•The last time I did a Schulz action I did a little experiment. I recovered a few of the pouch pneumatics with the nylon cloth from Schaff. It is not the Bilon from PPCo. It seemed to be thinner and more flexible than the pouch cloth that PPCo had at the time. I have used nylon for many years for re...

•I believe the thin cloth sold by Schaff was silk rather than nylon. I have some, but haven't used it yet. Someone mentioned it wasn't very durable. Is this correct? Philip Jamison West Chester, PA

•I would like to thank Jeff Davis and Phil Jamison for responding to my question regarding appropriate material for recovering Schulz pouch pneumatics. It seems the only cloth that is on the market right now is a nylon material available from American Piano Supply. I will pass this information on to...

•I am restoring a very nice old Schulz equipped player but have a bit of a dilemma as to the material to recover the tiny pouch pneumatics. A restorer friend has offered enough 'silk' backed cloth, .004" thickness, to cover the things, but would I be better off using pouch leather (rubber cement coa...

•I agree that the pouch pneumatics must be flexible and responsive. I did a little experiment some time ago. I found that the red nylon pneumatic cloth available from Schaff was more flexible than the Schulz cloth from Player Piano Co. I have not used the red cloth for a total restoration, though. I...

•I have a complete Schulz action to give away. It is totally complete, lower bellows with all screws, brackets, levers, etc, and upper action with the same. All small parts have been bagged and tagged. Nothing is missing. If it was in any way connected to the player mechanism, it has been removed. F...

•I've got a portable vertical piano tilter that has been used once, and is taking up space in my garage. Current price new $528, I'm asking $250 plus shipping. I would prefer to trade for some minor work that my upright Steinway Duo-Art needs. It has a stuck key and I'm getting a little too old to h...

•A lot has been written about the thinner Schulz pneumatic cloth that was used on the mini-valve pneumatics in the earlier Schulz players. I am working on a late Schulz upright that does not have the miniature pneumatics -- this one has lead-weighted valve stems and pouch blocks covered with rubberi...

•Hi Joel, I recently finished a late Schulz grand Recordo with the pouches you refer to. Mine were covered with thin leather, and I replaced them with similar from Schaff 676A. Mine have a small fibre disk which I reused on them. This is a wonderful piano, the repetition is unbelievable! Brice Willi...

•Hello my name is Bill Deak, I'm located southeast of Cleveland, Ohio, and I'm looking for an air motor for an M. Schulz Aria Divina grand player piano, serial #212826 (1927). This was my mother's piano and she has no recollection as to why the air motor was removed from the piano. If anyone can hel...

•We are working on a Schulz player (with pouch pneumatics) and the valves need to be redone. What materials should we use for the valve faces and the valve seats? Also, does anyone know how to test individual valves with a bubble jar before reinstalling them? It is very time consuming to disassemble...

•I'm wondering if there is a source for what used to be called "Schulz cloth" (a.k.a. Schultz, Shulz, "silk" cloth, take your pick). This seems to be a Neoprene coated, very-fine weave material with a square cross-hatch pattern on the front and un-patterned on the back (see photo). It is 0.004" thic...

•Wanted: an unrestored Schulz Stack. Restoration has started on a Schulz player stack, but during its prior restoration lots of sanding was done. Nothing was quite right. I would prefer to start with an unrestored Schulz stack and save time. If you have one on a shelf, please let me know. I really o...

•I don't know if that's the right term or not, but it is the little tin or metal tag that goes in the back of the upper spool box. Mine was missing and I can see there was one there at one time. Does anyone have a spare hanging around? Maybe you have a old Schulz player piano that has one in it? I'd...

•I have a player piano with the Schulz tracking system. Does anybody know a different tracking system I can install that would work with the existing hardware? I have seen the tracking system where there are guides on both sides of the tracker bar. Matthew Schultz [ Is it like the Standard Pneumatic...

•A co-worker has a gutted M. Schulz (Chicago) pumper, and has expressed interest in finding the proper stack and pump and re-automating the piano. Any pointers? Anybody with a spare stack and pump that will fit? What player mechanism would an M. Schulz player have? (Schulz, Simplex, Standard ??) The...

•Scott, You were looking for a Shultz Player action and information on it. I don't have an action for you but I did have a comment. I had a Shultz to rebuild, way back when (25? years ago). It had, what I have now come to learn was, an infamous Shultz action in it. When I got the action apart and fo...

•I recently read Allen Moe's MMD installment relating to the Schultz Valve and thought I would offer a little vintage information that I have to his cause. Allen wrote: "I am working on a Schulz stack at the moment and I am having a very hard time getting the valves to seat on their lower seats exce...

•Gary Stevenson has provided some good quality drawings and accompanying from the M. Schulz Co. "Tuner's and Repairman's Manual" of 1922 for the MMD web site. See the section "Pianolas & Pianos & Nickelodeons" at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/ Robbie Rhodes

•Hi, I own a 1921 M. Schulz player piano. This is the one that has the mini-pouches in it. It does play okay now, but I am noticing that some of the notes seem weak and the repetition isn't what it should be. It was fully redone in the late 1970s. So I was wondering if anyone has any pictures they c...