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Tech/maintenance 1923 Elkhart Band Instrument Company Alto Adventures

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Tech/maintenance Sticky octave pip

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Tech/maintenance Baritone water drainage.

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Tech/maintenance New right thumb hook -- bare brass or silver plate?

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Tech/maintenance Conn 22m Tenor sax c# key question

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Tech/maintenance higher octave tones unreliable and difficult to hold and shifting to the lower - a real puzzle.

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Tech/maintenance Selmer Mark VI pants guard

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Tech/maintenance Repair threads and links by PigSquealer

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Tech/maintenance Mouthpiece and saxophone tuning mismatch

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Tech/maintenance Tuning low D on Tenor

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Tech/maintenance What else can I adjust to fix the low notes on my tenor?

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Tech/maintenance Another Conn repair video...

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Tech/maintenance lacquer repair on a Conn Naked Lady

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Tech/maintenance C# / Bb key linkage intermittent issue

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