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Aeolian Orchestrelle Tracker Bar
By Jon Page

D. L. Bullock wrote about the damaged wooden tracker bar:
> Anyone have ideas about putting these back or making a new wooden
> trackerbar?  I seriously doubt I would ever find a replacement.

Looking at the salvaged 46-note wooden trackerbar (from an Estey Organ
w/take-up spool 9 3/16 width) the thin channel walls are sandwiched
between the top and bottom.

One could either separate the two and replace the walls -- which would
be a monumental task since they are also glued into each side -- or cut
the front off and make a new tracker face which has holes drilled to
mate with the channels.

You get all the good jobs...

Jon Page

PS:  Trackerbar and spool has collected dust here long enough and
is available to collect dust someplace else.



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