Bob Hodge offered information for obtaining a tool to splice round
leather belts, and I'm sure it's worth its price.  There's another
solution, if you're not intent on keeping your instrument perfectly
original.

I restored my Aeolian Grand organ a couple years ago, and it of course
needed a belt.  I believe it was Stuart McCaskill who suggested that
I find a shop that repairs film projectors, and buy some appropriate
size film reel drive spring belting.  It's actually a metal spring that
you can cut to length and splice for your own application.  It lasts
forever.

I'll email photos to all interested parties, and answer anybody's
questions.

Fred Lochner
Boulder, Colorado
tel.: 1-303-494-2407
Lochner@frii.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]