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Dearest Mrs Wife, for reasons she alone comprehends, bought a piano. No one plays, but she's decided that she wants one.
So the piano was bought and we collected it yesterday with the help of a very clever piano moving man. But no, it is not a piano, it is a pianola - a self playing piano. The sellers did not know it was a pianola and once we got it home we found, inside the case, two dozen rolls of music. The mechanism doesn't seem to work, but it may just be that I don't know hos it is supposed to operate. Brute force and ignorance will not suffice.
So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced.
In the mean time, it's back to 20 Tunes for Little Hands for me.
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How old is this thing? I thought they stopped producing self playing pianos the moment they invented recording, around 1920'ich...
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We have no idea when it was made, but it is lovely.
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You could - and probably should - use a professional[^] as I kinda doubt there will be a Haynes Book of Lies for that specific model! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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My wife 'bought' a piano (upright) last year, it was free to collector, despite us having absolutely no room in the house and no way of moving it. It was in the village so her idea was for me to push it back to our house.
Fortunately this was the day before my car accident so I was unable to go and get it and she had to let someone else have it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: Fortunately this was the day before my car accident so I was unable to go
 ... because you needed to rest and prepare for your forth coming 'accident'? 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Shouldn't you be off eating chocolate somewhere?
clickity[^]
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Oh, niceeee. And don't forget that the best meal with the Beer is Pizza!
And please, pretty please pictures afterwards
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Argonia wrote: And please, pretty please pictures afterwards
 That will be a a picture of an empty glass and an empty plate!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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May I have a guess[^] on what beer?
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This was 'free' through the church. The people who had it were gifted it, but had no use, so put an ad in the news letter asking for a donation to the church only. We gave a nice donation plus I had to pay £85 to get yerman to do mvoe it for us.
If you are familiar with the famed brick shiouthouse, you can envisage his build. Even then it required piano wheels [which he had] and a lot of ramps to move it.
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Are you really sure she comprehends?
Veni, vidi, vici.
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She says she does and I'm not going to argue!
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Good move! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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I have seen pianolas played by the feet pumping the pedals.
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I've heard pianos that sounded like they were being played by foot.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced.
Where's your engineering mind gone.
I'd love to fix something like that, ignorant or not.
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He does have ginius mind, you know! But I bet his wife must have asked him to keep his hands off that pianola!
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Does she want to buy a Bridge?
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the brother in law has one, that too didn't work but it turned out to be a perished bellows, that would be the first thing Id check
(second in your case after the supply of gin)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Criminal Of The Day (from the court lists in a local paper);
Quote: SHARON Comery, 54, of Oliver Road, Ilkeston, was handed a 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge for stealing three wheelie bin stickers, worth £2.97, from Family Bargains, in Ilkeston, on March 1.
Honorable mention to;
Quote: DEAN Mannix, 27, of Friary Street, Derby, was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £3.50 compensation for stealing a hanging basket from Asda, in Derby, on May 13.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Jeez, it sounds like Prohibition Chicago!
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