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(Updated June 14, 2013)
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First Rate Service Money-Back Guarantee provide your mailing address as well as your complete E-Mail address when placing an order. All incomplete requests or orders will be discarded! Orders of less than $15.00 in merchandise are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge All orders are shipped via USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Unless otherwise noted, Minimum Shipping/Handling within the U.S. is $8.55 Bellows Cloth 'Heavy' Bellows Cloth....$113.75/yd. or $43.75/ft. (60" wide) The thickness of this heavy cloth is 0.044 in. An excellent cloth for feeders, exhausters, and reservoirs. Cotton inside and acrylic outside with a 0.034" inner layer of the highest quality natural rubber. Color is tan on the inside (cotton side) and light brown on the outside (acrylic side). The maximum width is 60 in., available in any length. Also available in 6" x 60" strips for $24.00. Will also sell strips of less than 6" wide for $9.75/sq ft. This cloth is also good for making a 'Mandolin Rail' or 'Honky-Tonk' device. We also sell the 'Mandolin Rail Tabs' -click here. To place an order, Click Here. (If ordering strips, specify the required width.) NOTE: If you're looking for "very heavy cloth" (0.050"), call me at 732-840-8787.. Peripheral Devices Cloth ....$106.25/yd.(or $41.25/ft.) This general purpose cloth is superb for Air Motors, Tracking Services, Air Motor Governors, and any other application where a medium weight cloth is required. Black/Maroon with natural rubber in the middle. Thickness is 0.014 in. Width is 51 in. NOTE: The outside (red/purple side) of the cloth is a bit smoother and shinier than the inside. You can feel the difference when you touch the cloth. In a bright light, you can also see the difference.
Striker Pneumatic Cloth.... $86.88/yd.(or $33.13/ft.) Simply the finest 'rubber-coated' Striker Pneumatic Cloth in the World. Thickness is 0.009 in. Width is 54 in. Have a small job that requires very little cloth? 6" x 26" strips are available for $9.94. Remember: Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. Reed Organ Bellows Cloth.... $78.00/yd. This is excellent quality reed organ bellows cloth. White cotton cloth inside with a thick natural rubber coating on the outside. Thickness is 0.025 in. Width is 58 in. Sold by the running yard (36 in.) or in strips measuring 2-1/3 ft. x 7 ft. for $5.75/sq. ft. ($93.92). Saves you at least 33% over the cost per running yard if you are only rebuilding one reed organ. NOTE: This cloth is not recommended for use in player pianos. Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. Premium Hide Glue This is not your grandfather's animal hide glue. This glue has been specifically formulated by Craig Brougher, a leading specialist in automatic musical instrument restoration, for use in rebuilding all types of automatic musical instruments. Mr. Brougher has spent years perfecting this glue, which is now available to the general public only through Player-Care. The gram weight strength of the glue is 222 grams. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back!!! Sold in minimum One-Half Pound Bags for $7.50 per bag. One-Pound Bags for $14.00. Five-Pound Bags for $60.00. Comes with Complete Instructions on How to Prepare for Use. Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. (Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge.) Excellent quality electric glue pot with aluminum inner liner. This unit is preset at the factory for the ideal temperature of 145 degrees, but it does have an internal thermostat that is adjustable. Cost: $165.00 (includes shipping). To place an order, Click Here. Electric Vacuum Pump Kit Guaranteed and Supported By Player-Care Tired of Pumping your player piano. This vacuum pump produces a maximum of 54" of water vacuum. Enough to compensate for a lot of leakage. The 'Kit' also contains an Dual Electronic Voltage Controller for adjusting the volume of the music and how fast the music roll is rewound. The inter-connecting tubing, wiring and all necessary connectors are included. Easy to install. One year guarantee on the electronic parts, and a five year guarantee on the vacuum pump. Space required for the pump is 8" square by 10" high, normally installed in the bottom of the piano on the right hand side of the Exhauster Assembly. (Priority Shipping/Insurance: $56.50 maximum amount within the U.S. - You pay what I pay plus $2.10 Handling Charge.) Deluxe Full Automatic System Kit....