Hello everybody. My name is Harry Couchman, a new subscriber to the list, I
hail from Australia and I am the proud owner/restorer of a Schulz player
piano circa 1926 model. I became aware of the list after posting a notice in
a newsgroup looking for advice from anyone who had experience with restoring
one of these instruments, I received welcome replies from Jody Kravitz and
Terry Smythe pointing me in this direction.

My instrument is in fair/good condition with the best components being the
stack and the pump. Fortunately the person from whom I bought the
instrument, which he had intended to restore, lost interest before he
managed to do too much damage to it. I am currently working only on the
cabinet until I have fully assessed and researched what is involved in
restoring the internal parts.
I would appreciate advice or information from anyone who has been involved
with player piano restoration, Schulz instruments in particular. I have
copies of Arthur Reblitz's excellent books on Player Piano Servicing &
Rebuilding and also Piano Tuning and I have just about memorized them.
This is my first restoration project and, I believe, a Schulz is not the
ideal starting point, but with care I hope to make a success of the project
and end up with a fine restored instrument.

I would also appreciate advice on possible sources of parts, decals etc. as
in Australia most available parts are for Australian-built instruments. Most
piano parts I can obtain fairly easily (I think!!)

Thank you for reading my message and I hope to correspond with you in the
future.

regards,  Harry Couchman