Broken Biz key on a Selmer MIV Tenor...
Hiya everybody.
I purchased a MVI Tenor in 1995. I got it for a great price, and it's a sweet horn. BUT (and that's a big but...) the B/biz key was wonky. In the respect that the horn had been repaired improperly once. The pad cup had been structurally damaged, (melted a little by poor soldering) and the biz key was rather precarious. It finally broke right off. I attempted to replace the pad cup/biz assembly, but MVI tenor parts are in extremely short supply where I live. I also wanted to keep the horn as original as possible. My question: Has anyone else had a similar problem , and if so , what did you do to correct it? I was considering having my sax repairman remove that one pad cup, and bringing it to a jeweler who is skilled in brasswork, to have them repair the cup, and recast the small brass piece which holds the biz pearl on. Then they could just resolder the pearl onto the pad cup, using brass solder. Anyone else have any suggestions, or a reason that the above plan wouldn't work?
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