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Farrand Cecilian Player Piano Missing Parts
By Leonardo Forti

I have a Farrand Cecilian player piano missing some parts.  Somebody has

discarded many parts, i.e. the pneumatics for loud and soft pedals, and perhaps

something else that should have been in both sides of the upper case, where

there are many empty screw holes. 



In the lower case there is only the foot pump, and no empty holes for

missing devices.  There are also three push-buttons in front of the

keyboard; their function is unknown.  The 65/88 notes pneumatic action

is complete.  



There is no loud-pedal hole on the 88-note tracker bar. The loud pedal

should have been operated only manually by one of the push buttons.  No

levers and commands and no tracking device.



Can someone provide information or a photo about the missing parts to

help me with an attempt to make them similar to the original?



Leonardo Forti

Rome, Italy



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