Re: Otto Higel Tracker Bar
By Colin Hinz
>[ I think Bob Lemon means "tracking holes", to operate the paper guidance
>[ system. I have a weird (European?) tracker bar with holes for the
>[ snakebite theme accents plus one hole at each edge of the paper,
>[ presumably for the tracking (guidance) system. -- Robbie
And that's how I interpreted what Bob wrote! It doesn't make any sense at all otherwise.
To be exhaustively explicit, my tracker bar has, from left to right, the following hole pattern: (I'm doing this from memory, so bear with me if the placement of the sustain hole is mixed up):
- two small staggered holes which connect to the pneumatic
automatic tracking device - a large hole which connects to the sustain pneumatic
- a wide narrow slot, connecting to the bass expression unit
- the 88 playing note holes
- another wide narrow slot, connecting to the treble expression unit
- two more small staggered holes, also connecting to the pneumatic
automatic tracking device.
I've ignored references to the solodant on/off, play/rewind and sustain on/off slide valves.
[ The tracker bar seems to be intended for a Solodant/Themodist
[ expression system fitted with the "4-hole Standard" paper guidance
[ system. Unusual ! -- Robbie
>[ "Tracker Bar" terms :
>[
>[ tracker holes: all the holes in the tracker bar
>[ playing note holes: operate the note pneumatics
>[ control holes: anything except the playing note holes
>[ pedal holes: Loud (sustaining) and Soft Pedal pneumatics
>[ tracking holes: operate the tracking (paper alignment) system
>[ transport control holes: rewind, shut-off, replay, nickel trip, etc.
>[ intensity and expression holes: dependent on the expression system
I would tend to refer to "all the holes in the tracker bar" generically as "tracker bar holes". Otherwise, they are all unambiguous.
Colin Hinz
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[ I like "tracker bar holes" too, but see Craig's definitions next. |
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