SPINET-PIANOLA, A PLAYER-PIANO PIANOLA, Inc. NewYork / USA (1960) ********************************************************************* This beautiful ArtDeco PIANOLA came in good condition, together with the original bench, 46 music rolls, an owner's manual & contemporary catalogs of music rolls from AEOLIAN & Q-R-S. T E C H N I C A L D A T A ( SN = 19954 ) MODEL » P 66 « --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultra Compact: Height = 38_3/4" ; Depth = 26" ; Width = 45" Full 64-note keyboard ( five-and-one-half octaves ) Solid copper wound brass strings for improved tone 5-ply all-wood case "Rink-a-tink" extension (A) Used as a " N O R M A L " PIANO with a 64-note keyboard ( Music roll and pump pedals are located behind doors ) (B) Used as a " P L A Y E R - P I A N O " with MUSIC ROLLS ... It works on vacuum principle: The flipped-out FOOT PEDALS activate a "VACUUM CHAMBER". [1st] A series of small BELLOWS are attached to this "vacuum chamber" - One bellow for every note. Each time a hole in the MUSIC ROLL exposes a hole in the "TRACKER BAR", the outside (normal pressure) air get pulled in. The movable side of this bellow, with its attached hammer, strikes its piano string and falls back, when the hole is covered by paper again. [2nd] A "PNEUMATIC MOTOR" drives the spools - The speed is adjustable by a lever, see ... Have a Look INSIDE THE PIANOLA ... T H E P I A N O L A H I S T O R Y ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYER_PIANO-Page, PIANOLA_INSTITUTE & WIKIPEDIA are good sources ... contemporary commercial http://www.pianola.com http://www.pianola.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_piano --------------------------------------------------------------------- The M U S I C R O L L S Xmas = (*) =================================================== A E O L I A N *************************************************** 1056 Beer_Barel Polka 1097 Love Letters In The Sand 1123 Sunny Side Of The Street 1128 Stormy Weather 1252 Ebb Tide 1162 Easter Parade 1390 That_Gosh_Darn Two_Step_Rag 1478 Lisbon Antigua 1493 Rose of Washington Square Q - R - S *************************************************** 919 Pretty Little Rainbow [Autograph WorldRoll] 3313 Christmas Chimes (*) 3316 Away In A Manger (*) 3319 The First Noel (*) 7409 Friendly_Tavern Polka 8040 Till The End Of Time 8312 Happy Birthday To You 8316 There'll Be Some Changes Made 8626 The_Old_Piano_Roll Blues 8681 Frosty The Snow Man (*) 8691 Charleston 8825 Black_And_White Rag 8861 As Time Goes By 8898 Suzy Snowflake (*) 9240 Nyttin' For Christmas (*) 9283 Sleigh Ride (*) 9323 I'll Be Seeing You 9342 Canadian Sunset 9385 C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (*) 9497 Scott Joplin's Ragtime Piano Medley (1) 9520 Liechtensteiner Polka 9525 Autumn Leaves 9563 Seventy Six Trombones 9596 Dream 9646 The Chipmunk Song (*) 9650 Star Dust 9857 Scott Joplin's Ragtime Piano Medley (2) 9871 The Stripper 9879 The Alley Cat Song 9937 Dominique 9940 Charade 12928 Silver Sleigh Bells (*) 66340 Kitten On The Keys 10-057 Spanish Eyes 10-090 Somewhere My Love ( "Doctor Zhivago" ) 10-113 The Impossible Dream 614680 Dizzy Fingers impressum: ********************************************************************* © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 02/22/22 |