This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Mike, If you have a digital camera, take plenty of pictures of the before and = during tear-down. Write a diary account of what steps you took to take the unit apart so = that you can follow your notes in reverse to "put it back the way it = was" as Lil Abner would say. Label with masking tape where all hoses and other parts go marking both = parts. ie aa1 on the female end and aa1 on the male end of the = corresponding part. It seems like no two that I see are exactly alike so finding directions = for taking it apart might be a little hard unless you get lucky. Good luck in your project. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mike Bratcher=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: Old pneumatic players List, I don't have many old player systems, I'll stick with installing the = new electronic models. I have a 1924 Weber grand. It has a restored player(top mounted). = All hoses and sundries are soft and pliable(almost new). There is a = flap above the keys that expose the roll part thingee, and another flap = that exposes the bellows cranks and hoses. The hoses run to brass = fittings between the keys. These are really long keys too, about 2 = feet. I don't know where the brass fittings go either. The customer = wants me to repair a few ivories (spent the day today bleaching). I can = do a much better job with the keys out of the piano. I can't even = figure out the fallboard on this dinosaur. I am afraid I will get in = over my head removing all the player parts (hoses, roll housing, tempo = levers, etc...). I have enough experience to do most any in home service, but I'm just = worried on this instance. =20 Do the hoses that attach to the brass fittings running between and = under the keys attach in a specific order, or do they just evenly = distribute the air flow? Are these brass fittings attached to the = keyframe? Does this thing even have a conventional keyframe? I just = didn't dig into it enough to figrue out all the right questions to ask. How easy are those tempo levers, chains, & bellows to put back in. How easy are these critters to put back together in general? Does anyone out there have a step by step method of doing this? Thanks in advance Mike Bratcher, Indy ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0d/c9/e6/32/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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