Richard, A while ago I had signed onto a Reed organ society list. I think I found it by searching the net for "Reed Organ" I was amazed at the interest and expertize found in that group. Find them and offer them your organ. Several folks there will probably already know what you have. I believe it was based in England, but messages were from all over the USA. ROS - - Reed Organ Society. happy hunting. Roger C. Hayden On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:06:08 -0500 "Richard Moody" <remoody@easnet.net> writes: > 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 > > Roger C. Hayden, RPT Clarks Summit, PA
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