> I like a re-roll and shut-off with a suction box. People put a roll on > and wander off like the piano is a radio providing background noise. > The re-roll and shut-off saves the rolls from being eaten quite as > often or badly. I also like a re-roll speed governor box to prevent > the Mach 3 re-rolls and flap-beater thing at the end. Yea, I know the > PPCo unit has a two speed controller that allows a slower re-roll > speed, but by the time the reservoir is expanded and the motor winds > down, the roll is half re-wound. > > Ron N Continueing that thought, take along a standard 88 test roll and at the end of the roll are slots on left left for specifically for reroll. Make sure that the tracker is hosed for that re-roll slot. If its an old enough tracker bar, it probably will not have the re-roll hole. If that is the case, you might have to pick a slot, say the last note on the left and make it the reroll hole. Or replace the tracker bar with a new one that has the reroll control in it. Either case, make sure the customer knows where the hole is because they can retrofit old rolls with reroll control - I have used a standard hole punch and, about when the end of the music is on the take-up spool, punched a hole in the roll for reroll control at the spot. P.S. About 35 years of collecting rolls -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@charter.net
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