Who's a member of any of the various repair organizations and why? What benefits are you getting? "The Music Business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a...
... I'm a member of Napbirt, have been since 1978. The benefits I get, particularly as an independent technician since 1985, is the ability to open repair...
Heck, you can get all that without having to pay the rather high dues (is it $90 per year now? - That will buy a lot of resources and catalogs!). ... From:...
I agree, Lars. You don't need to be a NAPBIRT member to buy parts or get catalogs. I bought parts and got catalogs for years before I became a member of...
MessageI agree whole heartedly with you Steve, especially on the number of really great people who belong. I have been on their "Black List" for so many years,...
Lars: I agree that the concept is a good one, but their execution is beyond poor, IMHO. My take is they only wish to serve the interests of a few, rather than ...
Hi All - I saw an interesting horn at a shop that sells mostly guitar stuff earlier today but I don't know what it is. No name on it. It's an older alto,...
Since the LA Sax company has been kind enough to provide me with a bunch of horns to experiment on, I thought I'd pass along this finding: If you put a rough...
... [snip] I haven't tried that, but a concern I would have would be how that looks on saxes with colored lacquer? Wouldn't that leave exposed brass instead...
... Funny, one would think that it would be the opposite. The conventional wisdom is that you want the bore smooth so that the air molecules don't get slowed...
We have pretty much discontinued the color lacquer, although it is available in any finish you want by special order. Our current and future horns will ...
Think of a pebbled golf ball surface..... ... From: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Toby Sent: Monday,...
So far, I've just put a rough finish on the surface. I've been thinking about grooves, but don't have that many taps! ... From: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com...
What is conventional laquer? ... From: STEVE GOODSON To: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 8:22 AM Subject: RE: [SaxophoneRepair]...
_____ From: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Heraty Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:10 AM To:...
I take it you've actually tried it yourself? If not, why the comment? ... From: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com] On...
one could apply the 100 grit emery paper in a direction parallel to the axis of the chimney, or perpendicular, or intentionally randomized mix, or ......
Before everyone starts putting grooves in bores or tone hole chimneys, you might be interested to know that the vibrating column of air doesn't flow "along",...
... Just as a "friend of the court" I'd like to point out that voodoo in musical instruments isn't a bad thing. Quite the contrary, I use it all the time when...
I guess it's not a bad thing to call something Voodoo, at least from a local perspective. Another group I participate in is full of posters who decry and ...
Rifling falls into that voodoo camp, because it has very little to do with why rifling is valuable in a firearm - - i.e. a spinning bullet hits the target more...
necks ... From: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of morgan witthoft Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:38 AM To:...
Considering the way air moves in a horn I can't see how some small scratches in the tone hole chimneys, which are a very small part of the bore, could make...
Rifled and unrifled necks (if they are indistinguishable from the outside, and interchangeable on a mass-produced instrument) provide one of the very rare...
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