Echoey Type Sound..

[richard]

Hello

 

I just adjusted some of my valves on an Anglo. They were glued right up to the "voicing hole" so I pulled them back a bit so they the hole could open fully. Now there is a bit of an echoey effect when I play the same button while reversing bellows direction. I believe this is from the valves being a bit bent away from the hole. Is this a correct assumption? How can I fix this problem? The valves are new. Will time and gravity fix the problem, or can I help it along?

 

Thanks,

 

Richard

[Stephen Chambers]

How can I fix this problem?

Richard,

 

I'm afraid that the problem is probably a direct result of what you have done, and that the solution is probably to glue them back down again, though you may have bent the valves so much that even then they won't work properly. They need to be laying flat against the wood, or they can start to work as "reeds" themselves and produce an echoey effect such as you describe.

 

Will time and gravity fix the problem

No, they will only make it worse.

 

Cheers,