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Seek Tubing Diagram for Brimsmead Pianola
By Peter van der Stam

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I am still living in hope that some-one is able to help me.  I happen
to have a Brimsmead Pianola in a, by me, beautifully restaured teak
cabinet.  I have replaced _all_ bellows material, felts, hammers and
you name it.

The problem, however, is that the pianola was incomplete when I got
it: piping missing, maybe even some bellows missing -- the last ones
I could easily cannibalize out of another pianola and modify for the
purpose.

Could you help me with a piping diagram?  According an old catalogue
from Player Piano Co, Inc., in Wichita (don't know how I got hold of
that one), the action could be a Mason & Rich (Toronto).

There is a box with six connectors mounted on each "reservoir" bellows
next to the pedal bellows.  Under the keybed are a few splitter boxes
and three or four expression buttons on the front.

Hope you can help me further.  This project has cost me more than two
years now and I am in the final stage.  That is, _if_ I can get the
piping right.

Thank you so much for your effort.

Peter van der Stam
Napier
New Zealand



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