ARE VALVES HISTORY?
A couple of weeks ago, one of our reviewers wrote in to tell me that he’d heard from a well-known parts retailer that one of the few remaining factories that manufacture valves was possibly facing relocation to a new site by order of the Chinese government. If true, it’s hard to see how that wouldn’t affect the availability of the valves we all know and love, as there are surprisingly few factories left in the world. There’s one in Russia, Reflector Corp, a couple of makers in China, some specialist makers in
