Here is a page of some notes I had on the Kimball player with the
earlier tracker bar scale from the WW1 era. It was a simple system but
it produced nice music. This was a nice player and the rolls were done
very well. There was also another, later tracker bar scale that used
some of the center holes as pilots.
The [early] scale following is for a "standard looking" 11-1/4-inch
piano roll of 98 holes at 9-holes-per-inch. The pedal played the first
12 holes, then the Accompaniment and then the Solo sections. The organ
was set up much like a 44-note spinet organ of some of the first
electric organs.
The boxes had basic information about how to set the combination stop
changes; the stops got heavier as you went from stop change 1 though 6.
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Kimball Soloist Tracker bar scale, 1914 era
from left to right, 98 holes, 9 per inch
1 Swell open, chain perf.
2 Stop change 1
3 Stop change 2
4 Stop change 3
5 CC Low - Pedal begin
6 C#
7 D
8 D#
9 E
10 F
11 F#
12 G
13 G#
14 A
15 A#
16 B Pedal end
17 C Tenor - Accomp. begin
18 C#
19 D
20 D#
21 E
22 F
23 F#
24 G
25 G#
26 A
27 A#
28 B
29 C Middle
30 C#
31 D
32 D#
33 E
34 F
35 F#
36 G
37 G#
38 A
39 A#
40 B
41 C
42 C#
43 D
44 D#
45 E
46 F
47 F#
48 G - Accomp. end
49 Rewind
50 F - Solo begin
51 F#
52 G
53 G#
54 A
55 A#
56 B
57 C Middle
58 C#
59 D
60 D#
61 E
62 F
63 F#
64 G
65 G#
66 A
67 A#
68 B
69 C
70 C#
71 D
72 D#
73 E
74 F
75 F#
76 G
77 G#
78 A
79 A#
80 B
81 C
82 C#
83 D
84 D#
85 E
86 F
87 F#
88 G
89 G#
90 A
91 A#
92 B
93 C High - Solo end
94 Blank
95 Stop change 4
96 Stop change 5
97 Stop change 6
98 Swell Closed, chain perf.
Swells open and closed: max. open was a chain bridge about 6-7" long and
closed was likewise, using a device much like Clark and Roesler-Hunholz
on their organ players.
Data was taken from rolls of Roger Morrison collection and three
players were built from these specs. A few rolls were recut.
Roger Morrison
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