I'm looking at the photo on the Schmid website. Does yours have the plastic ball and socket connectors? Can you pop off one connector at a time so it's only operating one of the valves? Maybe you can isolate which one is sticking. Sometimes with a long lever, it can start to work badly if it's been bent just a little. Usually with a problem like this, I would just try to isolate and try each component one at a time. Maybe the lever itself has a catch, maybe one of the rotors, maybe the angle of the connector is off, maybe everything works well individually but with both valves hooked up, something about the action of one interferes with the other. Lots of possibilities, you just have to eliminate one by one.
- Steve Mumford XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dan wrote: I am having problems with the change valve between low F and Bb in my F/Bb/f Schmid triple horn. It has a long lever and operates two valves on each side of the lever simultaneously. When I release the lever from Bb to F (I have the valves standing in F) there is often a little catch, or sticking. I have had two different repair guys look at it, both valves have been taken apart, and the strings and bumpers replaced, but it seems to be getting worse. Extensive daily oiling inside and outside the valves seems to help a little, but then the sticking will start up again for no reason. Has anyone run across this problem or does anyone have any suggestions? Dan _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
