Pianola

Pianos which this manual covers are: Pianola, Dou/Art, Cabaret, Sting, Sting II, Keepsake, and Musette. 56 pages, explains theory of operation, tubing diagrams, electrical wiring, parts lists, and basic trouble-shooting guide (105 possible problems and solutions). The PDF file is suitable for printing on 8-1/2" x 11" paper and contains annotated color pictures which show all of the parts in the upper half of the piano."B-44" Aeolian: 'How To Play The Piano With The Pianola' (copyright 1903) (R-106): $9.25(PDF format only)This reference was written to show owners how to operate the then 'very new' roll-up or push-up player device called the "Pianola". It goes into great detail to explain how to effectively use the various controls to produce life-like music from a music roll. Scanned at 600 DPI. This is not a technical manual. It is about operating the Pianola Roll-Up Unit."R-106" American Player Action Service Manual (B-63p): $17.50 (PDF format)One of the best service manuals ever produced in the 1920's. Highly illustrated, half-tone photos are the best example of retouch art-work ever seen. Complete illustrated parts breakdown. Shows everything from the front and the back. Complete Theory of Operation, adjustments, 'Don'ts', and Pointers. Scanned at 600 DPI. Even if you don't need this manual, you'll appreciate the quality of the pictures and the thoroughness of the explanations."B-63p" Amphion Accessible Player Action (C-17): $19.00The Amphion Accessible player action. This covers the later pedal pump, non-reproducing player actions with the individual clamp-on valve blocks. "What it is - How it Works - Why it excels - How to care for it". Also available in PDF format for $12.00. Specify 'PDF' when ordering."C-17" Amphion Player Action (Tubing) (R-4): $9.50The Tubing Chart for the Amphion. 11" X 17", dated 6/10/24. Great Shop Chart. Suitable for framing."R-4" Amphion Collection (A-COL): $24.95This data DVD contains

Rolls. This booklet does not cover construction or principles of operation. However, it does cover operating the system, lubrication of critical parts, and the proper vacuum levels for the five degrees of expression. Lastly, there is a listing of the function of all 98 holes in the trackerbar -the trackerbar scale. 30 pages, 5-1/2" X 8-1/2". "B-33" Classic Player Piano Manual (CL-1): $19.50(Only available in PDF format)Reprints of the original Classic player mechanism. Similar in many respects to the Universal made in California in the 70's and early 80's. Contains basic operating instructions, electrical schematics, trouble-shooting procedures, parts layout, and servicing information. Modern players bearing the name 'Baldwin', 'Wurlitzer', Casino, Story & Clark, and Heritage, which were made by Classic, also have a nearly identical player mechanism."CL-1" Coinola Catalog (A-271): $11.50Coinola Catalog picturing and describing the Ten Coin-Operated pianos. Measures 3-5/8" x 6-1/2". Pictures in B/W, twenty pages. Reprinted by Vestal Press."A-271" Coinola Poster (A-151): $12.50Coinola advertising poster, 18" X 24", showing the "orchestrion cabinet" which was rolled in front of an ordinary piano to utilize the keyboard. From 'Operators Piano Co.', Chicago, IL. Suitable for framing. (click here to see larger pictures)"A-151" Duo-Art Reproducing Piano Service Manual (C-3): $15.00 (PDF File Only)A reprint of the 43 page 1927 manual on servicing the Duo-Art reproducing mechanism. Contains illustrations and tubing diagrams for the various expression components. (Does not have an overall tubing schematic. See: Duo-Art Grand Tubing Schematics below.) This manual also covers most of the devices found in the Pianola and Themodist, which are less complex versions of the Duo-Art Reproducing system. However, it does not contain information about the foot-pumps. Also see "Pianola Instruction Booklets" below. Available in PDF format for $15.00. Specify "PDF" in the Comments Box when ordering."C-3" Duo-Art Service Manual No.1 Preliminary Instruction Pamphlet (R-32):

