My friends Mike Corrigan and Mark Farmer, of BAC Horndoctor of Kansas City, visited New Orleans this week with their mobile repair shop to do free repairs for...
Thank you Steve, good luck to Mike & Mark and You. Joe Petrof ... From: STEVE GOODSON <saxgourmet@...> To: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
my question is once again to the basics, if anyone has knowledge of a good web page or link to reed shaving. (paul) can you please share it with me, i am...
I have an excellent guide to reed adjustment which I will be glad to send to any member who requests it by emailing me OFF THE FORUM (so I can just insert and...
Reed adjustment... the reed section in The Art of Saxophone Playing by Larry Teal is excellent. Fine sandpaper, 400 grit, will work well. Also, there is a...
If you're using commercially produced reeds (i.e. you're not making them yourself from scratch) I would highly recommend the Reed Wizard which is available...
I've used Santy's Permanent Reed Rush and there is always one in my case. I also use a Vandoren reed resurfacer. It's amazing how many reeds don't have a flat...
I can also highly suggest Tom Ridenour's Reed Finishing System. This is not just some tools, but also an instructional tape. Tom shows how to test reeds,...
The first videos went up last night, more going up today. There's a link to the Marcel video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bzT2KgUwMHI More of our videos on...
That's an incredible story Steve !!! Thanks for bringing it to our attention. In my humble opinion, the generous & selfless help that Horn Doctors Mike & Mark...
thanks for your kind remarks. Mark and Mike didn't want any publicity for doing this. They just wanted to help out and had the resources to do it. They're...
You're still a good guy, Steve. Robert Hawkins STEVE GOODSON <saxgourmet@...> wrote: thanks for your kind remarks. Mark and Mike didn't want any publicity...
On one of the other forums a fellow "called Steve out" asking him what he did to help musicians after Katrina. And Steve answered, and it was considerable. I...
Steve, I agree with Paul's statement in that I didn't see anything that made it ". . . all about me. . .". I think that it was a great thing that Mark & Mike...
Please let's not go through all this yet again. This topic has been flogged well & truly on a number of forums over the last year or so & many of us are fed up...
they're on the TEMPORARY site http://eggyolk.impulseduction.com/orpheus/ all the tenors and the baritone.....your comments appreciated before we put them up on...
strange you should ask here....my lawyer knows _____ From: SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SaxophoneRepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean Everett ...
I've been experimenting with some angled rollers such as were used on the Couf Superba horns of days gone by. Does anybody have any thoughts on this? Having...
What is ideal diameter for a roller anyway? A larger roller than what we use now would make it easier to slide from the spatula to the roller. But then you...
if you make the roller in the shape of a cone, and angle the cut out on the spatula (low C and low Eb) you can do it using the same rods _____ From:...
That does seem like a nice idea. Do you think it would lock the player's pinky in only one postion though? Like, one player might like his pinky on the...
If your pinkie were to nestle into a small "V" that wouldn't necessarily be all bad; some manufacturers make side keys with tapered edges so you can better...
Business is having me spend lot of time in Jackson MS these days. Do any of you know where in the Jackson area is "the best place to take a leak", of the alto...
they're on the TEMPORARY site http://eggyolk.impulseduction.com/orpheus/ SOPRANOS ARE UP NOW!!! .....your comments appreciated before we put them up on...
What tools do you use to punch holes in the resonator and not make a mess of them? I'd like to try this! ... old glue ... Saxgourmet) ... centered. ... ...
I've got some punches that I believe I got a Harbor Freight. I punch them using a lead block as a back. A little remedial burnishing is sometimes needed. _____...
Hi everyone, I've just discovered an amazing material, really easy to find as well !!! I've been working this week on an older, intermediate model Perl flute;...
Hi all i am just starting to learn on my own does anyone have an old sax they no longer need for the purpose of learning how to take apart and put together...
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