C. Jim Cook wrote:

> There was (is?) one player restorer in Massachusetts who, when
> restoring a double-valve Standard action, would take the shortcut of
> disconnecting one of the two banks of valves (however that was done).
> He claimed they were unneeded. This step certainly also speeded up
> his job.

He would by-pass the primary valves or just remove them altogether.
Real fun trying to get things working.

There was another guy from Connecticut who just inserted a tube through
the primary pouch board, but that wasn't half as bad as getting the
primary stack to mate, remember Karl?

Most of my work in this area is in repairing the 'repairs'.  It is
a joy to come across an untouched player for restoring; better yet,
one which had been meticulously restored.

Regards,
Jon Page,
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.