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  1. gladsaxisme

    Tech/maintenance Musical Instrument Gold Laquer

    Simple question where can you buy the gold Laquer used on saxes. I have had no luck trying to find a supplier I even went to a local manufacturer ie HMG (H Marcel Guest ) and they were totally bemused by my request
  2. gladsaxisme

    Tech/maintenance Strip a Sax

    I have stripped a couple of saxes in the past and basically used very fine wet and dry and scotch bright cloths to do the job but it's a very slow laborious job I have tried a few well known chemical strippers but they seem to have little or no effect on the lacquer used on saxes. Can anyone...
  3. Frnic

    Tech/maintenance Swab gets stuck on this when cleaning - help?

    Uh, maybe a stupid question, but is that post supposed to be there in the throat? My swab gets caught on it every time I try to clean. This is my new YTS-62iii.
  4. 6

    Tech/maintenance Clean the Green!

    My Yamaha alto is only about 9 months old. I play it every day. Unless I forget, I always clean the neck, the mouthpiece and the body and put it in the case. Just now, I noticed a very thin line of green on the crook where it connects to the body. Is there a mild solvent I might use to clean...
  5. Veggie Dave

    Tech/maintenance Eeeeew - Feel A Bit Sick

    It dawned on me earlier today that in the month I've had my Keilwerth I've repeatedly cleaned everything except the crook. For some reason I forgot to do it. And now I feel a little sick that I've been playing an instrument that contained the gunk that I got out of the neck. It reminded me of...
  6. R

    Tech/maintenance Shiny copy paper, brasso, and a cheap saxophone.

    Not really a repair, but not sure where else to put this. Polished up my now broken in Tenor reeds on some copy paper. Reeds and paper are now shiny and smooth (did this with the Alto and it seemed to make them more consistent so... why not). Well worn student Tenor Saxophone with some red rust...
  7. K

    Tech/maintenance Nasty crud on silver sax

    At my college, everybody has to use the provided instruments, and they're all silver plated. I've taken apart my saxophone to clean and polish it, but there's hard stuff crusted all over it, and it refuses to come off. I've tried 15% vinegar, silver polish, and toothpaste, but it won't come off...
  8. E

    Tech/maintenance Cleaning advise

    Please help. Just bought a lovely 2nd hand Alto Sax which came from a smokers house, any suggestions how to clean away the smell of cigarettes?
  9. D

    Tech/maintenance cleaning silver plated sax

    Hi all I have a silver plated Hanson ST 8 and am wondering if anyone has any ideas as how to keep it clean and shining without too much bother, Dref
  10. Ivan

    Tech/maintenance Urine to remove limescale?

    Just reading @Stephen Howard 's article about removing limescale from mouthpieces using acid solutions and I was reminded of the time I stepped on a sea urchin on Crete. A local advised I should pee on my foot to dissolve the spines embedded therein The logic was that sea urchin spines are...
  11. nigeld

    Tech/maintenance Polish for removing tarnish from silver

    I am cleaning an old silver soprano sax, and some of the keys are covered in a crust of gunk. At first I thought that the silver was gone, but it seems to be there under the crud - I can gradually reduce the crust and see the silver by polishing quite hard with silver polish. Is there a faster...
  12. Jerome

    Tech/maintenance How to clean brushed silver or gold finishes?

    Yesterday I started cleaning my gold plated Buescher TT. It has the brushed / satin finish, so a bit raw surface that is not that easy to clean. I used a tooth brush with cleaning alcohol and some other solvents. While it does help a bit the body still is not completely clean. How do...
  13. saxyjt

    Tech/maintenance Ouch! Stingy needle springs...

    I just spend the last couple of days dis-assembling and cleaning a vintage horn that I want to get rid of, but I wanted to put it in its best shape before putting it on sale. And as always, I have been stinging myself repeatedly. I have tried to protect myself from those little monsters by...
  14. C

    Saxophones Cleaning my sax - am I over doing it?

    As a newbie to sax playing I'd appreciate any advice about cleaning and maintaining my alto sax. After every practice, whether a long or short session, I always do the following; Remove the reed, carefully dry and place in its holder, Remove the mouthpiece, clean and dry and put in case, Clean...

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