I think installing nipples is the best idea, but I also use a soda
straw shellacked into the tube end, which stiffens it, and then I glue
in the tube.  Bob Fine won't have any problem with either way of doing
it.

Craig Brougher

 [ Thanks to all of you experienced techs for your collective advice.
 [ Bob Fine now knows the story and can chose how to fix the problem
 [ in his Wurlitzer 'C' orchestrion.  -- Robbie