Various parts
A common question is how to get spare parts for a 100-year-old instrument. There are companies that manufacture vital new parts like magnets
Here are a few examples.
Here are a few examples.

In the main chest it's clearly written "STOCKHOLM STYLE E" with a blue text.
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One chest, the 7 note Diapason, was missing. Due to a stroke of luck such a chest happened to be available in England .
It was donated to us, courtesy of Mr. John Abson.
The original installation (Gaumont New Cross) was in a cinema close to a busy railway station which was quite obvious when the chest was taken apart. A smell of coal and oil was still present.
It was donated to us, courtesy of Mr. John Abson.
The original installation (Gaumont New Cross) was in a cinema close to a busy railway station which was quite obvious when the chest was taken apart. A smell of coal and oil was still present.

After cleaning and releathering it looks like new.
Pictures below can be enlarged by clicking. There were many magnet caps with broken dags. All of them were repaired using the method described here. This particular magnet is part of the swell shade action.

After disassembly, cleaning, releathering and new gaskets the result can be like this.
This is a combined Trumpet and String chest.
This is a combined Trumpet and String chest.
Page updated January 23, 2021