Excerpt from The Pneumatic Player: The Regulation and Repair of Some Modern TypesN t/ze following c/zapters on player-piano actions, t/teir regulation and repair, I do not intend to use tbc language of science, and t/iis for two reasons. T/ie first is tbat per/taps a few of my readers nut not understand tuat lingo and tile second reason is Mat 1 do not myself. Fascinating as it mt be to explain tuat every pneumatic, w/ien at rest, contains billions of atmosp/zeric molecules, and that cacé pneumatic is sur rounded by an equal number of billions, w/iicn latter turn wit/z t/ze utmost fury and slam to tbe pneumatic w/ien tbeir fellows in tue interior are reduced in num ber by suction. Yet to a majority of tuners a know ledge of sue/z facts is quite unnecessary. [t is enougn for one to observe the worn, and to know just bow to regulate and maintain t/ie movements of eacn part.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.