Wayne Schmidt is looking for a handle for his 65-note Aeolian push-up.
I have one of those players too, Wayne, and it was missing its handle
when I got it, so I made one out of a length of steel rod.  An original
handle will have a square cross-section end intended to mate with the
square cross-section socket in the end of the short worm drive shaft
inside the player.

In my player's case the sockets were very badly chopped about because
the lifting mechanism had become very stiff, requiring lots of effort
to turn the worm gear.  So I turned the ends off the worm shafts and
replaced them with the heads from high-tension hex-head bolts.  Into
the business end of my lifting handle I inserted a short length of
a hex Allen key that was the correct fit for the bolt heads.  (Oz
readers will know what an Allen key is.  Is the term used in the US?)
With a shellacked wooden hand grip at the other end I achieved a
functional and reasonably authentic looking handle.

This didn't cure the extreme stiffness of the mechanism, caused by
wooden surfaces binding on each other instead of sliding.  I had to
skim a thin layer off one surface to get things moving freely.

If you want dimensions, Wayne, email me directly.

John Philips in Hobart, Tasmania

 [ Yes, it's known, but I think now the Bristol (spline) key and the
 [ Torx key are favoured in new design, because the Allen-head socket
 [ and its hex wrench are easily stripped.  -- Robbie