Player Piano Servicing and Rebuilding: A Treatise on How Player Pianos Function, and How to Get Them Back into Top Playing Condition If They Don't Work

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Summary: Like they used to write them!
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In a world of dumbed-down "hot to do it" books that simply tell you to hire an expert, this book is a breath of fresh air. This is the highly technical stuff that people like Audels wrote in the 1930's before America turned stupid.

Even if you're all thumbs, this will tell you what to look out for when hiring someone. If you have the skill, this will tell you the right way to do the job, just as it was done 80 years ago.

A fine resource written by a real gentlemen who is a purist in the field. If you own any instrument that plays itself, this book is a MUST!

Rating:
Summary: Like they used to write them!
Review: .
In a world of dumbed-down "hot to do it" books that simply tell you to hire an expert, this book is a breath of fresh air. This is the highly technical stuff that people like Audels wrote in the 1930's before America turned stupid.

Even if you're all thumbs, this will tell you what to look out for when hiring someone. If you have the skill, this will tell you the right way to do the job, just as it was done 80 years ago.

A fine resource written by a real gentlemen who is a purist in the field. If you own any instrument that plays itself, this book is a MUST!

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Summary: The "Bible" of Player Piano Restoration
Review: A must-read for any player-piano owner. Even if you don't intend to do restoration work yourself, you'll find this book useful, informative and just plain fun! Lots of illustrations and interesting historical information!

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Summary: THIS BOOK HELPED US RESTORE MY FAMILY'S LARGE ORCHESTRION
Review: I never thought such a book would exist! Thanks to the Internet and Amazon.com I found this book! For years our family has owned a large Weber mechanical orchestra built in the Black Forest of Germany. It sat long silent in the ballroom of our family's hotel. No one had any ideas on how best to fix our instrument. Then a friend suggested the Internet and Amazon.com. This book opened the door to restoring this machine. The orchestrion now sounds wonderful. Thanks Amazon and Art Reblitz!