Understanding the Basic Player Piano Control Levers and Push-Buttons by John Tuttle. The following letter was written in response to a letter that appeared in the Mechanical Music Digest on 02/20/98 which asked various questions about the controls on the Aeolian 'Sting' player piano.
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Player Pianos, Music, Rolls, Service, Repair, Aeolian, Sting. The following letter was written in response to a letter that appeared in the Mechanical Music Digest on 0. Aeolian 'Sting' player piano. Since Aeolian used the same basic configuration on all of their foot pumped/electrically driven units (after 1. For the 5. 5 page Service Manual about the Standard Pneumatic Action used in the entire line of modern Aeolian player pianos (both 6.
Click Here. Player- Care now sells the Aeolian- Type Plastic Block Valves - Click Here for More Information. As to the function of the various controls in front of the keys: The lever on the far left is 'manual sustain'. It works like the right. Typically labeled "Loud".
Most Aeolian players also have. The "switch" (in the Spool Box) above the. On- Off' switch for the. Automatic Sustain Mechanism. Typically it will be marked "On" "Off". LOUD" somewhere close by. The two push- buttons next to the Manual Sustain Lever are the Bass and Treble.
Soft controls. When activated, they operate a pneumatic device which. The main difference.
The. Bass and Treble soft control devices 'pull' a secondary hammer rail. Bass or Treble registers independently. The final lever (to the right of center) is the Tempo Control. This control. allows the user to change the speed at which the music plays. It usually. has markings of "0" "7. It is, in effect, the. Although not usually very accurate (it's not easily calibrated).
As for the controls inside the Spool Box: Inside the Spool Box, there is another lever (towards the right hand side). Play" "Re- Roll". As those names imply, setting the. Play" allows the unit to play the music or "Re- Roll" or. Most Aeolian Sting players also have an automatic. Re- Roll mechanism which is triggered by special holes at the end of the.
When triggered, it rerolls the roll automatically. And at the end. of the rewind cycle, there is another device which senses that the.
This function only comes into play when the unit. The auto 're- roll' function works whether the unit. Finally, there may also be another knob on the right hand side of the. Low" "Med" "Hi" or just 'Low' and 'Hi'. This is a. three position volume control which works in conjunction with the.
Here again, as with the Tempo control lever, the amount of control is. On some units, the degree of change is. On other units, there. Usually this has. Musically,John A.
Tuttle (John A Tuttle). For information about accessing the piano action in the modern Aeolian player pianos. Service Manual for the 6. Standard Pneumatic Action (used in Aeolian products), send $2. S/H to. Or, purchase the manual online - Click Here! Be sure to enclose your name and mailing address.
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