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Originally Posted by Vulgano Brother  After trying penetrating oil and all that stuff (including imersing the instrument in water [in the bathtub {after removing the felts}]) you can try the following:
Using a dowel (big, but small enough to fit in the valve casing--chopsticks are too narrow) and a hammer, you can try to gently tap the valve out through the bottom. For lapping, Lava soap seems a favorite for us DYI trumpet mutilators.
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Thanks!
The felts (quotes don't seem to work - is it Firefox?) seem to be made of plastic - is this a new trend?
And about the Lava soap - how do I use it? Dampen the bar and rub the valve in it, make up a soupy solution and flood the valve and try and working the piston in? Or something obvious to everyone else?
The highest use of the instrument would have been to return it to the importer to make him eat the loss, I think. It's a shame it's so blasted pretty. (Pretty, not beautiful - for beautiful it has to work.)
Jude