Kimball Player Punp Organ for sale, bo. Info needed

[James Grebe]

Kind of on the same note I used to be friends with a collector that had a
B-3 with a Duo-Art player built in.  They were very rare.  They were not
true reproducers however even though they were made in the mid 30's
                           James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G and M.P.T.
pianoman@inlink.com
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in
St. Louis, MO
(314) 845-8282
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@easnet.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:43 PM
Subject: Kimball Player Punp Organ for sale, bo. Info needed


>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
>
>