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Boyd Pistonola & 4-tier Gulbransen Piston Airmotor
By Bruce Mercer

[ Don Barton wrote in 050813 MMDigest:

> In response to Bruce Mercer's inquiry about the piston airmotor
> [050812 MMDigest], his is from a 4-tier Gulbransen action.

No, It's definitely not from a Gulbransen.  I have that [Gulbransen]
action and airmotor you are referring to in a Mueller-Haines piano;
it has pistons instead of slide valves but it does have teeter/totter
pneumatics.

The motor in question has no conventional pneumatics at all -- no
movable boards.

Bruce Mercer


(Message sent Sun 14 Aug 2005, 15:08:42 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  4-tier, Airmotor, Boyd, Gulbransen, Piston, Pistonola

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