Linkage Help

[k001k47]

I need some help finding a place to get modern linkages for my piggy.
The ones on it now are the older (I think the ones known as "hollow") version, and they're getting a bit too noisy and loose for my liking.
I don't know of a Cerveny distributor in the US ... sooo
Does anyone know where I can get a set of modern mini ball linkages for my piggy?
I'd whip some up myself like Rick Denney explains on his site, but I'm not as tool-savvy as he or any of the repairmen on here are.

I will get a brass repair tech to install them for me.

[k001k47]

Just to clarify, the installation of Minibal linkage would require just as much handwork as would linkage made of Dubro parts...

...Your wording leads one to believe that you intend on doing the job yourself...

I won't install them myself.

Dubro linkages would be great, but I don't know if anyone in south Texas would make some for me if I provided the parts. (and some $)
I don't have the time to take a trip to a distant repair shop because of school.

I really have no idea what to do.

[Bass Flatulance]

I saw this done and it looked very easy. Any shop could order Cerveny parts for you, though Matt@dillonmusic.com" target="_blank" target="_blank is supposed to be only 30 minutes from Cerveny's American warehouse. I see Dillon Music carries Cerveny. If you have the linkage with the ball and socket, it's a do it yourself job with a small wrench set from Sears, etc. Why don't you send an email with a picture of your linkage system to him or some of the other repairman to get an answer?

[eupher61]

While I didn't replace the linkage on a Piggy I owned in the '80s, I did take the entire thing apart and reassembled. No problem at all. Extremely basic tools skills is all that's required.

[John Caves]

Curt Woods phone # is 281-355-9663 and lives in the Spring-Woodlands-Houston area.

[eupher61]

Maybe I misunderstood the OP. I took it as saying the Piggy had miniball linkage already, and they need replacing. If I did misunderstand, I apologize, and withdraw my claim of simplicity.

[k001k47]

Thanks for the help guys; the tnfj proves helpful again.

Now if only I could find a couple of hundred dollars to spare...

[Lee Stofer]

I would suggest that you take your Cerveny to either the repairman in Spring, Texas, or to one of a couple of excellent brass repair techs in San Antonio.

Early-on in my career, I thought that linkage that wasn't working perfectly had to be replaced. I rarely replace linkage any more, but repair them, instead. In the equation of rotor smoothness and quietness there are a dozen variables, so I'd suggest having a qualified repairman do a complete servicing of your rotors. The linkage you have is better than you may think it is.

I recently took in a Cerveny compact kaiser CC which had atrociously noisy rotors. During the next few months as I can get to it, I will repair and re-sell this instrument. It will have the original linkage on it, albeit somewhat improved, and will be virtually silent. It can be done, in fact easier than making a new linkage set, and will save the buyer significant money.