Hello all,  I am restoring a Simplex stack from a Recordo grand,
and I noticed that thepianoworld.com [Piano World, St. Louis, MO]
offers after-market valve seats for the Recordo with bigger holes
to match the later Recordo models.  The site claims the new seats
will help the unit play faster and give faster repetition.  Does
anyone have any thoughts on this?

Being my first rebuild, everything is new to me, so any informatio
on rebuilding Recordo stacks would be invaluable.

Thanks,
David Schroth, Jr.

 [ D. L. Bullock of Piano World wrote in 000831 MMDigest:
 [
 [> These were made to the specs of the late Simplex Recordo players
 [> that used a larger hole than earlier upright systems.  They are
 [> made from fiber, not metal, so they can never rust or corrode.
 [> I have used them for several years and they work very well.
 [
 [ See http://www.thepianoworld.com/FS_simplex_valve_seats.htm
 [
 [ -- Robbie