Aeolean player

[Farrell]

An upright? I just removed my first two days ago. Mine was a Cable old upright.

Two long bolts at the bass end that go down toward and almost to the keybed, and one on the treble end, none in the middle. One big hose on treble end, one tiny hose near center. Two leather-nutted arm linkage thingees. One yank.

Mine also had two or three little leather-nutted linkage arm going to the action (sustain, etc.).

It was so easy, that I may consider simply removing the whole darn thing next time I tune one of these back-killers.   :-)............:-(

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie W Bartlett" <lesbart1@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 8:24 AM
Subject: Aeolean player


> Can someone tell me how to get the top unit out of a "Standard Player
> Mechanism" out of an Aolean player? The same would be true, I suppose, on
> a "Standard Player Mechanism" in a DuoArt piano, same mechanism, slightly
> smaller piano.  Oh both, the action needs removal.  My suspicion is that
> one removes two screws at either end, and two smaller nuts toward the
> center, then lifts, and simply shifts the player part forward, making no
> attempt to completely remove it, as large bundles of hoses go down
> through the keybed, and I don't want to be the one to mess with those
> hoses.   I wonder, also if the two pneumatics for the soft pedal, one
> mounted on the cabinet at either end, need to be taken off to get the
> actions out.
> 
> On one, hammer flange pins are starting to come out, and the other needs,
> I THINK, flanges lubricated, simply because of lack of use, some are
> tight, as well as capstans needing some adjustment.
> 
> Thanks
> les bartlett
> houston
> 
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