<html> At 07:55 PM 08/16/2001 -0300, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Hi Delton, Firstly, ask for a roll, and make sure it works. Nothing worse than having someone say, "it worked before you tuned it". I always take off the upperassembly, it makes it so much, easier to tune. I do charge extra for dissassembly and reassembly. Make sure to mark the tubes you remove, so you know where to replace them. Too bad, you hadn't realized this situation, might arise, as you could have borrowed Arthur Reblitz, Player Piano Servicing and Rebuilding, from a library. This is a good book, and gives you an indication, of what to expect. In fact, buy it, and you may find that you enjoy working on them. Another source of income. Regards, John M. Ross</blockquote> John, Evidently the tubing in your neck of the woods lasts better than around here. Old players' tubing is more like macaroni than rubber and any attempt to remove the tubing either crumbles or destroys the molded fit to the nipple. Become familiar with players before you start dismantling them in customer's homes. An once of 'I better not' is worth a pound of "I though it could..." Get your own player and take it apart. Good Luck, Jon Page,   piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. <a href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jon.page@</a>verizon<a href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net" eudora="autourl">.net</a> <a href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.stanwoodpiano.com</a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</html>