Tempo Lever Won't Adjust the Tempo
By Paul Meehan
I have what I think is an adjustment problem and I'm hoping someone
who reads the publication can help. I have two uprights. One is a 1919
Walters with an unknown brand of player unit; it may be made by Walters
too for all I know. The other piano is a 1929 National (Boston).
I've taken them apart for tubing replacement and the larger foot-pumped
bellows to be recovered. I've got them all back together and they work
well but for a similar problem with both. The problem is that the Tempo
slide lever doesn't seem to adjust the tempo much.
I can control the tempo with the last few millimeters of the Play/Reroll
lever. If I slide it all the way to the right (the Play position) the
airmotor struggles to turn the roll. However, if I back it off just
slightly it will play just fine. Minor adjustments either way will
adjust the tempo.
I'm pretty confident that I have all the rods connected in the same way
they were before I disassembled the units. I'm thinking it's got to be
a fairly common occurrence and that someone has run into this before
because it's the same on both units. It's got to be an adjustment
somewhere. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Paul Meehan
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