........... with plastic backing on my Excelsior model 00. I`m looking for comments from anyone who might have some working experience using these?
Surprisingly, the leather valves currently on it are all straight , flat , and pliable , both the inside and outers , but the wax is old, dark, and brittle. I have noticed 2 bass reeds loosened and need rewaxing so I decided it`s time to do a total re-wax job on it. The accordion is mint cosmetically so it will be worth my labor and expense. The last one I did took me 52 hours . Waxing and valving is simple enough but the cleaning and block prep is especially time consuming. Actually the whole process requires a lot of time. I can see why few accordionists ever have their accordion redone.
Surprisingly, the leather valves currently on it are all straight , flat , and pliable , both the inside and outers , but the wax is old, dark, and brittle. I have noticed 2 bass reeds loosened and need rewaxing so I decided it`s time to do a total re-wax job on it. The accordion is mint cosmetically so it will be worth my labor and expense. The last one I did took me 52 hours . Waxing and valving is simple enough but the cleaning and block prep is especially time consuming. Actually the whole process requires a lot of time. I can see why few accordionists ever have their accordion redone.