S&S XRM

[Euphonious Thumpe]

Everything you need to know is in Reblitz's book on player rebuilding, and other reprints and references regarding the Duo-Art system available from Player Piano Company, Wichita, or Playercare.com.  www.foxtail.com, the mechanical music chat room, also has scads of experts online.  Yes, you could probably "figger it out".  Some Duo Arts have tubing that goes through the action, and others the tubing goes around it. That's about it. But you'll save yourself a LOT of anxiety, and probably find much useful information, and other things to improve ( such as how to adjust the player system to the piano action, once regulated ) if you do the proper research. 
Euphonious Thumpe


--- On Wed, 9/10/08, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: S&S XRM
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 9:41 AM
> If you don't get enough direct info from this list here,
> you may want to 
> contact Ferdinand Pointer at The Piano Company in
> Clearwater, Florida. 
> http://www.thepianocompany.com/
> 
> Ferd is a PTG PRT and has been a Chapter officer probably
> about 20 times. He 
> has been rebuilding player systems since shortly after the
> earth's crust 
> cooled. He will know everything and anything (and more!)
> than you'll ever 
> need to know about what you are looking at.
> 
> And I'm pretty sure he will tell you that you can do it
> with appropriate 
> guidance.
> 
> Also, you can try Debra Legg (most likely an RPT - although
> I don't know 
> right off hand and am too lazy to look it up) - she used to
> work with Ferd 
> doing a lot of player work, but moved to the NorthEast a
> couple years ago - 
> she is in the directory, participates on this list and
> advertises in the PTG 
> Journal for her key services (very nice work BTW) and
> besides all that, 
> she's a great gal!
> 
> Good luck with it.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I find myself venturing (or not) into unfamiliar
> territory.  I serviced a
> > S&S M #235xxx with a duo-art reproducer on it
> (fully functional).  This is
> > the type where the M becomes 6' or more, owing to
> the extended case in 
> > front
> > of the plate where the player mechanism resides.  Has
> the twin pillar 
> > legs.
> >
> > Unfortunately whomever rebuilt the player (fine job)
> did nothing with the
> > action (original) which is just this side of
> completely non-functional. 
> > So
> > my question is can someone of reasonable mechanical
> aptitude but no player
> > experience remove the mechanisms on this XRM and get
> it back together 
> > later
> > in hopes of removing the action for the needed work? 
> Would I need any
> > references for doing this, or could one reasonably be
> intuitive in the
> > removal process.  I thank you for your help.
> >
> > William R. Monroe