I'm finally busy rebuilding my Aeolian grand player reed organ.
It has been a 20-year project so far.  I have reached the point of
working on the spool box.

This organ has a wooden tracker bar and the connection to the brass
nipples in the back is completely enclosed in glued-together wood.
When I seal the tracker bar with tape and suck on the brass nipples
in the back there is significant airflow from each channel.  I assume
this is the result of cross talk between the various channels.

It would seem that sealing the channels would make a lot of sense.
I am concerned, however, about blocking tiny and inaccessible passages
inside this sealed device.  Does anyone have advice as to (a) whether
this is a good idea, and (b) how to do it?  Is flooding with shellac
the right idea, or some more modern material?

Roger Wiegand

 [   Aeolian Grand tracker bar
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/20/08/16/200816_194114_208D028C-D61B-40E9-A981-B132601147FF.jpeg
 

 [ Maybe the top and bottom halves could be separated so that their
 [ mating surface can also be sealed.  See the MMD Subject index about
 [ "Sealing" at https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/S/sealing.html 
 [ as well as D. L. Bullock's article on this topic at
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/200602/2006.02.01.09.html 
 [ -- Robbie