First posting anywhere. Today I acquired a Kimball "Automatic" player pump organ. I am a player piano and pump organ technician, but this one has me stumped. It is the first player pump organ I have seen, and there are NO ROLLS. This is the reason I am thinking of selling it to a collector in its present conditon. If I can buy some rolls for it, I would be interested in doing the restoration. The tracker bar (wooden) has 44 holes that look like the 88 note size. There is no take up spool so I can't give the roll width. The roll moter is a four bellow vertical mount but circled around a metal pipe, (the vacuum feed?) One bellow from this is missing. It appears to have operated a leather belt like a treadle sewing machine. The belt is missing. A transfer pully seems to be missing. The case is oak, plain for a pump organ. Please post technical or historical info if you have it. svp For purchase info contact me privately remoody@easnet.net ric
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