(Photograph courtesy of Don Teach)
The rare transitional solo system was used
only briefly in 1917, judging by the only known example
(#74,785). It uses a different valve system with pipe chest
pneumatics that are reversed from normal. All the pneumatics
must be collapsed to keep their notes from playing, and letting
air into a pneumatic allows a small hinge spring to open it and
play the note. The valve system remains undocumented at this
time.
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