![]() I told her I would not cashĬheck until I figured out problem. I didĬall to find out how it was working, and she told me that sometimes Any way I charged her 50.00 and was on my way. Point I wished I had not come over to her house as she has another It would not re-roll and during playing stop and get weak. Seemed to re-roll fine and played OK, but every once in a while, Some on that round solid spindle with the white felt on top, it To make a long story short IĪdjusted speed control and others and I also lubricated, and I put Tried to adjust that little thin block that slides over that little I said I would take a look, that it was probably a hose off. ![]() Would not play as she was pumping it, but the air motor was turning. The other day with a player, Don't work on these often, although Modern Aeolian Service Manual List of all pages concerning problems with the modern Aeolian players Tips and Tricks - Modern Aeolian Problems Information - Concerts, News,FAQs, Archives. Organs - Electronic (B3 etc.), Pipe, Theatre. Who's Who - Professional Pianists on Piano World Member Recordings - Non Classical Pianist CornerĮVENTS! Piano Concerts, Recitals, Competitions.įun Stuff! - Parties, Tours, Projects & More.įorum Members Parties, Tours, Cruises, & M. MY NEW PIANO or KEYBOARD! - Share Your Story! Personally, I would even consider asking the customer to sign some sort of waiver before working on it.ĭigital Pianos - Electronic Pianos - Synths &a. I wouldn't be as concerned if this was a non-working player. even if they previously told you they understand problems could develop. ![]() Meanwhile, the customer only understands that the piano played just fine until you touched it. Then, while accessing that part, another part breaks. You could have to make on repair, such as a broken string. With all this being said, if you aren't sure of what you are doing,you are wise to pass on the work onto someone else. There is nothing unethical about tuning a player flat if you are forthcoming with the owner about what you are doing and why. Usually, player owners are not musicians. If the piano is flat, it might be best to tune it flat. Adjusting the transposer can cause the tracker bar tubing to break, which is a major expense to replace. Over time, tracker bar tubing can become brittle. Only remove the screw at one end and lift to rail up and away from the pins. Also, you should not need to completely remove the mandolin rail. )įor tuning, remove only what you have to. I dropped a guesstimate figure of $3k to put a new action in it - any idea if that's close? (I would outsource this - way above my pay grade. That's it from here - any comments, information, opinions, etc., are welcomed. How available are parts for this instrument? I assume, because of its odd specifications - 64 keys, only double strings - that at least some standard action parts wouldn't work, and I wonder about things like finding proper replacement bass strings. At a minimum, a new action, and new strings would be nice, too. To that end, he asked about what it might really need besides a tuning, and I mentioned a rebuild. The owner is sentimentally attached to this instrument - it was bought by his father, a man who apparently didn't buy many gadgets but really loved this one. How difficult or not is it to take out the player mechanism? It seems one can't tune the thing very easily otherwise - I was barely able to get my hammer on the three or four strings whose pitch I changed. The couple I listened to today sounded great. The owners had dozens, possibly hundreds, of rolls for his instrument. It's electric, but it also has foot pedals you can pump to make it play without electricity. The mechanism to raise and lower this felt + tingly stuff is a pull lever attached to a cable - reminds me of the manual choke on my 1963 VW. Playing the upper half sounds sort of harpsichord-ish, sort of. ![]() It's got a _weird_ thing inside - the bass half is a muting device that drops felt between the hammers and the strings, but the upper half is composed of individual little tabs that look like leather with a metal bit in the center. It's exactly an octave short on both ends, so 64 keys in total. There are only two strings per unison all the way to the top. Some of the bass notes were more than a 1/2 below concert pitch. The piano overall is about 40 cents flat at A - is about 430 Hz and gets flatter as it goes out. I tuned a few unisons while I was there, and that helped - just fixed the worst offenders. The owner is a neighbor and friend who I'm trying to help. I listened to it play - it's a hoot! It works great. Purchased in 1967, presumably new (but I'm not altogether sure about that). I met a first for me today, a player piano called a Pianola.
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