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Player Piano Basics
By Dennis Pelton

I've got my first player piano project.  Is there a site or page that
will give me the basics?  For instance, this piano has a set of five
small bellows up above the keys (not the ones that work the keys, got
88 of those).  What do those five small ones do?

Dennis Pelton

  [ It sounds like they are the pneumatics for the air motor that
  [ drives the music roll.  You should not tackle this project until
  [ you have read thoroughly Arthur Reblitz's excellent "Player Piano
  [ Servicing and Rebuilding."
  [ --Relief Editor.

(Message sent Wed 3 Oct 2012, 18:43:16 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject: Basics, Piano, Player

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