Hi Gang -- a correction to last article, just to clear things up a bit:

I wasn't inferring that there is something wrong with the PowerRoll
unit.  It is just the fact that some player pianos out there might
not take the workout that such a machine is able to give them.

These pianos all come in various stages of conditions; some are able to
take a hour's worth of operation, some couldn't run for thirty minuets.

Hope this clears things up.

Best Regards
Andy Taylor


 [ If a motor smells baked, then it _did_ overheat at some time in its
 [ history.  If this trauma created a shorted turn, the motor will
 [ operate abnormally warm, but it may still survive with intermittent
 [ use.  It's just like the old car with the old radiator:  don't drive
 [ it on a long trip!
 [
 [ The motor in the Ampico at the AMICA convention may not have re-
 [ ceived recent servicing.  (See the article by Art Reblitz elsewhere
 [ in this Digest.)  Larry Broadmoore says that the three grand pianos
 [ testing the PowerRoll units in his shop run continuously with no
 [ motor problems; the pump motors were dismantled and serviced before
 [ the testing began.  -- Robbie