Wurlitzer Coin Piano, Photoplayer, and Organette Survey (for Wurlitzer Study Project) Version of December 5, 2018. Copy (press Ctrl + A to select all text) and then paste the text into the body of an email message. Then, at your leisure, please answer what questions you can and omit the rest. Incomplete information is better than none. When finished answering questions please send the information to: webmaster@mechanicalmusicpress.com Contact Information Your First and Last Name: __________ Your e-mail address: __________ Owner's First and Last Name: __________ Show owner name in reports: __________. (Yes/No) Owner's Address: __________ City, State/Province, and Zip: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Piano Basic Information Piano Serial Number: __________ The serial number is usually die-stamped into the pinblock and visible in a small oval shaped opening located between the bass & tenor tuning pin sections of the piano plate. Piano Style / Model: __________ Wurlitzer Styles: 88 Note Player Piano; Pianino; Mandolin Quartette; Mandolin Sextette; A, B, C, D, E, I, or L 65 Note Pianos/orchestrions, G Photoplayer, O Photoplayer, W Photoplayer; W Organette, Z Organette, etc. Piano Case Style Number (if known): __________ The Wurlitzer case style number refers to a one or two-digit number assigned to a case variation by the Wurlitzer factory. This number is not shown in retail catalogues, but is noted in factory internal and dealer related photographs. Piano Attachments: __________ * Mandolin attachment: __________. (Yes/No) * Manually operated felt piano muffler: __________. (Yes/No) Some early deKleist built pianos had a manually operated thick felt curtain that could be lowered between the piano hammers and strings, a device that was later supplanted by the mandolin attachment. Cast Iron Piano Plate Color Choose one option: * Gold: __________. (Yes/No) * Green: __________. (Yes/No) * Other color: __________ Wurlitzer piano plates are normally either gold or green, with the green hue ranging from very dark to a light green with a bluish cast depending upon the weathering of the paint. Piano Action Date: __________ The piano action date, if any, should be located on the back of the piano action main rail near the treble end. The piano action must be removed from the piano to see the date code. If die-stamped the date should be below an apparent serial number, and it will be in the format of dd/mm/yy, such as 6 17 19. On some late piano actions the date is rubber-stamped with no evidence of any serial number. Piano Action Serial Number: __________ The piano action serial number, if any, should be die-stamped and located on the back of the piano action main rail near the treble end. The piano action must be removed from the piano to see the serial number, which should be the upper of two numbers (the lower being the date code). Ideally the serial number should match the piano serial die-stamped into the pinblock, but often it is different, possibly because the factory original action was swapped-out by a route operator making field repairs, etc. Furniture case finish: __________ Oak, Flemish oak, Golden oak, Mission oak, Weathered oak, Mahogany, Walnut, etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pipework Instrumentation Choose all options that apply: * Wood violins: __________. (Yes/No) * Wood open flutes: __________. (Yes/No) * Wood stopped flutes: __________. (Yes/No) * Wood Dopple flutes: __________. (Yes/No) * Other Pipework: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Striking and/or Percussive Instrumentation Choose all options that apply: * Orchestra Bells: __________. (Yes/No) * Xylophone: __________. (Yes/No) * Snare drum: __________. (Yes/No) * Bass drum: __________. (Yes/No) * Triangle: __________. (Yes/No) * Cymbal: __________. (Yes/No) * Other Percussion: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pneumatic Stack Type Choose one option: * Tonophone wooden cylinder operated key-frame stack: __________. (Yes/No) * Early deKleist; front trunk board with valve chest at top and 3 deck boards below: __________. (Yes/No) * Early deKleist; front trunk board with valve chest at top and 3 deck boards below; with keyboard levers: __________. (Yes/No) * Horizontal valves with conical valve return springs, 3 deck boards: __________. (Yes/No) * Horizontal valves