$625.00 Guaranteed and Supported By Player-Care Contains everything in the 'Regular' kit plus an Auto Re-Roll Device and an Auto Shut-Off Device. Everything you need to Electrify and Automate your Player Piano. Complete with installation instructions, tubing, connectors and wiring. Playing a roll becomes a 'push-button' operation. One year guarantee on all electronics, five year guarantee on the vacuum pump. Space required for the pump is 8" square by 10" high, normally installed in the bottom of the piano on the right hand side of the Exhauster Assembly. (Priority Shipping/Insurance: $65.30 maximum amount within the U.S. - You pay what I pay plus $2.10 Handling Charge.) Our Vacuum Pump Systems are far superior to the system sold by QRS and others for three main reasons. One, we use a two-stage electronic speed controller. This gives the user control over the volume of the music and the speed of rewind. Other systems have a single-stage controller. So, the rolls rewind exceedingly fast, which can cause damage to older rolls in a hurry. Secondly, our system is much more quiet. We have spent years developing the box and internal motor mounts. And, unlike our competitors, we use a dual-stage impeller. This creates more vacuum at a lower motor speed, decreasing the noise factor. Thirdly, our system is unconditionally guaranteed for one full year for the electronics and five years for the pump motor. Others offer a 30-90 day guarantee, period! Our system is more expensive than the other systems and worth every penny!!! (The average life span of our vacuum pump motor is 20 years. Our competitors systems haven't even been in existence for ten years. How long will they last? No one knows. Why take a chance?)... Phenoseal - Plastic Sealer For sealing wood - or just about anything. Dries clear and seals the smallest cracks or pin-hole leaks 100% with just one application. Can be brushed or poured and drained. It is strongly recommended that any internal surfaces which face vacuum channels in a player action be coated with this product. Phenoseal is slightly plastic and will stretch and contract with changes in temperature and humidity without cracking or pulling away, as is the case with the original shellac or varnish sealers. Phenoseal will stick to the original sealers, so removing them is not necessary. Phenoseal remains slightly tacky, so DO NOT coat a surface that a valve will seat on. (Read my recent article in the Mechanical Music Digest -click here.) Sold in 8 oz. plastic bottles for $17.50, or One Quart plastic bottles for $49.25. (minimum shipping/handling: $7.90) Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. Also, check out the "Hypo-Oiler" -click here-To place an order, Click Here. High Quality Leather Nuts for all types of uses. The holes cut in the center may have to be enlarged for a specific diameter of threaded rod. Existing holes are primarily provided for centering, to make it easy to drill out. Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. (Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge.)
High Quality Felt Washers for use between leather nuts and wooden flange fingers and metal or wooden linkages of any type. Felt Punchings are used on wooden buttons, stickers, and fingers for quieting and bumpering. Slightly compressible. Center hole in the felt washers will expand easily to fit most applications. Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. (Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge.)
