Tuning old upright players

[Cy Shuster]

I've got a 1915 Hamilton Manualo just like that, and I'm having a heck of a
time getting the player mechanism installed so that all 88 fingers engage
properly.  I was able to find the original tech manual for it on the web!

--Cy Shuster--
Bluefield, WV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan" <tune4u@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: RE: Tuning old upright players


Odd that this post came up today.

I just spent two days with a 1926 Hamilton that does not have any
tilt-out options. A wing nut and bracket holds down each end of the top
assembly; three small tubes and one large one have to be removed; the
speed control linkage unhooked, then the whole top comes out including a
triple deck set of bellows that engage metal fingers on each sticker.

It's not too bad a job but it is quite heavy and has all those fragile
looking parts that make it kind of scary to deal with, n'est ce pas?