with conical valve return springs, 3 deck boards; with keyboard levers: __________. (Yes/No) * Wood unit block valves in front of pneumatic deck boards: __________. (Yes/No) * Late Pot metal Wurlitzer 4-in-1 valve units: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Music Roll Frame / Roll Changer Choose one option: * 5-tune roll frame, wooden sides, belt drive: __________. (Yes/No) * 5-tune roll frame, sheet metal sides, belt drive: __________. (Yes/No) * 10-tune roll frame, cast iron sides, friction wheel, belt drive: __________. (Yes/No) * 10-tune roll frame, cast iron sides, friction wheel, shaft drive: __________. (Yes/No) * 10-tune all gear roll frame, cast iron sides with rewind/fast forward selector, shaft drive (photoplayers): __________. (Yes/No) * 10-tune duplex all gear roll frame, cast iron sides with rewind/fast forward selector, shaft drive (photoplayers): __________. (Yes/No) * 10-tune duplex all gear roll frame, cast iron sides, with NO rewind/fast forward selector, shaft drive (photoplayers): __________. (Yes/No) Early Roll Changer (chain and large tempo knob on right side) Music roll paper tensioning type for music roll feed spool: * Leather brake bands: __________. (Yes/No) * Brake pads: __________. (Yes/No) Late Roll Changer (vertical shaft on right side, small tempo knob in front) Casting type: * All cast iron castings: __________. (Yes/No) * Some pot metal castings: __________. (Yes/No) Roll frame/Roll changer serial number(s): __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rewind Trip Mechanism Choose one option: * Early lock and cancel cutout box; large pneumatic linked to spoolbox transmission: __________. (Yes/No) * Horizontal shelf-mounted pneumatic with spill valve (left of roll frame): __________. (Yes/No) * Horizontal shelf-mounted pneumatic with spill valve (right of roll frame): __________. (Yes/No) * Tall Open Gear Standard with triangular cam operated rewind trip lever: __________. (Yes/No) * Two-ramp belt-driven cam and flushing valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Two-ramp cam on vertical shaft with flushing valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Single ramp cam (on vertical shaft) with cam-follower and flushing valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Pump moving-board engages trip lever when moved by small pneumatic: __________. (Yes/No) * Large vertical rewind pneumatic with 2 wood unit valves; next to roll frame: __________. (Yes/No) * Large vertical rewind pneumatic with Wurlitzer 4-in-1 pot metal valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Late; upright pin on disk (on vertical shaft) and flushing valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Late; upright pin on disk (on vertical shaft) and vacuum type action cutoff valve: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pump / Feeder Bellows (in approximate evolutionary order): Choose one option: * Early flat belt drive, movable center-board bellows, attached reservoir with coil spring spill valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Early gear drive movable center-board vacuum bellows, attached reservoir with coil spring spill valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Movable center-board vacuum bellows, separate reservoir with lever type spill valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Fixed center-board vacuum bellows, separate reservoir with lever type spill valve: __________. (Yes/No) * Movable center-board combination vacuum/pressure bellows, separate vacuum reservoir: __________. (Yes/No) * Movable center-board vacuum and separate pressure bellows, separate vacuum reservoir: __________. (Yes/No) * Late High speed vacuum pump, two small double-acting bellows with belted crankshaft in framework: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Direct Drive Worm Gear Standard If an Early Open Worm Gear Standard (with exposed gear and brass oil cups) Choose one option: * Tall Open Gear Standard, plain with NO rewind trip linkages (8-3/4” high): __________. (Yes/No) * Tall Open Gear Standard, with REWIND TRIP linkages (8-3/4” high): __________. (Yes/No) * Short Open Gear Standard (6-3/4” high): __________. (Yes/No) * Short Open Gear Standard mounted on a tall wooden block (6-3/4” high without spacer block): __________. (Yes/No) If a late Fully Enclosed Heavy/Worm Gear Standard (with enclosed gears) Choose one option: * Heavy Gear Standard (9-3/8” high); NO NAMEPLATE; with brass oil cups: __________. (Yes/No) * Heavy Gear Standard (9-3/8” high); Type: SA-200-HG-3; No oil cups; Gear: 81 teeth; Worm: 5 thread: __________. (Yes/No) * Heavy Gear Standard with incorrect nameplate (7-1/4” high), Type: SA-200-HG-1B; No oil cups; Gear: 51 teeth; Worm: 3 thread: __________. (Yes/No) * Worm Gear Standard (7-1/4” high), Type: SA-1B; No oil cups; Gear: 51 teeth; Worm: 3 thread: __________. (Yes/No) * Worm Gear Standard (7-1/4” high), Type: SA-BB; No oil cups; Gear: 51 teeth; Worm: 3 thread: __________. (Yes/No) Gear Unit Stub Shaft Choose one option: * 5-inch O.D. split wood pulley on stub shaft: __________. (Yes/No) * Pinned stub shaft; no pulley: __________. (Yes/No) * No pulley; stub shaft never pinned: __________. (Yes/No) The gear standard's crankshaft has a short stub shaft on the rear facing side. If a wooden pulley is to be attached a small hole is drilled through the stub shaft and a metal pin is inserted to protrude on both sides, and then a wooden pulley is clamped onto the stub shaft. The metal pin through the stub shaft keeps the wooden pulley from rotating on the shaft. Gear Standard Nameplate Data Title: __________ (Enter None if no namplate.) Type: __________ Gear: __________ Worm: __________ RPM: __________ Gear Standard serial number: __________ The gear standard 3 or 4 digit serial number, if any, is die-stamped onto the end cap for one of the high-speed worm shaft bearings. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Motor Information (only if original motor) Motor make: __________ Motor Model: __________ Motor S/N: __________ Motor RPM: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coin Entry Slot / Slide Choose one option: * Tonophone brass plate with flat coin entry hole and sliding lever: __________. (Yes/No) * Early, brass plate with horizontal coin slot: __________. (Yes/No) * Nickel plated plate with horizontal coin slot: __________. (Yes/No) * Die-cast with oval body and vertical coin slot: __________. (Yes/No) * Horizontal with push-pull slider: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coin Accumulator / Coin Magazine Mechanism Choose one option: * Tonophone: __________. (Yes/No) * Early vertical coin drop magazine where coin makes electrical contact (7 coins maximum): __________. (Yes/No) * Ratchet wheel counter with knife switch: __________. (Yes/No) * Vertical ratchet slider with knife switch: __________. (Yes/No) * Ball counting apparatus with knife switch: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wonder Light Effect Wonder Light Type/Design * Wonder Light: __________. (Yes/No) * Peacock light effect: __________. (Yes/No) Wonder Light Originality Choose one option: * Original with piano: __________. (Yes/No) * Replica: __________. (Yes/No) * Missing / Lost: __________. (Yes/No) * Present but originality status unknown: __________. (Yes/No) Wonder Light Belt and Pulley Drive System Choose one option: * Vertical shaft drive inside case with belt pulley and belt-idler underneath top: __________. (Yes/No) * Vertical shaft drive with belt pulley and belt-idler on drum shelf: __________. (Yes/No) * Vertical shaft drive through top of case with belt pulley outside: __________. (Yes/No) * Wonder Light drive system unknown: __________. (Yes/No) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Art Glass Description: __________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date and Notations Written on Case or Mechanisms Dates and other marks: __________ Oftentimes dates and notations are written on the case and/or on various player components. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Comments, History, and Explanations Comments: __________ Please include any additional information about the piano that might be pertinent, such as its history, i.e., various locations and owners. If you find a date (or style number), such as on a paper sticker inside or on the backside of the case, or on a pneumatic component, notice an early tuning date written by hand on the piano plate, find an original sales invoice, etc., please describe any such items. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thank you for your patience and interest in dealing with this detailed survey form. Your help is very much appreciated.