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Farrand Cecilian Player Piano
By Gary Rasmussen

I used to rebuild old players, and I still have several around,
including a Farrand Cecilian that, from your description, may be
similar to yours.  The piano itself is probably one of the best ones
I have.  I believe this brand is considered to be a very good, top of
the line, brand.

The reason mine never got rebuilt was because of the pot metal player
action.  Years ago, I disassembled the action and tried to start
rebuilding the valves.  I couldn't get the "tabs" holding the valves
apart without breaking them.

At the time, I had much easier player mechanisms to rebuild so it was
put aside.  All of the player action pieces are in a box somewhere, and
the piano is in a friend's living room.  If you find out a good way to
rebuild this player mechanism, I would appreciate knowing about it.

Gary Rasmussen
Mason, Ohio   (Cincinnati area)


(Message sent Mon 22 Nov 1999, 15:08:15 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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