[pianotech] Player Uprights

[Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner]

Greg,
easy to break, difficult (and expensive) to repair.
Read a book, ask an expert, seek help (like on this list), but don't dabble.
Bruce Browning
The Piano Tuner.




 Newell
> ... and if we did not ever dabble in what we do not know how would we ever
> learn anything?
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> Greg Newell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:08 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Player Uprights
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> Nice call Debbie.
> Don't dabble in what you know not!!!
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> pianolady50 at peoplepc.com
>> Hi Matthew,
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>> Ahh, no, not right.  There are many different configurations and I
>> assume
>> you're not talking about  Aeolians and others from the mid to late 20th
>> century with 'shelves' above the keyboard and player stacks below the
>> keyboard.  In uprights, none (okay maybe 99.99999% do not) require
>> disconnecting any tubing for individual notes or any junction board for
>> that tubing to access the piano action.  Basically, you'll need to
>> disconnect either one major exhaust hose at the bass end or two (bass
>> and
>> treble).  There may or may not be moderately sized tubing for tracking
>> system requiring disconnecting, possibly hoses to hammer rail lift
>> pneumatics, and the large hose for the wind motor.  Then there may be a
>> support rod for the spool box and various linkages for play/reroll,
>> tempo,
>> etc.  There will be a mechanical connections between the entire upper
>> unit
>> and the piano case.
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>> The best advise I can give you is to find an experienced piano/player
>> piano tech to take with you.  Please, please, please!  How will you
>> handle
>> the situation if you try to take the unit out and replace it and then
>> nothing works?  Did the player work before you took it out?  Did the
>> customer demonstrate this?  Has it been rebuilt recently or are tubes
>> and
>> hoses going to break when you disconnect them and move things around?
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>> This is a can of worms if you are not well equipped or well versed in
>> players.  Again, please take someone with you who knows players.
>>
>> Debbie L.
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Matthew Todd
>>   To: pianotech at ptg.org
>>   Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:29 PM
>>   Subject: [pianotech] Player Uprights
>>
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>>         Speaking of players, I will need to remove the player action on
>> this piano to properly service the broken hammer shanks.  The
>> hoses that connect to each key have a long strip of wood that I
>> can unscrew so I wouldn't have to disconnect each hose.  And with
>> the disconnection of two hoses on the bass side, and a few more
>> screws, I should be able to remove the player.  Does that sound
>> right?
>>
>>
>>         TODD PIANO WORKS
>>         Matthew Todd, Piano Technician
>>         (979) 248-9578
>>         http://www.toddpianoworks.com
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