Greetings,  A question for consideration and opinions.  Suppose I had
a player piano with two tracker bars and they were connected to the
stack valves with a wye fitting on each signal tube.  For anyone
unfamiliar with what a wye is, it is a three-connection fitting in
which the three sides are arranged as to appear like the letter wye
[Y], generally having two of the angles between sides equal and greater
than the remaining angle.  This is usually the case as wyes are use
to minimize the resistance to flow and are generally made directional.

It seems that the right way to connect the two bars, so that each
performed equally, would be to connect each tracker bar's tubing to
the symmetrical sides of each wye and the remaining sides to the valve
pouch well signal tubes -- like an arrow pointing from the tracker bars
to the stack.

What if aesthetics prevailed and it was decided to install the wyes so
that the symmetrical sides of each wye were connected to a stack valve
and to one tracker bar the third side was connected to the other tracker
bar?  This would make a gradual turn for the air flowing in from one
tracker bar to the valve, but a sharp turn for the air flowing in from
the other tracker bar.  Would one expect problems with staccato notes
or fast repeats, or does this sort of detail really not matter?

I do have a very strong opinion regarding the above but would like to
see how others think.

Best regards,
Spencer Chase
Laytonville, Calif.
http://www.spencerserolls.com/