[pianotech] Wind motor in player piano

[John Ross]

I always called them 'air' motors, don't think I gave any thought to what the proper name was.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 2010-09-27, at 7:24 PM, Alan Forsyth wrote:

> Except there is no wind in a wind motor; it's a vacuum. It Sucks!
>  
> To avoid confusion call it the roll motor.
>  
> AF
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Rhea, Jr.
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Wind motor in player piano
> 
> It depends on whether 'wind' is a noun or a verb.  The verb would be a long
> 'i' as in "WIND the clock".  The noun would be a short 'i' as in "a strong
> northern WIND".  I would suspect that your usage would be the noun since
> moving air is used to actuate the player mechanism and the motor would be
> used to create the air flow.
> 
> Tom Rhea, Jr.
> 

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