Gentlemen, pardon my ignorance, but who is Nederveen? Does he have a must read book? Thanks! -Jeff www.hornimprovement.com Quality Instruments and Repairs ...
Hello! Please, prompt a good way of removal mother-of-pearl or plastic buttons from cups. Otherwise I'm afraid to hurt them at repad. (Soprano sax) Thanks, ...
Pearl buttons are held in place by the metal rim of the cup being pressed in place around the pearl. Generally they cannot be removed without breaking them. ...
Jeff: It's required reading on the subject of saxophone acoustics. You can get it from Amazon. ... From: Horn Improvement [mailto:hornimprovement@...] ...
I use a heat gun rather than an open flame. Much less pearl and lacquer damage. I recently acquired a small Benz-O-Matic butane torch that allows me to very...
Folks can you help out by not quoting the whole digest when you reply? Trim it back to what is needed to provide the thread relationship and change the subject...
Sergei, I agree with Paul. Removing pearls without destroying them ... silver soldering a 1/4"x6" brass rod to the back of a discarded flute pad cup. It works...
I've got a Super 20 tenor on my bench with a bad bend on the G key. I got the key straight and aligned everywhere EXCEPT the point where the key rib attaches...
For those interested in the art of engraving, my friend Jason Dumars has set up a discussion forum located at http://forum.dumarsengraving.com/ COMING SOON!...
Hi, I just started on overhauling a sax and now on putting back the springs. now my question is on spring tension. Would you want to bend the spring on an ...
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You want as gentle a curve as possible to put the tension on the metal equally. Any angle is a weak spot and the spring will tend to break there. Toby ... ...
I think a good tip is to NOT heat the end of the spring before you flare it: this softens the metal and causes premature breakage. COMING SOON! OUR NEW ONLINE...
Hi all, Does anyone have a good trick for removing play between the post and the slotted portion of a hinge rod? This is most important on the short hinge...
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MessageI can't agree more. I don't know why people started heating the ends of springs. It's not too hard to peen them without heating. Curt Altarac ...
MessageThanks Steve, My concern is the finish. I hate to do that kind of cosmetic damage for such a little but of play. I'm have had some luck oversizing...
I've got a horn with badly discolored pearls. I've tried both white and green rouge, and still don't get the gloss I want. Any suggestions? COMING SOON! OUR...
... I've done this very thing to get a replacement post from a donor horn to fit. Just the other day JB Weld saved the day by filling in a gash on one of...
Polishing PearlsMOP is calcium carbonate, so you might try acetic acid. That will dissolve it--be warned--so better to try it on a piece of pearl that you...
Speaking of pearls, one of my Martin sopranos has a large chip missing from one of the pearls which is a bit irritating. These are held in place by a bevelled...
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