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Help with 1927 Aeolian Duo Art 2m9r Pipe Organ
By Carl Dodrill

Dear Jody,

Could you see that the following message gets on the Automatic-Music Internet? I would appreciate it. I, along with others, appreciate your efforts on this endeavor. By the way, I have noticed more than one e-mail address for you. If I should be using another address, please let me know.

[ Carl,
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[ rollreq@foxtail.com
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[ are equivalent and imply "private conversation with Jody relating
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[ A few of you have my "personal" e-mail address. I am trying to
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[ Jody

I have a 1927 Aeolian Duo Art 2m9r pipe organ which I have gotten to play reasonably well from the key boards. I am now turning attention to the player, but am having a great deal of difficulties. My rolls are in good shape, and that is not the problem. With the help of Carl Kehret here in the Seattle area, the paper feeding mechanism is now operating quite smoothly as well. In addition, except for two adjacent notes that play simultaneously (b12, c13), the Tester roll renders the expected results on all notes on the manuals. The problem is that when you go to play a roll of music, many notes are played which should not be played. You can pick out the tune, but a number of simply wrong notes are being played. I cannot figure out why.

Has anyone out there restored one of these players? I would appreciate any help that you could give, including names of people you may know who have worked on an organ of this type.

Thanks!

Carl Dodrill
cdodrill@u.washington.edu

(Message sent Tue 20 Feb 1996, 17:23:11 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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