I'm working on a Wurlitzer spinet piano with the model 1203 player
mechanism [pneumatic reader & pouch switches operate solenoids].
Everything in the player behaves just fine except the vacuum pump
-- not even a grunt out of it. So either the pump is blown, or it's
not getting the signal to come on.
Where should I begin diagnosing? I know I could check to see
if there's power to the pump, but I don't have a circuit tester.
What voltage am I looking at? Has it been stepped down, or is it
at 110 volts?
If there's no power to the pump, can I hot wire the pump (is it
110-volt) to check its condition? If there's no power to the pump,
are we now into a circuit board problem? (The wiring looks to be
in mint condition). If it's a circuit board, how involved is it for
the electronically illiterate? Many thanks to anyone who has learned
input on this.
Skip Downing
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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