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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE VALUE OF PLAYER KNOWLEDGE
Daaquard Player Action School Courses Take
Up Every Branch of Study—Ball Session Be-
gins September 1 With a Special Course
it was the purpose that the student be given the
opportunity of acquainting himself with the con-
struction of the intricate parts of the action.
The accompanying photograph illustrates
Milton L. Cheek, chief instructor of the Dan-
AUGUST 28,
1920
the general routine of the school—the study
periods and the lectures, and occur generally
when a particular group of students wants in-
formation on a certain subject.
The Fall session offering a special course of
There are many tuners or' player-piano re-
pairmen throughout the country who have only
a' very superficial knowledge of player mechan-
ism. They are familiar with the operation of
ail action—they know, perhaps, the function of
the holes in a tracker-bar, of the valves, of the
striking pneumatics and of the larger bellows
which constitute the bottom action, but the
majority of them are not familiar with the exact
construction of these various parts and the
reasons and principles of operation which are
in back of each.
The Danquard Player Action School was
founded many years ago with the idea of offer-
ing to repairmen and tuners an avenue of gain-
ing a thorough knowledge of every make of
player mechanism. Not only were the princi-
ples of the various actions to be explained, but
Milton Cheek Explaining the Striking Pneumatic to Danquard Students
quard Player Action School, explaining the twelve days' duration will be offered to prospec-
intricate operation of the striking pneumatic to tive students beginning September 1. This spe-
a group of interested students. In this same cial course has an interesting course of study
way are the other parts discussed, the student and prospective students are requested to apply
being able in this manner to compile notes for direct to chief instructor, Mr. Cheek, for full
future references and use. These explanations information. The school address is 609 West
as pictured in this photograph are in addition to Fifty-first street, New York City.
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