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Rebuilding the Player Piano by Larry Givens |
Please read the following comment in its entirety. While I deeply respect the work of Larry Givens, there are statements in his book with which I strongly disagree. The most prominent of these is his recommendation to use white, yellow, or aliphatic glues. The only glues that should be used to restore a player mechanism are animal hide glue (the glue that was used by the original manufacturers) and plastic glue (used with nylon cloth). Also, please consider the year that the book was written. At that time, it might have been somewhat safe to trust the condition of the various leather parts in the system. However, today (in 2019) that is never the case. Without exception, all of the soft materials in the player action must be replace with new, high quality materials if you expect the system to function correctly. No matter how good a material looks, it's about 100 years old and must be replaced. Also, to decrease the time it takes this web page to load, all of the images have been optimized. If you require a clearer image, simply click on the image and another browser will automatically open and display a higher resolution image. Once you've finished viewing that image, I suggest that you close the new browser before continuing. Furthermore, you can, at any time, 'Right Click' on an image and then 'Left Click' on 'Save Target As' to save the image in your computer for later viewing. |
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