An Adventure

[Jon Page]

At 09:22 AM 1/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear List Mates
>
>Last summer I committed to refurbishing the bellows of a Mason & Hamlin
>two rank reed organ.
>
>The reservoir materiel was bad but the exhausters were made by gluing
>fine leather to stiff cardboard.  The leather was in good condition and
>without leaks.
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Newton,
Perhaps the cardboard has curled a little lifting the edges of the leather
off 
the board  and a tight fit is not achieved.

PPCo has a heavy flap valve leather for this purpose.

Regards, 

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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