Hi,  Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about installing an
Ampico A stack with the loose pushrods back into a piano.  What a
great group.

I guess if I would have the piano here with me, I would have figured
a solution, but this was easier!  I combine the tips and use threaded
rods to slowly raise the stack, and use straws, if needed, to guide the
pushrods up into their holes.

As to why I am just doing the valves: I inspected the piano, which was
not playing anymore, and saw the valves had not been restored, my first
suspicion.  Removing some valves from the stack, I noticed some cork
gasket residue on the stack, so I removed the stack in order to have it
with me so it could be inspected and cleaned, and tested.

The rest of the "restoration" looked (italics) fine.  The yellow cloth
on the pneumatics was some sort of Bilon or Polylon, I thought.  After
all, it came in different colors, I believe.

I also removed the primary stack, the soft/loud valves, and the
automatic expression cutout board.  It turned out that nothing
internally had been restored, so I did all of that!  I am hoping that
upon assembly the piano will work, but I am sure more will be needed.

I would have preferred to have the whole piano, but space here is at
a premium, and I have at least four years of other work taking up room.
I could not lay the piano on its side, as its lid is a display area for
a myriad of automaton and mystery clocks, some quite large.

Thanks again to all who helped.

Berley Firmin
Bayou La Combe, Louisiana