David, My best recommendation, in addition to reading and study, is to attend the regional/state conferences and especially the PTG National Institute in Arlington, VA next summer. We will offer a number of classes in Player Piano reconditioning and service ranging from pneumatics to the newest computer controlled units. If you're not a member of the PTG you might also want to check with the Nebraska chapter. In further answer to your question, you might not want to start out trying to fix these things on a customer's piano. Experience is a great teacher but it's quite easy to get in over your head until you've gained said experience. Do you have a mentor who you can refer to for assistance on something like this? Hope this helps somewhat. Allan Allan L. Gilreath, RPT Assistant Institute Director PTG Annual Convention Arlington, VA July 5-9, 2000 Agilreath@mindspring.com 706 629-3063 -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Pritchard Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:22 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Player Piano Basics I'm a fairly new technician and I have a client who recently purchased a "Mastertone" player piano, #23610. I've never done any repair on players and need advice. I suspect air is escaping from hoses and/or connections, because you must put the tempo on presto and pump the pedals as hard and fast as possible to get any sound at all. Please advise me what I should check for and how to fix the obvious problems that come to mind first. Thank you, David Pritchard Scottsbluff, NE ===== The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
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