$15.75This reference covers the Upright Duo-Art "Pianola" piano. It contains the 'Tubing & Schematic Chart' of the 1913-1918, or 'Early Model' reproducing system, a 'Diagram of the Duo-Art Expression Control, and a 'Diagram Showing Operations of Pedal Electric Duo-Art Controls'. It also explains the operation of the Dynamic Step Control, the Accompaniment Control, the Theme Control, the Manual Control, and a section on 'How To Test and Adjust the Duo-Art' (all components). Also see "Pianola Instruction Booklets" below."R-32" Duo-Art Reproducing Piano (Collection) (D-34): $55.50The collection of Duo-Art reproducing piano reprints. Spiral bound. Contains the 1927 Service Manual for both upright and grand models/w four rectangular holes above the note holes on the right and left ends of the tracker bar, the Grand Tubing Chart, and much more. A MUST for every Duo-Art Reproducing Piano owner. NOTE: Does not contain the Duo-Art Rebuilding Guide."D-34" -->Duo-Art Reproducing Piano (Player-Care Collection) (D-34a): $29.95 (on data DVD)The collection, on a data DVD, of all the Duo-Art reproducing piano diagrams and reprints that are known to exist. Contains the 1925 and 1927 Service Manuals, the Grand Tubing Chart, the Complete Listing of Duo-Art rolls, the highly illustrated 1921 Catalog of Duo-Art rolls, Rebuilding the Duo-Art, Themodist Tubing Diagrams, Half D-A tubing diagrams, English D-A function switch diagram, the Presto Buyer's Guide of 1926, and much, much more."D-34a" Duo-Art, Supplement to 1927 Service Manual (D-24): $7.00Covers the Combination Foot Impelled and Electric Duo-Art Expression Box."D-24" Duo-Art Grand Tubing Schematics (C-7p): $17.50 (Available in PDF format only) Two large copies of the original blueprints that were drawn in 1956 which show the tubing layout of the 1925 Steinway Duo-Art Grand. One drawing shows the layout of the underside of the piano. The other shows the topside of the piano. They measure 42" x 30" (underside) and 30"

Action."OH-CD" Peerless Player Piano Action (R-110): $24.00This 1922 Peerless player action is really rare, and you'll need this book when you find one! 30 pages, slick paper, 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" size. Well illustrated. (Note - No connection with the Peerless name in coin-operated pianos.)"R-110" PianoCorder "Ragtime" Coin-op System (PC-1): $29.50This manual contains all known information related to the PC-1145 player system, which uses both a cassette and an 8-track player. Complete with electrical schematics and circuit board diagrams of the box on the left side of the instrument. Spiral bound, 8-1/2" X 11", 26 pages."PC-1" PianoCorder Owners Manual (PC-3): $23.00This is a professionally produced copy of the original "Owners Manual" that was produced by Marantz for the P-100 and P-100M system. This is NOT a technical manual. Spiral bound, 8-1/2" X 11", 18 pages."PC-3" PianoCorder/Marantz Reproducing System (PC-2): $59.50This manual contains the Circuit Description and Schematic Diagrams for the P-100, P-100M, P-101, P-101M, P-200, PR-200, PR-201. Written for use by Qualified Technicians Only. 8-1/2" X 11", 100 pages."PC-2" Pianola Instruction Booklets (R-149): $20.50Three booklets written as a 'User's Guide' for the operation of the various controls found in the 1920's style upright Aeolian Pianola player piano. These are NOT technical manuals. "R-149" Pianotist: Directions for Care and Use (B-31): $10.00This short pamphlet (4-pages) covers directions for using the very rare Pianotist player system. To my knowledge, this is one of, if not the first, player system that was installed inside a piano. The roller mechanism is contained in a drawer that mounts under the keybed in this upright piano."B-31" Player Piano Servicing & Rebuilding (A-1): $38.50This 216 page book by Art Reblitz is the finest reference book on the planet dealing with the repair, rebuilding and servicing of pneumatic player pianos. Highly illustrated, with individual sections on 30 of the

