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Out-Back's Human Interest Web Page

On occassion we have situatons and pictures of human interest that can be shown to the public. We have these stored away in our "interest box". We have decided to show you pictures of some of these rather than keeping them hidden. We hope you find these items interesting.
 
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