Re: Changing the Tracker Bar
By Brian Thornton
In the most recent Digest, Tue, 1 Oct 1996 18:51:27 +0000, "Henden, Thomas"
<Thomas.Henden@stud.hf.hioslo.no> wrote:
>
> I'm now restoring my Weber 192? player piano,.........
> Would there be adviceable (or even possible) to obtain a trackerbar
> that takes 65 note rolls too, and have it inserted, or will it ruin the
> autenticity of the piano?
A few years ago I bought 2 Weber Pianos made around 1912 that were in very bad shape. They both had 65 & 88 note slots on the trakerbar. Pull 88 note chuck pulls out and flip the lever on the side of the spoolbox from 88 to 65, and yer ready to Rock & Roll. I already had a very fancy Weber made in 1908 that only played 88 note rolls. I found that the spool boxes were, with very little modification, interchangable. I sold the other unit to:
Paul Gottschalk
208 South First St.
Champaign, Ill 61820
217-351-1099
As far as I know he hasn't done any thing with it. Aeolean Made quite a few of those combination tracker bar models, If you really look around, you might find one,
Brian
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