MMD > Archives > November 2009 > 2009.11.22 > 03Prev  Next


Seek Berry-Wood A.O.W. Tubing Layout
By Scotty Greene

At DeBence we have the world's only playable Berry-Wood Style A.O.W.
orchestrion.  I have been working on getting it playing all its
features properly and it sure would be easier if I had the tracker bar
chart showing what is supposed to connect where.

Right now the problem is that the marimba (wooden xylophone) turns on
fine but it never turns off.  The valve is working properly, there are
simply no holes in the paper roll that coincide with the current
connection of the valve to the tracker bar.  Either the roll is wrong
or the hose is connected to the wrong place in the 90-port tracker bar.

Any suggestions as to where I might find a chart, or what to try next?

Scotty Greene - DeBence Antique Music World
Franklin, Pennsylvania

 [ MMDigest articles about Berry-Wood orchestrions are indexed at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/archives/KWIC/B/berry_wood.html  and at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/archives/Digests/200712/2007.12.28.03.html 
 [ is a first draft by Art Reblitz of the A.O.W. music roll scale.
 [ -- Robbie


Key Words in Subject:  A.O.W, Berry-Wood, Layout, Seek, Tubing
Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation
No PayPal account required
SSL Certificate
by
Let's Encrypt