I am here at his grave right now and it says “One of America’s greatest songwriters”. I just had to look it up and this was so cool!

this is so beautiful

a beautiful restoration! well done! :)

Thank you. Much appreciated.

GREAT!

That is the paper roll hole alignment wheel. The left pin roll holder is spring tensioned against the right pin roll holder. When you turn the alignment wheel it engages of disengages a metal bracket against the butt end of the right pin roll holder to push on the roll-spring combo or ease up on it. The paper holes are easily misaligned with the holes and some rolls are more difficult to control than others. Thanks.

Question, what is that you are adjusting by turning your thumb and pointer finger on the right of the roll?

They were. Those archaic paper tape reading computers were not too different in concept either. You gotta wonder how many in Europe, particularly the cities, were destroyed during the World War bombings.