Hi everyone,  I am in need of a working double valve stack for my

player.  I have lost count of the number of times that I have taken

the stack in and out of my piano, again and again, all to no avail.

It seems like every pneumatic has a little hole in the cloth, either

on one side or both.  Inside valve seats, with a 1/16 estimated minimum

of flat surface, spell difficulty for the leather facing when it tries

to seal against the seat.



I should have considered getting a working Cable Euphona and saved

myself the trouble of giving myself a headache and only being

disappointed by my efforts, instead of being happy at them.  It seems

as if I spent endless hours doing little to nothing to improve the

stack.  I do not want this problem to harangue me very much longer.

If I ran a player repair shop, it would be no problem, but

unfortunately, I do not.



I know this seems like silliness and impatience, but I cannot keep

spending time repairing something that could have performed and been

designed better.  The saddest part is that it appears that I got the

piano just in time for it not to work.



If anyone doubts that I can retrofit a different double valve stack my

piano, do not worry.  I have quite a bit of experience in woodworking,

and could do the conversion very easily.



Luke Myers

ldmyers95@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]