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Today was my first day as a tech apprentice at my semi-local music shop. One of the first people to come in brought in a bass… |
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there's this guy i know who uses baby powder for sticky keys. is this okay for any type of horn? would it hurt my selmer ref… |
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I've been reading some of the sax repair posts, and thought I would add some information about a guard I just made. These pic… |
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Beuscher TT Curved Soprano 1925 need screws Replacement screws for side right B flat Pivot post...Where to get these? |
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Hey guy's! I'm a year and a half experienced tenor player, obviosly just experiencing the wonderful world of music and my fam… |
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My husband's father has a Martin Saxophone that needs restoration. Does anyone know of someone in Virginia (Hampton Roads are… |
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ON my school's Yamaha YBS-61 Bari, the spring in the octave key mechanism suddenly does not reach the spring receptor thing,… |
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I really messed up a soldering job Well, I broke a key on my 90 year old bari. Breaking the key wasn't the really bad thing. The bad thing I did was trying to s… |
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ON my school's Yamaha YBS-61 Bari, the spring in the octave key mechanism suddenly does not reach the spring receptor thing,… |
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I recently aquired a job as a repair tech apprentice at a semi-local music store. Things have been going well, then yesterday… |
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would anyone know of a source for an anvil -- looking for one that can be placed into a vise -- not free standing like a jewe… |
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My Bari has been buffed/re-lac'd 3 times and the tone in the upper register is much different then that of the Bari's of simi… |
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Genereally speaking, would relacquering raise or lower the value of a vintage horn? |
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i want to gold plate my selmer balanced action alto will this cover the engraving?or change the sound? |
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My C key is always sticking, I think it is because I press to hard. I got my C key replaced and like about 2 weeks later it s… |
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I have seen an add that you can pay to have your horn engraved. not custom engraved, but engraved with some flowers or leaf t… |
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Ridiculous Sax Gear Question (humor...) "Hey - I was wondering if anyone else notices a difference between using a $1 bill to make a pad unsticky and a $20 to do the… |
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I am bringing this up again because it is such an important subject. I responded acouple of days ago to this issue, I dont kn… |
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Does replating improve the Sound?The Knights Templar The Knight Templar already have our conclusions on this one but we would like to here others experiences. If done how does it… |
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Octave keypad failing or lost? BluTak to the rescue. Roll suitable sized ball of Blu Tak and plug in place of cork pad or o… |
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Soldering - or better yet, resoldering I just picked up a Holton Collegiate tenor that someone didn't solder very well. I've never done any kind of soldering on an… |
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Does anyone know of some sort of mini ozone machine that one could put in smelly cases to get rid of that "old horn smell"? I… |
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I live on Maui,a lovely place,but the only true tech fell in lust and moved to Montana.I am about to become the proud owner o… |
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I'm looking to have a modern Berg refaced, and I heard that David Spiegelthal does nice work for a great price. Has anyone he… |
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Mouthpiece refacers-- your experience. So who's the best mouthpiece tech out there these days? I have a bunch of pieces I'd like to try having opened up, but I've s… |
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