The machine looks well restored, but the action needs some work by the sound of it. I've never worked on one myself but I'm guessing a regulation and hammer filing would be incredibly difficult. Even a tuning looks like it would take a lot of extra effort. Not to say it's a bad video, I loved it. But after seeing how much space the player mechanism takes up it makes sense why they're always out of tune.
This one kinda sound similar to the original but still a bit out of tune. It being out of tune kinda adds to the charm though as a rag or honky tonk piece.
AHHHH! Listening to this song brings a tear to me eye, mate. Wonderful, simply amazing in every way possible! I'm still waiting for that 100 subscriber special!
I searched this out because when I was a little kid, I was hanging out with my father and one of his friends who had a player piano, and I asked him if he had a roll for Alley Cat because I was studying piano and was working on that particular song as a piano piece. He did have that, so he put it on for me. I have done modern music production with MIDI sequences, and I find it fascinating that there were player pianos and other instruments that played automatically using rolls before the MIDI days.
Piano needs restoring as it is unable to cope with the repetition. Correctly restored valves, with the correct travel, should easily cope with this piece of music.
Schulz without a "t" had their own design. This has a standard action, but the piano itself is a Schultz. I have tried my best to find out more about that specific company without any luck. It may be a brand within the H.C. Bay company, but I'm not entirely sure.
