Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Angienever]

Hey, players.  The spring underneath my air valve lever just broke.  Any idea where I can buy a replacement for this part?
My gramma asked me to play for her on Christmas and now I don't think I'll be able to.   

[tirpous]

The Button Box or Scott Bellinger should be able to help you.  See their contact info here: http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php/page,shops_repairers.html

[Angienever]

Thanks.  I just sent some pictures to the Button Box to see if they can match up the part. 

[brianread]

In the interim, you could use an elastic band (oops almost said "rubber"), assuming it can be anchored somewhere.

[Steve_freereeder]

In the interim, you could use an elastic band (oops almost said "rubber"), assuming it can be anchored somewhere.

Alternatively, you could try making a temporary spring using some stiff wire of similar diameter, or use a safety pin or similar, cut to size and suitably shaped/bent with a pair of pliers. Players have used all sorts of ingenious replacements for broken springs. Use your imagination!

[Angienever]

Just as an update, Liberty Bellows ended up being a huge help to me for this repair.  I never heard back from the Button Box after talking to them on the phone and sending them an e-mail with the pictures they requested, but I called Liberty Bellows and they sent me four different replacement springs so I could choose the one that worked best for my instrument.  My boyfriend and I installed it yesterday and I am back to having a working accordion with a lovely springy air valve button.  Thanks for all your suggestions!

[folkloristmark]

Bring the elastic band out of a hole and use the end wood grill to anchor it by trapping in the side.Or get a piano sping or a spring from the top of a ball point pen and trap it under the wood lever sorted. You can also make quite a passable spring out of wire (paper clip) instructions on line rather than explain but shape it round the ball point pen you just broke.

[Kimric Smythe]

The loop of spring on a safety pin works fine in a pinch, they come in a lot of sizes, you can mod them with needle nose pliers to fit.