•Player Brake Adjustments (Roll Paper Slipping Problems) When it comes to the brake tension on the player for the upper paper feed area, the lighter the pressure the better. I know that this doesn't make sense but try it. Note: There still has to be some pressure to help with the tracking of the pap...

•The Gavioli frein: an invention from Gavioli. About 1920 almost every organ have a stop "violin", a flute. This stop mostly was used for "zang", this means it was playing the main melody. The open pipes from the "viool" were made of wood, with a rather narrow pipe-scale. The "frein" is a small meta...

•Dear Mr. Morrey, The brake pad you mention should be functional, during play only. The thick wire lever holding the pad is not really connected to the reroll lever in any permanent way. It is just arranged so that when the piano is in reroll, it is moved slightly away from the wheel, to release the...

•> Wow, thanks for the reply and graphic. Hi Mike, You are very welcome. > Just FYI, mine don't have a motor. It's all original. By motor, I meant the pneumatic drive; we call this a "motor" also. > Okay, thanks. Mine has the 'older' style in the graphic. Should > I be worried about how much pressur...

•I found Pete Knobloch's note in the 001023 MMD, "Player Music Roll Brake Adjustments," all too true. Everything he says about the dynamics of the player system occurs also in the Wurlitzer band organ transport system, in our case even down to the detail about someone having oiled the brake pads. I ...

•"A Brass Band In A Piano? Give Me A Brake!" Pete Knobloch gave a very good analysis of the play-brake problems encountered on player pianos in 001023 MMD. The reason I say that is because he came to the same conclusions I did when I analyzed the problem a few years back! While I doubt that there ar...

•What you describe in the 001105 MMD is virtually the exact brake system used in the Ampico "B" player. Due to the 'jumbo' rolls, slippage was a problem even before slick paper. Enjoyed your message. Ken Vinen, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

•[ Ken Vinen wrote in 001106 MMD: ] > What you describe in the 001105 MMD is virtually the exact brake > system used in the Ampico "B" player. Howdy Ken, Thanks for your comment. If you will look again at my article, you will see that I say that my gizmo is based on the Model B Ampico roll brake. Th...

•On treadled players, the reroll brake serves a very important function in most brands of players (not all). On reroll, if the roll was tracking poorly and required a lot of correction to play it, then on reroll when the tracker mechanism is turned off, that roll will tend to tear as it winds hard a...

•After commenting on the treadled player piano's reroll brake, I thought I might add a caveat and discuss the reproducing player's reroll brake, because their purpose is a bit different. Same mechanism, just a little tighter adjustment, because on the reproducer, the purpose of the brake is to snug ...

•Hello -- In regards to Karen Lewis' article about torn Ampico rolls, I have some heresy to speak! I play Ampico, Duo-Art, Welte and 88-note rolls on my fine upright Cable-Nelson player. Many of these rolls I have been playing over and over for 40 years. In all that time, I have perhaps torn only ab...

•Hi -- Just a note to Mr. Shahar regarding roll tearing. Yes, proper tracking is important when playing rolls without tearing (i.e., on the take-up spool). However, it is still on _rewind_ that I find where rolls will tear the most. Hence, my suggestions about removing the lower brake and pulling ou...

•I recently told of my technique of oiling these felt brakes [MMD 050630, "Adjusting Music Roll Spool Friction Brakes"]. It seems I definitely overstated what I do. I used the word "saturated with oil or grease." Someone wrote with concern that oil would sling all over the piano. Of course it would...

•Hi All, Regarding D.L. Bullock's recent comments about saturating the brake pads with oil or grease, I offer the following. (Lynn and I have corresponded privately about this matter, and I leave it to the reader to make up their own mind.) First, Lynn admits that 'saturating' was a bad choice of wo...

•In going through my old factory manuals I found that the Autopiano (deLuxe) suggested using Vaseline on the reroll brake. No mention was made about the payoff [supply spool] brake. Others suggested cleaning the pads and using graphite powder on the pads. I didn't see anybody suggesting to use oil, ...

•[ Craig Roothoff wrote in 111014 MMDigest: > I am wondering if anyone might have this part available from parting > out an Ampico B drawer. I have a spare one of those original roll-brake levers from an Ampico B. Bruce Grimes

•People who have been following the discussion on preventing roll slippage may find it interesting to see all the articles that have been written and stored in the MMD Archives; look under Brake and Brakes: http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/B/brake.html http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/B/br...

•After taking the covers off our Ampico B drawer I discovered that whoever rebuilt this instrument left the reroll brake drum and pad in place, though disconnected. The pad looks fairly new so it seems odd that it's not attached to the brake pneumatic and all tubing from the brake pneumatic to the r...

•David Greene asks about the Ampico "B" reroll brake. He says, "I can imagine the brake might be hard on old rolls." "Hard on old rolls" is an understatement -- using the rewind brake will destroy old rolls! I'm sure this is the reason it was found disconnected. The shaft of the take-up spool must s...

•Does anyone have a Seeburg Roll-Frame Brake they could sell me? Thank you, Stephen K Goodman - Professional Player Piano & Nickelodeon Restoration Tarpey Village (Fresno/Clovis) California, USA http://www.mechanicalmusicrestoration.com/ stephengoodman@sbcglobal.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to...