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"Ladder Chain" is now available at Player-Care. This is the most common size used in player pianos for the air motor and the transmission. It is made from high tensile coppered steel. Will not stretch or rust. There are 42 links per foot. The cost per foot is $6.75. Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge. As usual, Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. |
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9/64" OD - 3/16" OD - 7/32" OD - 1/4" OD 
"Small Brass Elbows" are now available at Player-Care. These are the three most common sizes: 9/64" OD for trackerbar tubing and 7/32" OD and 1/4" OD for control tubing. The 9/64" elbows are $1.75 each (-5% per dozen/-10% per 100). The 7/32" elbows are $2.05 each (-5% per dozen/-10% per 100). The 1/4" elbows are $2.65 each (-5% per dozen/-10% per 100). Also, Straight 9/64" OD tubing connectors are available for $0.70 each or $60.00/100. These parts are generally available for immediate delivery, but they are not always in stock. So, there could be a delay of up to one week. We now also stock straight tubing connectors for 1/4" ID tubing. The cost is $0.95 each or $83.00/100. Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge. As usual, Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. |
 
These connectors are used in various locations in player pianos and orchestrions when valves need to be activated from multiple locations, i.e. two different ports on the trackerbar or by a pushbutton and a port on the trackerbar. The inside diameter of all these connectors is larger than a trackerbar hole. The plastic "Y" connectors are $0.64 each. The small plastic "T" connectors are $0.90 each. Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge. As usual, Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. |
  Measures 13" end-to-end and 11-1/2" between the end flanges. Identical in size to the ones in modern players with the Standard Player Action, with an Ampico-style 'positive-release' end tab hook. "Take-Up Spools" are now available at Player-Care for $119.50 each. They have a bass wood core with steel flanges. Custom made for Player-Care in February 2013. No other dealer in America stocks new take-up spools!! This item is available for immediate delivery. Standard color is Black Core with painted Silver or Gold Flanges (Please Specify When Ordering). Custom colors, including natural wood, available for an additional $18.00 (allow one week for delivery). The shipping cost is a minimum of $18.30 + the usual handling charge of $2.10 per order to anywhere in the continental U.S. To place your order, Click Here.
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 "Ampico Function Switches" are now available at Player-Care. These are the four switches that are found in every Ampico A reproducing player piano. These switches are made of solid brass and machined by hand. They are the finest switches in the world. Cost is $148.00 for the set or $46.00 each. They can be purchased separately. Priority Shipping $7.90 minimum. Includes Delivery Confirmation and Handling Charge. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
  "Ampico Transmission Frames" are now available at Player-Care. This is the frame that is found in every Ampico A reproducing player piano. The frame is made of solid brass and machined by hand. Excellent craftsmanship to exacting specifications. Cost is $244.50. Shipping/Handling charge is $9.90 within the US and $28.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. Please be careful when handling the transmission or you will bend it out of alignment. Do not drop. When putting small shaft in, make sure all parts are on shaft, and support transmission on wooden block when driving shaft into small gear. Also, plug the two original transmission mounting screw holes and bore new ones, using the new transmission as a guide, and use 'smaller-than-hole' round head screws to mount it to the spoolbox. |
 "Ampico 'A' Drawer Supply Hose" is now available at Player-Care. This is a set of three pieces of 3/8" tubing with a 1/8" wall that has springs inside the tubing to prevent 'kinking' when the drawer is closed. Each piece is 14-1/2" inches length. Cost is $37.50 for the set of three hoses. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here.
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 "Ampico Rubber Motor Mounts" are now available at Player-Care. These parts are made from high quality rubber. Specifically made as replacements for the original motor mounts which are often cracking or deteriorated. Only available in sets of four. Cost: $52.00. *NOTE*: Holes for the rods are drilled out, but the holes for the screws are NOT drilled out. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $21.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
    "Ampico A Block Valve" parts are now available at Player-Care. Manufactured to exacting tolerances, they are identical in every aspect to the original Ampico A block valves. They ARE NOT and WILL NOT be assembled for you. Also, we DO NOT supply the leather for the valve facings or the pouches. Cost: $16.50 each. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
 "Ampico A and B Block Valve Springs" parts are now available at Player-Care. Made from high quality spring steel. They are identical to the springs found in the Ampico B system. Considered by professionals to be far superior to the solid springs found in the Ampico A system because they apply a more uniform pressure to the wooden block valve. Cost: $1.82 each. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. |
