Re: (ET) Free range still around?

[Graham Allan <graham gtallan net>]

Same here, I hope it's still a somehow rewarding experience for our 
vendors (especially Jim and Harold), since I'm sure these enterprises 
must be as much a labor of love as anything else.

Funny you should mention a reproducing piano - sometime within the last 
10 years I was biking to work here at University of Minnesota, taking a 
slightly different route from normal, and I was astounded to pass a 
player piano repair shop. Not something I expected to see anywhere! It 
was Barton Payer Piano, now retired, but someone else carried the 
practice on in Rum River MN - https://www.rumriverrestoration.com.
Probably not directly useful for you, but their FAQ does have links to 
some other resources for parts, etc (which you probably already know).

Graham

On 7/21/2026 11:48 AM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak wrote:
> Understood. It's a problem; the vendors here have supported these 
> tractors pretty much since time began. Without them keeping these 
> running will be a bigger problem.
>
> Oddly enough I just got a reproducing piano from 1924, the only 
> community seems to be on Facebook. Blah. So I built my own forum for it, 
> no ads, no BS.
>
> C
>
> On 7/21/26 11:46, Graham Allan wrote:
> > Not much of a useful reply, but I experienced the same broken checkout 
> > back in 2023 - I emailed, and Jim sent me a paypal invoice with 
> > calculated shipping. So the broken checkout doesn't necessarily mean 
> > they aren't still around.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> > On 7/20/2026 2:42 PM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak wrote:
> > > Morning!
> > >
> > > I need a pair of 4mfd 660 volt capacitors for my tractors; went to 
> > > Free Range and the checkout seems to be broken at the shipping type 
> > > option (username and password for USPS is incorrect).
> > >
> > > Is Free Range still around?