Job Description:

• 1) Installs, tests, and adjusts electronic mechanisms on pianos to convert pianos to self-playing, using handtools and electronic testing equipment and following blueprints: Drills holes in support blocks with portable drill and installs blocks under keyboard at specified angle with whip assembly, consisting of hammers that strike cords to produce musical sounds.

• 2) Attaches track for mounting music roll and sliding carriage onto key bed of piano, using handtools, and positions electronic control box into carriage.

• 3) Installs vacuum pump and unit, required to transmit action from music roll through controls to solenoids, using screws and handtools.

• 4) Places bar containing electrical solenoids on attached support bars, aligning solenoids with whip assembly to ensure engagement of solenoids, whip assembly, and piano hammers.

• 5) Wires, solders, and installs wiring to piano case and attaches vacuum hose to pump and controls.

• 6) Places music roll on carrier, starts mechanism, turns controls, and determines if player mechanism functions as required.

• 7) Makes adjustments or repairs to correct defects, using handtools and electronic testing equipment.