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Red Tubing in Welte Licensee
By John McClelland

Greetings All,  Regarding Dave Dewey's question about red tubing
in a Welte Licensee, I must opine that I've never seen it in Licensee
or Gittens produced Weltes.  The only tubing I've seen has been brass
(in the T100 early machines), rubber and lead.  I suspect that the
tubing will likely be some variety of 1960s neoprene (the gooey,
slimy kind) or it could be surgical rubber tubing.

Just use thin walled 9/64" player tubing and make sure that it
doesn't kink when you're putting the drawer back together.  I had
a bad experience once tracking down a recalcitrant note and finding
a kinked rubber tube in the middle of the brass transfer block that
is above the stack.

Regarding the belly cloth: Dave, just get a couple of sheets of Kraft
paper taped together and enlist the help of a friend to hold it against
the bottom of the piano while you mark the snap locations on the paper
with a regular 'Marks-a-Lot" pen.  It's a hassle but well worth doing,
especially when you line the cloth with felt of half-inch thickness
or better.

Cheers,
John McClelland


(Message sent Wed 25 Sep 2013, 05:48:09 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

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