available player piano advice.

[gordon stelter]

Normally "upstairs", behind the sliding doors. It is
the ( usually ) brass bar that the paper slides over,
with the long row of small holes.
     G

--- Alpha88x@aol.com wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
>         So where is the trracker bar located on a
> player piano?
> 
> 
> 
> Julia
> Reading, PA
> 

> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:28:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: available player piano advice.
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> 
> Probably not 100+ years old. Probably more like 80+
> years old. The first "inner players"--player system
> IN
> the piano, instead of in a movable box out front,
> came
> along about 1909. And a  lot of them played 65 note
> rolls which are scarce and, IMHO, boring. Count the
> holes in the tracker bar. If there are 6 of them to
> the inch it is a 65 note type. If there are 9 holes
> to
> the inch it is a full 88 note system. And if it has
> a
> pair of staggered holes a bit past the line of
> note-sensing holes on either end it has a Standard
> system with a  fully pneumatic tracker. The most
> common brand.
>      Thump
> 
> P.S. Old foot-pumped players are still a "dime a
> dozen". If it has had a  bad mouse infestation 
> ( common ) getting the smell out will be nearly
> impossible, and you will end up with an expensive
> project you can't/wouldn't want to sell to anyone.
> So, if it goes to the dump, please don't get an
> ulcer.
> --- Alpha88x@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> >             A guy who has to give up rent space in
> > his warehouse wants to get 
> > rid of a Kholer and Campbell full upright player
> > piano.  It looks to be about 
> > 100+ - years old. I couldnt see if it played,
> > because there were no piano 
> > rolls with it. Aside from a broken hammer and only
> > about 6 keys not playing, 
> > mechanically, it looks in tact.
> > 
> >              I know nothing about players, however
> I
> > used to be a machine 
> > designer for 25 years before I started tuning and
> > repairing and it looks to me, 
> > restorable. The levers, gears and chains inside
> are
> > in place and in tact and 
> > not so rusty. The bellows move too.
> > 
> >            If anyone is interested in saving this
> > piece of Americana give me 
> > a holler. They want to get rid of it. The guy is
> > thinking about taking it to a 
> > dump!
> > 
> > Julia Gottchall,
> > Reading, PA
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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