> From: BTHORNTON@delphi.com
> Subject: Re: Schultz player pianos
>
> When ever I get one of the older style stacks,
> I fabricate a whole new stack using the most of the old hardware.

Brian,

Way back in days of olde, I rebuilt a Schultz with the
double pneumatic stack.   Unfortunately, a wonderful
new material had just appeared on the scene considered
perfect for those tiny inner pneumatics.   That wonderful
new material was "perflex", but at that time, nobody knew
it was a time bomb.   It worked just great for quite a few
years, then one by one, various of the notes began to fail.

I fully expect that even though the job was done some 15-20
years ago, I will likely end up getting it back sometime
in the next year, to do it all over again.   Your comments
about redesigning the stack into more conventional form
is interesting.   Would you consider elaborating on what
it is you do, so I can be better prepared when the inevitable
arrives on the scene?   Perhaps even an article for the AMICA
Bulletin?

Regards, and many thanks for the tip.

Terry