Baldwin Manualo Modello
By Bob and Sonja Lemon
The Manualo is not the easiest to rebuild. The pneumatics were actually mounted on a heavy duty layer of pumping cloth. What you thought was clay or gasket material was actually a decomposed layer of rubber. Remove all the material from the deck, both sides.
Did you make a scale stick for the pneumatic finger layout? This is important! All the pneumatics should be numbered and the exact location of the ends of the fingers must be known before reassembly. Don't assume that the pneumatics were centered over the holes on the deck, or that the fingers came straight out. (The last Manualo we rebuilt had pneumatics placed in such a way as to restrict the air flow. Also the fingers were obviously not properly aligned with the piano action.)
If you don't already have it, I would suggest you purchase the Reblitz book on rebuilding players. Player Piano Company also sells "The Manualo, Care, Regulation, & Repair", the Baldwin Service Manual. There are many critical steps and adjustments required in rebuilding this action.
Keep us posted on your progress.
Bob & Sonja Lemon
Lemon's Player Piano Service
Sacramento, CA |
(Message sent Thu 13 Feb 1997, 01:34:35 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.) |
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