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Homemade 'Pistonola' Player Action
by Steve Bentley (000226 MMDigest)

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There two racks of pistons.  At the extreme right you can just see the roll frame and governor
behind.  The roll frame is hung under the keyboard.  The 'Pistonola' 88-note piano was built
in 1973 when I had access to a lathe on board ship.  It's a project I would never do again!

I have a 'Pistonola' of my own design.  When I bought my piano it was not a player, so to do something different (I had heard of the Pistonola) I made my own, using two racks, each one offset .

The pistons are 1-1/2" diameter brass and  have "O" rings for the seals. The pistons are Delrin.  20" water gage suction gives approximately 3.2 pounds force.  I am thinking of featuring this in the AMICA magazine if they so desire, plus my perforator.

Steve Bentley
Vancouver BC
26 Feb 2000 14:40:15 -0800


28 February 2003
 

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