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Repairing a Wilcox & White "Angelus" Player
By David Zitzmann

A friend of mine has an old "Angelus" player and he is bent on
getting the thing working.  I recovered all the leather bellows
for him, sealed boards, etc., and even did the primary valves.
The tubing was disconnected at some time and I only guessed at
where it would go.

The player does not play any of the notes.  I am not sure if this
is because of the tubing going to the wrong places on the left and
right expression boxes for bass and treble, or if the secondary
valves are no good.

My friend seems to think there is nothing wrong with the valves;
I disagree.  I bypassed the expression boxes and still nothing.
I checked the reroll valve and still nothing.

Oh, it rerolls like a champ!  :-)  Any ideas?

Many thanks,
David Zitzmann


(Message sent Fri 9 Sep 2011, 13:57:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Angelus, Player, Repairing, White, Wilcox

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