[pianotech] Reproducing System Removal

[David Skolnik]

Patrick -
There are still guys around who work on pneumatic players and might 
be interested in it for parts.  I had someone from a little ways 
upstate NY come down to remove a partial system from a Steinway a few 
years (probably more) ago.  I'll try to dig up his name, but I bet 
you could find someone relatively near you.  They would just do it 
for the parts, without otherwise charging you, and they know which 
parts you wouldn't want falling on your head.  Good luck

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY



At 11:38 PM 10/2/2012, you wrote:
>On 10/1/2012 11:58 AM, Patrick C. Poulson wrote:
>>I have a customer who wants me to remove the non-functioning reproducing
>>system from her 1925 Kimball baby grand.
>
>That's a shame, even if it's a generic Recordo system. There are a 
>whole lot fewer pneumatic player grands now than there used to be.
>
>
>>I would apprciate some hints on
>>the best way to remove it.
>
>Best way? Take out the screws, and remove the components. Be careful 
>of the pumper and pneumatic stack, and the drawer. They're heavy and 
>can hurt you. Other than that, it's pretty straightforward.
>
>
>>Also, if anyone is interested in having it,
>>let me know.
>
>The best chance (nearly the only chance) the thing will ever be used 
>again is if it's in the piano it was originally installed in. 
>Unfortunately, they're pretty under appreciated these days.
>Ron N