1) Verify that the valve bearing 'plates' have not become loose. The
plates are the round disks under the valve caps, and also the plates on
the other side of the valve casings that hold the bumpers for the linkage.
These plates contain the bears that align the rotors in the valve casing.
The plate
can better address
your situation.
Good luck.
Walt Lewis
--Original Message--
From: Ashley Grothe
Sender: horn-bounces+lewhorn9=yahoo@music.memphis.edu
To: Hornplayer net
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Subject: [Hornlist] Rotor Valves
Sent: Dec 12, 2008 1:17 PM
I have a slight problem with
'Grinding noise', huh? I'd stop right there and not play it anymore until
fixed - I would be afraid of some real damage if there is a grinding noise
going on. Perhaps you are in a small town, or rural, so do not have many
repair options. But if I were you, I would start planning a trip to a good
I have a slight problem with my rotor valves...My second valve has a clicking
noise and has had it for a while. I am not too concerned about it so I have
just left it alone. However, as of late my first, third, and trigger have been
slow and sticky. My third valve makes like a grinding noise wh
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