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Calibrating a Player Piano Tempo Indicator
By John Taber

Hello MMD,  Player Piano Company sold a good grade of blank piano roll
paper back in the 1970s.  I got a few spools of it to make new leaders.
I took about 16 feet of it and rolled it up on a small spool and laid
a tape measure along the left side to mark and number every foot, up to
13 feet.  It makes a perfect tempo tester for 0 to 13 feet per minute
(Tempo 0 to Tempo 130).

I punched reroll holes at the end for all the reproducing pianos.
I marked every half foot, also.

Regards,
John Taber,
East Hartford, Connecticut


(Message sent Tue 15 May 2012, 15:40:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Calibrating, Indicator, Piano, Player, Tempo

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