Can something be used to blast out "dogstink" from a Knabereproducer ???????

[gordon stelter]

     It's not a Stoddard. It's a regular Ampico "A" 
( Amphion action )with "right side up" valves. ( The
earlier, Stoddard types were sub-contracted to Kohler,
I believe, so have radically different hardware,
similar to Standards. )  Upright Ampicos are rarer
than grands, and convenient because you can easily get
your knees under the keybed for hand playing.
     Ampico put their "A" reproducing system in all of
the upright brands they made, except, perhaps, Mason
and Hamlin. ( Which they bought in 1924 ). 
     The "B" system was only put in grands. 
Knabe would have been, therefore, their "top" upright
reproducer.


Peace,
     G

P.S. Haven't actually looked up the serial number,
yet. Guessed 1927, based on case design.
     Hickman started working for Ampico in 1926,
designing the "B" system. He had nothing to do with
the "A", which was Stoddard's innovation. Stoddard was
hired around 1912, I believe, to come up with a 
competitor to the Welte reproducer. 


  
--- Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu> wrote:

> Are you sure it's 1927?  Unless I'm grossly mistaken
> only the earliest of Ampicos were installed in
> uprights.  These were known as "Stoddard" Ampicos,
> (noted as "Stoddard Artigraphic" on the early
> rolls), named after the inventor Charles Stoddard
> along with his assistant Clarence Hickman, (see
> Re-Enacting the Artist by Larry Givens).  I think
> somewhere around 1919-1920 they went to grands
> exclusively.  I've worked with mechanical music for
> many years.  There are mounds of details and history
> surrounding music machines I still don't know and I
> am always learning something new.  In 1928 the
> Ampico "B" replaced the model "A" system so a
> Stoddard that late would probably be quite rare.  If
> this is indeed 1927 I suspect it would have been a
> special order.
> 
> Mechanical music is what ultimately got me into
> piano work, (tough to make a living in just
> mechanical music these days).  I'm getting ready to
> start a restoration on a rather rare 1925 Wurlitzer
> 146-B band organ.  That job will probably take over
> a year to complete part-time!
> 
> As far as "dog stink" is concerned you may have to
> leave the piano open, (with front and bottom
> removed), for a year or so.  Just letting it air out
> will help.  If the stink is in the felts you will
> likely never get it out.  Like it or not if this is
> the case you will probably have to replace all the
> felt.  Par for the course I guess, pianos are a
> bitch!
> 
> Gotta go, leaving for California for a week.
> 
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
> 
> 
> 
>   I just got a 1927 Knabe Ampico reproducing upright
>   piano from an estate. Much restoration was done to
> it 
>   ( not too badly ) and it was in pretty nice shape
> when
>   I saw it, 10 years ago.



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