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Building a Player Piano Suction Box
By Roger Carver

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I am restoring a Kastner Autopiano action for a 1909 Challen Upright.
I need to make a test suction box.  I have a vacuum cleaner motor.

I need some plans and some advice about reducing the motor speed.
There is some electronic control with it and a potentiometer (479 K-ohms)
which controls the speed, but it is still too fast.  Can I just use
a potentiometer with a higher ohms rating?

I am on a Greek island so getting things is difficult.  I would
appreciate it if someone can help.

Roger Carver


(Message sent Wed 20 May 2009, 20:14:56 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Box, Building, Piano, Player, Suction

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