Tuning a Player Piano

[RCzekay@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 8/16/01 5:29:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jon.page@verizon.net writes:


> Make sure to mark the tubes you remove, so you know where to replace them.

And what happens if the tubes disintegrate while removing them? The best bet 
in tuning an old player is to tell the customer that he or she should have 
the player mechanism restored and re-tubed, other wise they are wasting their 
money on tuning if the player isn't working properly. An in tune player that 
isn't tracking right, and has leaking valves and pneumatics, and bellows that 
leak, will still sound bad.

Before you jump into rebuilding players, you better do some homework, because 
there were hundreds of different makes in the early 20s and 30s, and each one 
is a little different. It is definitely a field of its own, and takes years 
to master.

Roy Czekay





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