Player Piano Pneumatic Recovering

The stack with pneumatics in place
Pneumatics removed - cloth split, deteriorated
Old bad cloth
Piles of pneumatics awaiting restoration
Pneumatics cleaned, sanded and awaiting new cloth
All pneumatics numbered for placing back in the stack in their proper locations
Measuring the rubberized cloth strips
Cloth strips cut
Cloth strips cut
Strips marked for precise placement of the open end of the pneumatics
Pneumatic boards propped up on their hinge end, waiting for the first application of glue
First beads of blue applied
Pneumatics, standing on open end, glue drying
Open end glued. This is the most critical step - if this isn't done right the pneumatics will be skewed and crooked when done
Open end glued - all 88 of them!
Now the sides, and the hinge ends are glued. They look rough, but wait ...
Recovering job finished. Next step ...
Pneumatics with excess cloth trimmed, checked for leaks
Ready to re-install in the stack
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