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#AEOLIAN PLAYER PIANO THE STING MANUAL#
To purchase the 55 page Service Manual for the 64-note and 88-note It does the ability of the control valves to control the level of vacuumįor information about accessing the piano action in the modern Aeolian player pianos, More to do with the condition of the player mechanism in general than Is very little change from one extreme to the other. On some units, the degree of change isįairly pronounced, from very loud to medium level. Here again, as with the Tempo control lever, the amount of control is, Three position volume control which works in conjunction with theĮlectric vacuum pump to control the general volume level of the unit. Spool box marked "Low" "Med" "Hi" or just 'Low' and 'Hi'. The auto 're-roll' function works whether the unitįinally, there may also be another knob on the right hand side of the This function only comes into play when the unit Paper is no longer covering the brass tracker bar and shuts off theĮlectric vacuum pump. Of the rewind cycle, there is another device which senses that the When triggered, it rerolls the roll automatically. Re-Roll mechanism which is triggered by special holes at the end of the Most Aeolian Sting players also have an automatic Lever to "Play" allows the unit to play the music or "Re-Roll" or Inside the Spool Box, there is another lever (towards the right hand side) Although not usually very accurate (it's not easily calibrated)Įxcept at the "0" and "70" marks, it should be utilized to select theĬorrect tempo indicated on the player piano roll (near the beginning of the roll).Īs for the controls inside the Spool Box: This controlĪllows the user to change the speed at which the music plays. The final lever (to the right of center) is the Tempo Control. Music in either the Bass or Treble registers independently. Which is split in the middle so the user can reduce the volume of the Theīass and Treble soft control devices 'pull' a secondary hammer rail Soft pedal pushes the entire hammer rail closer to the strings. The main differenceīetween the soft pedal and the push-button soft controls is that the Left pedal on any regular piano (the soft pedal).
Pulls the hammers closer to the strings in much the same way as the When activated, they operate a pneumatic device which The two push-buttons next to the Manual Sustain Lever are the Bass and Treble Typically it will be marked "On" "Off",īut it might have the word "LOUD" somewhere close by. Round 'on-off' button is most likely the 'On-Off' switch for theĪutomatic Sustain Mechanism. In response to perforations on the music roll.) The "switch" (in the Spool Box) above the (Most Aeolian players also haveĪn 'automatic' sustain mechanism which operates the sustain pedal Treadles, the sustain can still be used in the appropriate places toĮnhance the quality of the music. It was installed so that when the unit is being pumped with the foot Pedal on any regular piano (the sustain pedal). The lever on the far left is 'manual sustain'. Player-Care now sells the Aeolian-Type Plastic Block Valves - Click Here for More Information.Īs to the function of the various controls in front of the keys:
For the 55 page Service Manual about the Standard Pneumatic Action used in the entire line of modern Aeolian player pianos (both 64-note and 88-note types) - Click Here. Since Aeolian used the same basic configuration on all of their foot pumped/electrically driven units (after 1962), the information has been turned into this webpage. The following letter was written in response to a letter that appeared in the Mechanical Music Digest on 02/20/98 which asked various questions about the controls on the Aeolian 'Sting' player piano.
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