Welte Mignon - The Garrick Gaieties - Lawnhurst

[@gman1010]

This video popped on in a random unrelated search. Love it.

[@petermintunmusic]

Nice piano and audio!

[@KawhackitaRag]

What a terrific, snappy arrangement! This is really fine! Also a very early Richard Rodgers score. Thanks for posting this great Vee Lawnhurst roll! Thanks for also posting video of the fully-restored Welte-Licensee expression system in action! It's fascinating to see it work! One thing I really like about these arrangements is that they SOUND possible for one person to play well (and probably are!!! I bet I could play them!)

[@Organgrinder1010]

Thanks for keeping moving parts in view! Beautiful machine!

[@aknabea]

What A Beautiful Restoration! Thanks for the videos!

[@GeertVollema]

Thank you for the wonderful video, what i like in particular is that in this video it's possible to see inside the instrument

[@iterlimen]

Es un instrumento maravilloso y una restauración increíble. Congratulations from an Spanish pianolist.

[@unclelouie3828]

Great. Just Luuuuuuv this player piano. Also, seeing the "works" of a player piano.

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Ahhhh a true 5 cylinder and classy piano...thanks for the tour... this video shows the superb regulation and restoration that had previously only been revealed by the impressive sound. I can only imagine if my Duo Art had been a full electric Duo Art the lower action would be as fully packed as yours is. Thanks for the magnificent tour of this fine piano.

[@HazumuOsaragi-k9u]

More videos of the Welte expression components in action, please. This video briefly showed the bass 'mezzoforte hook' being turned off.

[@alexandrericardothiesen4394]

Muito bom, estou vendo se acho uma pianola equipada com o sistema Duo-Art , Ampico ou Mignon aqui no Brasil, são bem raras.

[@pianmn199]

Thanx, for your kind comment.Enjoy!

[@WelderRiffer]

Thank you !

[@pianmn199]

You are most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! Noticed many of your old comments disappeared. What happened?

[@Luigi2641]

i love this! it describes my personality perfectly :D i dub this my theme song

[@pianmn199]

Most welcome! Glad you enjoyed them!

[@pianmn199]

You are most welcome! Thanx, for your most kind comment! Almost sorry I got it, after opening it up for the first time! Mice Motel!!!

[@pianmn199]

Yes, it is. There was no spoolbox emblem when I got this piano that was full of mice and rats nesting. I made this up on the PC. And would you believe a year later I found a nice pic. of him taken around 1906!

[@softwerksaol]

I can't find the comment you are responding to. Who is the picture of?

[@pianmn199]

I measured the diameter of this pulley. It's 2 1/2 " which is all I came up with at the time, and is OK with me. It gives me just a little more dynamic range and I can adjust the limit thru the rocker valve on top the pump, and making sure there's relief beyond! You should have seen it when I got it from the antique shop! A 5" pulley, and all expression plugged up, glue bound stack bellows, Patches on valve pouches, rat or mouse poo every where!! Plus veniere flapping in the wind!

[@johnatuttle]

With all the glowing comments, I almost hate to say anything negative. However, as a rebuilder, I notice things that others might miss. First is the air motor. It's leaking. How can I tell? Look at the pattern left by the sliding valves. Onlt the valve in the center has a good pattern. The one on the far right can't be sealing. Also, notice how the paper waves as the roll rewinds. That's due to the irregularity of the force being applied by the bellows -which also indicates leakage.

[@johnatuttle]

The second thing I noticed is the size of the pulley on the electric motor. It's huge! It is suppose to be 2" in diameter. It appears to be 3-1/2" or 4". Why is that an issue? Becuase the rotary vacuum pump is spinning at least twice as fast as it was intended to spin. So, everything inside is going to wear out twice as fast. Secondly, I wonder why was a larger pulley used? The most logical answer is; the system needed more air flow to compensate for leakage in the system.

[@Wenlocktvdx]

Anyone notice the video is actually skipping a frame or two here and there? And I can hear a jump in the audio too

[@pianmn199]

@kukral Yes, this is an early Keystone cut from the 90's. I make my own box lables and leaders.

[@pianmn199]

Yes, I see the slide patterns. I can't remember that I resanded the surface or not! It always seemed to run so smooth. After recovering and assembling, I close all ports and turn backward, it would not turn, and no hissing. The next time I lube, I will remember to fine sand the surfaces.

[@pianmn199]

@aknabea Thanx, only took about 2 1/2 years.

[@simandi1511]

I'm gonna buy myself a player piano one day

[@GeertVollema]

Hi, i had some problems with my old channel, copyrights and stuff like that, last november i started a new channel, lately i'm getting tired of copyrights and such, so i bought a video camera, since last november i have been filming and putting the videos i made on my channel, and found out that i need to improve my skills quite a bit, it isnt as easy as it seems i thought, but im sure i get there in the end.

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

The motor looks pretty old, has this one been always electric? Or was it a foot pumper?

[@pianmn199]

The motor and everything else you see is original, just restored. It never was a foot pumper.

[@KawhackitaRag]

Who is the gentleman whose photo is peeking out above the top of the roll in the spoolbox? Is that Edwin Welte?

[@PiotrBarcz]

Probably.

[@TheAmpico]

Yes it is. John added it himself.

[@kukral]

Is this a Keystone recut?