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Pneumatic Cutout in Needham Player
By Reid Echandia

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Hi, my name is Reid Echandia.  I am a preservationist and have a love
of all antique mechanical devices.  I have two Studebakers to attest to
this that I re-animated myself.  In my home I have a Wurlitzer that I
saved from the scrap heap and I must say I have it playing beautifully.

My fathers office was just given an old Needham player piano.  I have
replaced many of the main air tubes and am getting good pressure from
the bellows, sufficient to run the motor.  I am unable to figure out
the tubing arrangement to activate the tracker bar.  It appears to have
a pneumatic rather than a mechanical cut off for rewind.

If there is any schematic available for this piano I would appreciate
it.  The old tubing is long gone and I don't have anything to go on.
I greatly appreciate your consideration you can give to my quest.

Thank you.

Reid Paul Echandia
rpejcnj@aol.com


(Message sent Fri 17 Mar 2000, 01:41:38 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cutout, Needham, Player, Pneumatic

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