Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 22

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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
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ow Simplex .Makes
iOO% Easier
P
UT a player piano into a modern steam-heated home an
what happens? It gradually dries out; screws beccfm
loosened and losses of air occur; and more and more peda
ing effort is required to keep the bellows full.
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In other words, the high vacuum has been lost.
The securing and maintaining of a high vacuum is @n
of the greatest problems in player action building.
We have met 14 different, serious obstacles to the main
taining of a high vacuum, including the drying-out of th
action described above. We have "stayed on the job" wij]
each one of these until we "licked" it.
As a result the Simplex is one of the tightest actions kno^vi
to the trade today.
This loosening of the screws and the consequent weakening
of the vacuum, described above, have been solved in th'
Simplex by a new process of packing our joints. The sav
ing of air by this process makes pedaling at least 100% easie
than it is with actions packed by any other process.
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WE TESTED TWO PNEUMATICS SIDE BY SIDI
One was packed by the old-fashioned method, the otbe
by the new Simplex method. Both pneumatics were screwe
into position as tightly as possible. In each, the vacuur,
held up practically an equal length of time.
Then we loosened the screws one turn on both. Pneij
matic No. 1, packed by the old system, stood up onl
Testing and regulat-
ing player actions at
the Simplex Plant.
IMPLEX
A THOUSAND PLAYER PROBLEM:
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j / i o t h the time of its first test. Pneumatic No. 2, with the
new packing, stood up over % the time.
Two hours later another test. Pneumatic No. 1, still
I/ioth. Pneumatic No. 2 stood up three-quarters as long-
as the first test—-a 50% improvement on second test.
Twenty-four hours later Pneumatic No. 1 was still i/ioth.
But Pneumatic No. 2 had returned to highest efficiency—
st^ood up the full time of its very first test.
What is the conclusion?
That this new packing
automatically takes up any loosening of the pneumatic due
to shrinkage—preserving the vacuum at its highest point of
efficiency automatically.
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Perhaps this sounds technical to you. But study it closely
and you will see how important this discovery of ours is to
the seller and user of player pianos.
And it is one more indication of the constant progress
niade by the Simplex Action.
We have a book which tells all about the Simplex Action
and the famous Simplex features; the Simplex Unit Pneu-
matic; the Simplex Valve; the Simplex Trapezoid Tracker
Bar, etc.; features which place the Simplex Action in a field
by itself. Contains information valuable to player manufac-
turers; to retail piano merchants; to salesmen, tuners and
repairmen. Write for a free copy today.
SIMPLEX PLAYER ACTION COMPANY
10 Blackstone Street
Worcester, Mass.
Theodore P. Brown,
pioneer in
player
piano
development;
head of the Simplex
Player Action Com-
pany; originator of
revolutionizing inven-
tions in the player
action field.
PLAYER
SOLVED THE SIMPLES! WAY
Two screws fasten a
Simplex Unit Pneu-
- malic securely into its
place.

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