Beautiful new Armellini with one small problem...

[mattia76]

Hey guys,
Just picked up a sweet new Armellini that looks like a dream come true.
But the draw is terrible: like a P-lip, but without those benefits.

I've determined that the problem is in the stem. It's a full-bent, almost Oom Paul with a stem that I'm pretty sure is vulcanite.
I was thinking about having it sent away to open up the draw.

1. What do you know about Armellini's?

2. Can anything be done about the stem?

 

[Anonymous]

George Dibos ("LL" here) is expert at this.

http://precisionpiperepair.com/

:face:

 

[Troll]

Could be when the stem was being bent the inside draft hole became distorted. Difficult for a non professional to repair.

 

[Sasquatch]

I would be surprised if it was vulcanite... if it is, you could boil it, unbend it, run a pipe cleaner or two up into it and try to open it up and re-bend it.

But a professional fix would be easier, and wouldn't cost much, I think.

 

[Winslow]

If it is a used pipe,sometimes there may be a bit of solidified gunk in the
stem that you can remove with soaking in alcohol and bristle pipe cleaners.

Winslow :sunny:

 

[Richard Hester]

Hello
If you know there is nothing like gunk that has stopped the air hole then I would use a heat gun, after placing a pipe cleaner through the stem heat it just enough to bend it where you think it is the troubled spot then run it under cool water