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Magnet Valves for Player Pianos and Organs
By David Greene

Thanks for everyone's help with my previous posting about the
lifetime's worth of project ideas I have for our Ampico B.

I would like to make a try at a MIDI player system and several people
suggested that a "cut the tubing" inline valve system would work best.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number and variety of valves available.
Can anyone share their suggestions for what type/brand of valve to use?
Links to sellers would be most helpful.

I have come across some very expensive values, and some more reasonably
priced valves, but I would like to make sure I get something that not
only works well, but lasts.

I assume that such valves should be spliced in to the tubing between
the tracker bar and the stack.  Is that correct?

David Greene

 [ MMD articles about magnet valves are indexed at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/M/magnet.html  Drawings
 [ and photos are at http://www.mmdigest.com/Tech/mValves.html 
 [
 [ For a magnet valve that will be installed in a reproducing piano,
 [ parameters to consider include size, speed, power dissipation and
 [ response uniformity.  See, for example, the article "Adjusting
 [ Magnet Valve Travel With Manometer," by Peter Phillips, at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/200208/2002.08.23.05.html 
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 26 Dec 2012, 20:22:02 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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