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Player Piano Motor Won't Start
By Al Menashe

We recently moved, now the motor on the Coinola X is stalling.
I don't know what got messed up, if anything, but when the motor
starts it just hums until I give it a shove, and then it takes off.
It stalls every time it starts up.

Do I need to rebuild the motor?  Need advice.

Al Menashe

 [ The starting circuit has failed, which could be due to a broken
 [ wire or a crystallized solder connection or a bad starting switch
 [ contact.  Or <horrors> the start winding has failed and must be
 [ rewound.  Disassemble the motor for inspection, or take it to an
 [ old-time motor repair shop.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 22 Sep 2005, 04:28:23 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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