I'm seeking some assistance from owners of Berry-Wood coin pianos.
I recently acquired an example with a very pretty case and art glass.
It's a standard size upright, and it plays just the piano using its
original rewind-type rolls. The roll frame is mounted in the bottom
of the case in the center, with the stack mounted under the keyboard
right over top of the roll frame. A pair of double doors covers the
lower area.
The pump and motor were originally on the back, but are now missing.
Inside the lower portion of the case to the far right is a wooden
friction wheel about eight inches in diameter, mounted on the roll
drive shaft. This wheel can be adjusted left and right to control
the speed of the music.
There was evidently some type of shaft and pulley arrangement driven
from the motor to turn the roll which passed from outside to inside
the case through a hole in a heavily reinforced area of the soundboard,
but all of this is now missing except for the approximately 1/2-inch
bearing hole remaining through the back of the piano.
I'm seeking others who have one of these pianos, or photographs of
what it all looks like. I have seen photos of several gutted examples,
and many with the roll frame mounted on the back, but not one like
mine that is still complete.
Help and advice from anyone with a Berry-Wood piano that has the pump
and motor on the back is very much appreciated.
John Rutoskey
Baltimore, Maryland
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