MAKING AN ORCHESTRION                                         PART 7


The piano we chose for this project is a 1909 Weber.   We have put the top shelf back in the piano and are about to test the piano playing part.

I got the test roll and discovered that the tube it is mounted on is undersized.   I unrolled it, made a correct sized tube and remounted the test roll.

Then I found that we have an interference between the moveable mount and the spring loaded plunger will not retract far enough to put the test roll into the roll drive.

I took the tambourine off, ground the necessary clearance and remounted it.   Now we are ready to try the test roll.

                                                 Making an Orchestrion                                  Part 6

                            The piano we chose for this project is a 1909 Weber.    We have the upper

                            section  placement worked out.   We think we have everything properly

                            arranged, so we tubed the parts.   This is what it looks like from the rear.   

                           We fully expect that when we put this back in the piano, there will have to be

                            a few adjustments made, but we are pretty sure this is basically correct.

                                                 MAKING AN ORCHESTRION    PART 5

The piano we chose for this project is a 1909 Weber.   We have the upper section placement worked out, now we have to get serious about the lower area.

The vacuum box is placed on the right side against the top.

The xylo valves go on the bottom front.   The soft pedal pneumatic goes on the left, tucked about as high as we can get it.   The next step will be routing the vacuum hoses and pipes to feed all the instruments.