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Re: Schultz Player Piano
By Harry Couchman

Thanks for your advice Bob, my instrument is a 1927 model and is of a more conventional design stack rather than the pouch pneumatics for which Schulz were (in)famous. It has pouch blocks that lift round valves on wobbly valve stems, the bottom seats are metal and the top fiber washers. All the reference material I have found or been given on the late model Schulz stack refer to square valves on wobbly stems, I have even got photos of this. As my instrument does not appear to have been subjected to any repair work, and the condition of the valves is consistent with original parts, I believe these are the original design. Perhaps Schulz tried different valve shapes when they changed to a conventional stack. The biggest problem I have detected so far is that the lead weights in the base of the valve stems have oxidized, I either need to replace the lead or the whole stems. The valve facings and bottom seats are in very good condition but the fiber top seats will need to be replaced. Terry Smythe has helped me enormously with Schulz info, but I need to locate a parts supplier as in Australia most suppliers only carry parts for Australian built instruments.

Rgds, Harry Couchman


(Message sent Mon 19 Feb 1996, 09:15:28 GMT, from time zone GMT+1100.)

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