I've seen a few of these. The larger ones are more desirable with the various wind chambers and deep sounding bass, but they are all pretty cool. I wouldn't call them "super rare" but they are somewhat uncommon. There are rolls for these, (I can't remember which type but I think they were scaled at nine holes per inch). I would suggest posting the machine for sale on the Mechanical Music Digest (MMD) list. Go to: http://mmd.foxtail.com/store.html Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV > 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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