Reeds and Angelus Player Question
By Stephen Kent Goodman
Hope all of you had a Merry Christmas,
I have a quick question concerning the Angelus Orchestral Piano Player. The original advertisement indicates that this push-up had two reed banks that were optionally played along with the piano player mechanism. The early vacuum stacks used a lot of vacuum, so I would imagine that the reeds were played by low-pressure (maybe 1.5-3" water gauge). These would utilize the otherwise expelled air created by the vacuum pumps, and small playing pneumatics would operate the pallets for them. Is this a fair guess, not having ever examined one of these players, or did they use vacuum reeds?
Next question: Does anyone know of a source of low-pressure reeds that could be used in a similarly constructed chest (assuming pressure reeds is what Angeles used)?
Thanks for any help! Happy New Year!
S. K. Goodman
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