Question about Ampico valves for you player people

[Jon Page]

Repouch with the proper leather.  Or replace all valves with new ones.
Bob Lemon makes them, but  may not have the time to crank them out right now.

Jon Page

At 11:10 PM 4/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a customer with a Haines Bros. upright with a model A Ampico with the 
>valves that are "upside down".  He and a friend rebuilt the thing and did a 
>reasonably good job with the following exception:  to replace the pouches 
>they used zypher skin.  It is very airtight but in this configuration with 
>the upside down valves it is a little too stiff and has settled and taken a 
>set in the open position at rest.
>     Needless to say it takes very high vacuum to close the valves now.  I 
>was wondering if there is anything short of repouching that might work, such 
>as treating the pouches with neatsfoot oil and perhaps using some very weak 
>coil springs(like the ones at the bottom of Pianodisc solenoids) to push the 
>valve disks back up to a closed position?  Any input would be appreciated.  
>If you want to email me privately that's fine.
>Thanks,
>Randy Mangus, RPT
>