Kimball Player Punp Organ for sale, bo. Info needed

[Robert Goodale]

I've seen a few of these.  The larger ones are more desirable with the various wind chambers
and deep sounding bass, but they are all pretty cool.  I wouldn't call them "super rare" but
they are somewhat uncommon.  There are rolls for these, (I can't remember which type but I
think they were scaled at nine holes per inch).  I would suggest posting the machine for sale
on the Mechanical Music Digest (MMD) list.  Go to:
http://mmd.foxtail.com/store.html

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV

> Today I acquired a Kimball "Automatic" player pump organ.  I am a player piano and
> pump
> organ technician, but this one has me stumped. It is the first player pump organ I
> have seen, and there are NO ROLLS.  This is the reason I am thinking of selling it
> to a collector in its present conditon. If I can buy some rolls for it, I would be
> interested in doing the restoration.
>          The tracker bar (wooden) has 44 holes that look like the 88 note size. There is no
> take up spool so I can't give the roll width. The roll moter is a four bellow
> vertical mount but circled around a metal pipe, (the vacuum feed?)  One
> bellow from this is missing.  It appears to have operated a leather belt like a
> treadle
> sewing machine. The belt is missing.  A transfer pully seems to be missing. The case
> is oak, plain for a pump organ.
>         Please post technical or historical info if you have it. svp
>         For purchase info contact me privately remoody@easnet.net
>
> ric