S R Dibble
Pianola Restoration
Pianola Restoration
Pictures
Detail pictures of a Hupfeld player action and wind motor.
Higel pneumatics undergoing
removal from the back of the pouch board........................................................................and replacement after recovering.
removal from the back of the pouch board........................................................................and replacement after recovering.
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A repolished Rosewood Steck
A 65 / 85 note tracker bar mechanism from a Kastner action undergoing restoration:
These pictures show the complex tubing arrangements from tracker bar to changer mechanism.
Refitted to the spoolbox
The completed Rachals can be seen by clicking here
These valves are from an Autopiano that was recently ‘restored’. I had to take them all out, clean them up, reface, seal and adjust at great expense to the customer who had already spent a large amount of money to have the original job done!
The pictures on the left show an Angelus stack made by Wilcox and White from a Sir Herbert Marshal and Rose player.
It utilises pouches in place of pneumatics and this one is in need of complete restoration.
The valve chest below is also different in that one continuous strip of pouch leather is used in place of individual pouches