Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
You Are Not Logged In Login/Get New Account
Please Log In. Accounts are free!
Logged In users are granted additional features including a more current version of the Archives and a simplified process for submitting articles.
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info
MMD > Archives > March 2012 > 2012.03.19 > 04Prev  Next


Auto-Rewind Disable Switch for Classic Player
By Tom Sendall

Hello --  As a footnote to John Tuttle's excellent information on the
operation of Classic player pianos, I'll describe an addition I made
to my pianos, which are a Classic and a Classic-built Baldwin
(identical in mechanisms).

The automatic reroll is quite sensitive, and often I would be dismayed
when a roll with a slight imperfection -- a wrinkle, tear, hole or
gapping of the paper -- would suddenly get rewound before the end.
The control is a small vacuum/electric switch found at the upper left
corner of the spool box, obvious when the lid is lifted.

The switch can be adjusted a bit to reduce its sensitivity, but I put
an on/off switch into the circuit right there to completely disable the
auto-reroll when desired.  Happily, I found that a hole had been
punched into the roof of the spoolbox right by the left end.  I mounted
a pre-wired toggle switch, available at Auto Zone or Advance Auto Parts,
using small electrical connectors that Radio Shack carries.

Now with each piano, if I suspect I'm playing a roll with "issues",
I can reach into the spoolbox in the upper left-hand corner and flip
the switch to off.  I just need to remember to push the reroll switch
at the end of play.

Tom Sendall


(Message sent Mon 19 Mar 2012, 21:57:47 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Auto-Rewind, Classic, Disable, Player, Switch

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   


Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google



CONTACT FORM: Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2024 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                                     
Translate This Page