Wow. You've opened my ears to a whole new appreciation of older classical rolls. Thanks for sharing and providing a thoughtful rendering of this piece of music.
I'll admit, this is one of just a only a handful of classical rolls I own. They usually just don't do it for me. But I really think this shows off what the piano can do - better than most rolls.
A real nicely job of restoration! Appreciate that you not just "pedal along" this charming piece of classical music. But it would need much mor phrasing (working with the tempo lever, not only fermates). Also accentuating some notes would increase the "musicality" of the tune. I found that the Pianola demonstration video of Julian Dyer is the best one on YT (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2A6ZXZwl3nA.html). Otherwise thanks a lot for sharing your work and music.
I've never seen an "override lever" like that, did you install it or was it already there? I'd love to know how it works so I could possibly install it on my piano/soon to be custom fotoplayer!
As far as I know it was a standard feature on all Autopiano systems. I've also seen early Aeolian, Baldwin, and Apollo systems with a similar feature. This wasn't something ever found on an American Fotoplayer. There's so much else to manage when operating those machines I'm not really sure a tempo override would see much use!
@@nateoutsidethevacuum Interesting, does it just override the vacuum being sent to the air motor? You are probably right in saying it wouldn’t get much use in a Fotoplayer, it’s a very niche thing and is only used in specific cases. My Fotoplayer probably won’t be large, I plan to try and contain everything in the main piano case since there is quite a bit of extra room in my tiny little saloon style piano. I measured out the interior space in the bottom portion of the piano and there is room for around 2 ranks of pipes, though I will have to do a lot of research to learn how to build those. For now I am focusing on getting the piano to work and adding an automatic sustain pedal and a tack rail.
You're on to it - the override lever valve is the last passage just after the governor. The lever has two springs acting against it to keep it centered.