 "Ampico A and B Pump Spill Valve Springs" are now available at Player-Care. Made from high quality spring steel. They are specifically designed and fabricated to replace the often over-stretched springs found in virtually all Ampico A & B rotary vacuum pumps. After years of testing, it was found that the non-linearity of most Ampico expression systems was directly related to the non-linearity of the pump spring. Cost: $7.50 each for the "A" springs (two required) and $9.00 each for the "B" spring (one required). The "A" spring can also be used to replace the often over-stretched Ampico "A" crescendo spring. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. Orders of less than $15.00 are subject to a $2.50 Surcharge. To place an order, Click Here. |
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Designed primarily for players that have already been electrified, this device will shift the transmission from Play to Rewind at the end of the music roll. It is triggered into operation by perforations that are located a few inches past the last playing notes, which are common on almost all music rolls. To view the Installation Instructions, click here. The cost is $172.50, which includes 3 ft of vacuum supply tubing, connecting elbows, trackerbar tubing, and associated mounting hardware. Shipping/Handling charge is $19.40 within the US and $45.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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For those who want to do the job correctly, this tool is indispensible. This pouch setter will work on a variety of player systems with have from 7/8" to a 1-1/16" pouch well. The high cost is due primarily to the sharp increase in blocks of aluminum, from which these are manufactured, and the labor cost to have them custom made. Cost: $63.00 each. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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This solid steel tool is especially made for setting the Gulbransen pouches. Note the machined edge for setting the exact depth of the pouch. With the addition of a rubber tube and a vacuum source, this tool can be vacuum operated for easier installation. Cost: $54.00 each. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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These are standard pedal return springs. The larger 8 inch springs have an outward pressure of 12-13 pounds. They are one inch wide at the connected end and 7/16 inch wide at the tip. The cost is $33.00 each. The smaller 6 inch springs have an outward pressure of 8 pounds. They are 3/4 inch at the connected end and 1/2 inch wide at the tip. The cost is $42.00 each. High quality spring steel. Unconditionally guaranteed for five years. Shipping/Handling charge is $14.45 within the US and $33.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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This is a replacement power cord for all of the modern Aeolian players that have a detachable power cord. It is a 10 ft 16 gauge 13 amp cord that is UL Listed and made in America. These cords often get lost when the piano is shipped, and replacements are generally hard-to-find. The cost is $18.50. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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Custom made "T" connector found primarily in the Ampico "B" Reproducing player system. The brass tubing is 3/8"OD with a 9/64"OD "Tee" in the center. Also excellent for monitoring the vacuum level on any 3/8"ID tubing line. The cost is $17.50. Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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These die-cut gaskets are made from 1/16" cork. Cost per piece is $0.75 or $60.00/90 Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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These WurliTzer type block valves are often used in nickelodeon build-ups as well as other custom-made pneumatic devices. Well known for their reliability and longevity, these valve blocks are now available at Player-Care for $24.85 each or $265.00/dozen. Minimum Shipping/Handling charge is $7.90 within the US and $25.00 to most overseas countries. Insurance is additional. To place an order, Click Here. |
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.The difference between Phenoseal and PVC-E is that PVC-E is thicker and it has more solids. Phenoseal is thinner and has more alcohols for faster evaporation.
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Now Playing: This MIDI file is called "Saved by Gabriel". It was created on May 17, 1998 after hearing the song on an old cassette tape. Gabriel Della Fave converted the audio cassette to Real Audio and I wrote the midi file the next day. Like many of my tunes, this one never had a title.... until now. If I'm in the Shop or at Home, I will answer the phone. Otherwise, please leave a message. As per the Fair Credit Billing Act, your bank cannot hold you liable for more than $50.00 of fraudulent credit card charges. PLAYER-CARE will pay the $50.00 if the unauthorized use of your card resulted from a purchase made through our site. We are so confident of the security measures we've put in place, we'll also pay you an additional $25 just for the inconvenience! Disclaimer: Player-Care assumes no liability with regards to the suitability of any product sold at this web site. In other words, how you use the product is up to you. Player-Care is only liable for the quality of the material, and any product that is found to be defective will gladly be replaced. |
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