Players

[Jon Page]

At 09:01 AM 08/28/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear List:
>
>   I have a player mechanism in my shop.  I have removed all of the old
>stiff tubing from the tracker bar which take the air to the action.  BUT
>now am having trouble getting the new neoprene tubing back over the ends of
>the fragile brass tubes of the tracker bar and the fragile lead tubes at
>the other end.
>   I have tried heating the neoprene end in hot water, and I have tried
>stretching the opening, but that doesn't seem to help.  There must be a way
>to get the tubing over the other parts smoothly.  It took 15 minutes to get
>one in place.  At that rate it will take 15 X 88 to finish.  There has to
>be a better way.
>   If Reblitz addresses this in his PlayerPiano book I can't find it.
>
>   Any Suggestions????
>
>Ed Carwithen
>John Day, OR

Are you using too small of an ID tubing?  You may have 9/64" and need 5/32".
What kind of space do you have between the tracker bar brass tubing,
you may need the thinner-walled 9/64 tubing for the cramped space.

Why not change the lead tubing as well?  Or, measure the OD of the lead tubing,
if it is the OD of your connecting tubing then get the appropriate ID tubing to
fashion a sleeve to fit over the lead and connector.

You can also spread out the tracker bar nipples somewhat to accommodate
the thicker wall on the 5/32 tubing.

Having fun yet?


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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