Gary L. Heckman wrote:

> Glen wanted to know about the Simplex Piano Player.  I have one in
> my collection.  It is a little unusual compared to the other push-up
> piano players: it is equipped with a spring-wound motor to operate
> the music roll, with governor weights to regulate the speed.  It
> plays Simplex 65-note music rolls.  It will play other 65-note music
> rolls with an adjustment on the right hand side of the spool box.

I would like to know more about the push-up Simplex.  I just went to
quote on a "Melville Clark Apollonette" push-up player.  It too had a
spring wind just like the later player pianos from Apollo, but it had
a hand crank to wind the spring every so often.  I have not found any
literature on it in the Encyclopedia or anywhere else, yet.  Does
anyone have one of these?  I suspect the valves are like the Popsicle
stick pillow pouches like the 1906 inner player versions.

Is the Simplex made from anything like the later screw-on pneumatic
units, or is it too early?

D. L. Bullock Piano World.