In reply to the posting by David Row (MMD 120218) asking for help with
his player piano in Singapore.  Hello David, always scroll down.  You
never know what you might find.

I have built a vacuum pump for my Beale pianola.  You can see a video
of it working on YouTube by following this link:

	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJr7eI1yf0k 

Make sure that you click on the "Show more" button to see the story
about this job.

If you want to go ahead with installing a vacuum motor, let me know if
you think that I can help.  The alternative would be to buy a ready-
made vacuum pump from John Tuttle's Player-Care.com.  Follow this link:

	http://www.player-care.com/resale.html#electrify 

With this pump, you will also need a transformer of sufficient capacity
to drop the voltage from 220V to 110V.

Geoff Ward