Model Variations for
Link Piano Company Coin Pianos

Late Link 2EX keyboardless cabinet piano that is fitted with a tuning keyboard.

(Photograph courtesy of Rusty King)

Late Link 2EX keyboardless cabinet piano with xylophone that is fitted with a tuning keyboard. Notice the row of individual fingers or keys protruding outward from under the xylophone action. These fingers are an extension of the levers that the pneumatic stack utilizes to push up on the individual piano action wippens.
Link 2EX #7670, made in 1927 with “Try-Skill” game mounted in front panel.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

Link 2EX #7670, made in 1927 with “Try-Skill” game mounted in front panel. The game mechanism has been removed, but the surrounding hardware and coin mechanism is still there. Presumably, this game allowed the customer to win extra tunes if he or she could get the ball through the challenging pathway (see second picture below).
Interior view of front panel from Link 2EX showing coin mechanism and window for a Try-Skill game.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

Interior view of front panel from Link 2EX #7670, showing coin mechanism and window for the Try-Skill game.
Try-Skill stand-alone coin-operated game of skill.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

A Try-Skill game in the form of a stand-alone coin-operated game of skill. This is the type of mechanism that was originally installed in Link 2EX #7670.
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