Electramatic player

[John Ross]

Hi Clyde,
I am personally strongly against, the suggestion of 'chucking' a player
unit, just because it is in the way.
I run accross a lot of people that have a family player, that they remember
from their childhood, when it played. The relative who owned it had been
told the player, could not be fixed, and to get rid of it. These people are
really sorry that the unit had not been kept.
I don't recommend thet it be removed and stored either, as eventually they
get lost.
There are people who do player repairs, some of them also tune and repair
pianos, like myself.
I would like to see more player classes, at the Conventions, then people
would be able to do minor repairs and also remove and replace the units, to
enable access for piano repairs.
Oh yes, if you ever have to remove a player action, test that it plays,
before you remove any part. And be sure to point out, if the tubes are
brittle, to the owner.
Remember, repair of these units,  is a living for someone.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
P.S. John Tuttle's page, has a list of Player Techs.

Clyde Hollinger wrote:

> Friends:
>
> A high school I service has in one of its practice rooms a 1977 Kimball
> "Artist Spinet" with a non-working Electramatic player.  Since I hate
> trying to tune looking over or under this thing, would it be wrong of me
> to suggest they let me remove the player action and chuck it?  Is there
> enough value in this PSO to try to keep everything intact?  I suppose it
> was a donated piano, and of course even without the player, it is what
> it is.  :-(
>
> Clyde Hollinger