. I wanted to order tipo a mano reeds to replace these. Further I am going to add a bit of felt under the treble pads for noise reduction.
As projects go this is definitely one to keep dreaming about but NOT to attempt. The woodworking is the least of the problem. The keyboard mechanics needs to be completely replaced as instead of one arm and valve per note you need two arms (at 90 degree angle and two valves. The register switches internal mechanics will need to be replaced too. Then there is the problem that this is a three reed instrument. It most likely has 3 reed blocks and you should check whether how the distribution of the reeds is over the blocks. You want one L and one M reed to go into the cassotto and one M reed outside. As you likely cannot take the reeds of the blocks due to the type of resin used you need to check whether you are lucky enough to have both sets of tremolo M reeds on one block together. Then you need to check whether there will be enough depth for the cassotto to fit. Two blocks need to go behind each other inside the cassotto. (You cannot do a one block cassotto unless you already have all L reeds on a single reed block.)wout said:
