This bizarre behavior happened to me this week.  I tested the operation
of the player I was working on at the customer's site.  The player was
working perfectly.  I turned it off and tuned the piano.

When the customer arrived I hit the power switch to demonstrate it.
It was stone dead, nothing, nada!  No sounds of something dying or
trying to start, just silence.

I checked my wiring, which was new but very simple: a three connection
series circuit, two switches and the pump.  The wiring was fine.  My
lights were already plugged into the same outlet and were working.
I checked the power outlet anyway: 121 volts AC.

I wired the plug straight into the pump and plugged it in.  Stone
dead, no sounds.  I spun the motor and plugged it back in.  Nothing.
I brought the pump back to my shop and plugged it in.  It started
right up and works great.

It is an older pump by Lee Mfg. Co. which was in the piano when I began
working on it.  I looked inside the box but could not find any thermal
protection but perhaps there some.  This pump had run at least an hour
flawlessly as I was restoring the piano at the customer's location (a
small college).

Has anyone else experienced this kind of behavior from a player pump?

Joseph Osborne - Piano Tuning & Keyboard Instrument Restoration
Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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