I've got an old Alex F that had the linkage redone. The person that did the work used a plastic casing that fit over the ball on the valve, kind of like a ball and socket.
Over the weekend my horn tipped over, doing hardly any damage to the horn; but it did hit my chair at just the right angle to break off the ball that is attached to the valve, rendering my horn inoperable. I'm having trouble locating a new ball. Any ideas??
Thanks for your help,
Chris
Replacement Linkage Parts
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Chris
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Chuck(G)
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Re: Replacement Linkage Parts
Do you have a photo?
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tubamirum
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ball & socket repair
Take your plastic socket to your local model shop and you probably will find a ball that will fit. Getting the screw out of your stop hub will be the hard part
it was fun playing with some of you guys
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Dan Schultz
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If your linkage looks like this... it is made from DuBro components.
If it's a match, go to DuBro at http://www.dubro.com/DU-BRO/index.htm and search for 'ball links'.
If it's a match, go to DuBro at http://www.dubro.com/DU-BRO/index.htm and search for 'ball links'.
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
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cjk
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Try this and see if you see anything similar to what's on your tuba:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WT ... search3=Go
What I would do is take the stop arm off the valve and take it to a hobby shop and see if you can find the right one. odds are the threads are 4-40 or possibly 2-56. Posting a picture here will not help you determine that.
Cheers,
Christian
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WT ... search3=Go
What I would do is take the stop arm off the valve and take it to a hobby shop and see if you can find the right one. odds are the threads are 4-40 or possibly 2-56. Posting a picture here will not help you determine that.
Cheers,
Christian