Player piano, a piano that mechanically plays music recorded by means, usually, of perforations on a paper roll or digital memory on a computer disc.In its original form as the Pianola, patented in 1897 by an American engineer, E.S. Votey, the player piano was a cabinet called a “piano player” that was stationed in front of an ordinary piano and had a row of wooden “fingers” projecting over the keyboard. In the cabinet, a paper roll passed over a tracker bar that activated the release of air by pneumatic devices that set in motion the wooden fingers that struck the notes on the keyboard. Later, the mechanism of this cabinet was built into the body of the piano. Levers and pedals in front of the cabinet or cabinet-piano controlled the tempo, the loudness, and other dynamics and accents. The pumping foot-treadle for activating the pneumatic system came to be located under the piano.By careful pedaling of the treadle and careful use of the levers for tempo and other effects, a person relatively unskilled in music could produce somewhat satisfactory music. Player-piano manufacturers, however, eventually obviated even this elementary use of musicianship by incorporating devices into the player-piano roll that could approximate the performing nuances of an artist, including changes of tempo, relative loudness of bass and treble, crescendos, diminuendos, and other dynamics. These highly sophisticated models were known as “reproducing pianos.” In time, reproducing and other player pianos came to be powered by electricity, permitting not only player pianos for the home but also coin-operated pianos for amusement centres and dance halls. Ordinary player pianos were usually uprights, but reproducing pianos were often grands. Britannica Quiz Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz In the early 20th century, some companies manufactured player-piano rolls that, with a fair amount of accuracy, reproduced performances by such distinguished figures as Alfred Cortot, Claude Debussy, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Artur Rubinstein, and George Gershwin. These performances were played on the reproducing piano, and some of them were later transferred to phonograph records. The player piano also attracted composers, who could write pieces without concern for the limitations of the human hand. Such works include Igor Stravinsky’s Étude for Pianola (1917) and Paul Hindemith’s Toccata for mechanical piano (1926). The vogue of the traditional player piano declined with the increasing popularity of the radio and phonograph in the 1930s.By the 1990s the Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese piano manufacturer, had introduced the “Disklavier,” an acoustic player piano equipped with a computer that, by reading data on a floppy disc or compact disc, could re-create on the piano virtually every nuance of a performance—the tone, touch, timing, and dynamic range of a real performance. The key-striking and pedaling mechanisms were activated

A.B. Chase 'Artistano' (B-56): $15.00 (Only Available in PDF Format)A Technical Treatise on the A.B. Chase 'Artistano' player action for Tuners and Repairmen. Reprint of the 1909 manual. Complete with Illustrated Parts Breakdown. Thirty Pages, 8-1/2" X 5-1/2"."B-56p" Aeolian Company Player System (1920's Version)This listing is provided for information only. From the very early 1900's until around 1932, the Aeolian Company made thousands of player pianos with a number of different types of player systems. These player pianos should not be confused with the "modern" players made by the Aeolian Corporation from the early 1960's to 1986 when they closed. Unfortunately, the Aeolian Company only produced manuals for their complex player system called the "Duo-Art". These manuals are available below.Aeolian Owners Manual (Modern) (A-44): $12.95 (Only Available in PDF Format)Also called the "Information and Instruction for Duo/Art"Owners Manual for the 'modern' 64-note and 88-note Aeolian player piano made between 1960 and 1986 (when they closed). While this manual was written for their Dou/Art player piano (not to be confused with 'Dou-Art', which is a reproducing player mechanism), the information is applicable to their other models, i.e., Pianola, Cabaret, Sting, Sting II, Keepsake, and Musette. Basically, this manual tells the user how to operate the player. It also includes basic information about how the player action works and where to look in the Aeolian Service Manual (see below) if there are certain problems. The PDF file is suitable for printing on 8-1/2" x 11" paper."A-44" Aeolian Service Manual (Modern) (B-44): $15.00 (Only Available in PDF Format)Also called the "Service Manual for the 64-note and 88-note Standard Pneumatic Action Player-Piano"Service Manual for 'modern' 64-note and 88-note Aeolian (Standard) player actions made between 1960 and 1986 (when they closed). These are the players with the interchangeable plastic block valves. The trade-names found on