Halfers
Finger Flapper
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I had a bit of an accident with my Sax a couple of weeks back where something fell onto the Sax stand, knocking it and the Yam over and onto the side of the sofa. This resulted in a serious kink in the Octave Key rod and a misplaced key or two!
I'm lucky enough to live within a 30 minute drive ( through some glorious countryside) from @Stephen Howard's workshop, so after a couple of emails I was booked in for early the following week.
I was expecting to drop the Sax off and pick it up later in the week but Steve got to work on it there and then, bending and straightening bits of metal, replacing the Octave Key screw and undertaking some other fettling, which meant I was able to take her back home a couple of hours later sounding as good as ever.
The good thing about taking the Sax to Steve is he always has a toot after the work is done and it confirms to me that if the input is quality the output is quality and it puts me off any delusions of GAS!! Don't tell him, but I always go away thinking I've got the much better part of the deal as he does all the work while a very minor part of the World is put to right, I pay him a modest fee and I take away a finely worked instrument!!
Anyway, just to say I appreciate the work Steve. The Sax sounds great and a sample of something Scottish, Single and Malt based will be tucked away for next time!
I'm lucky enough to live within a 30 minute drive ( through some glorious countryside) from @Stephen Howard's workshop, so after a couple of emails I was booked in for early the following week.
I was expecting to drop the Sax off and pick it up later in the week but Steve got to work on it there and then, bending and straightening bits of metal, replacing the Octave Key screw and undertaking some other fettling, which meant I was able to take her back home a couple of hours later sounding as good as ever.
The good thing about taking the Sax to Steve is he always has a toot after the work is done and it confirms to me that if the input is quality the output is quality and it puts me off any delusions of GAS!! Don't tell him, but I always go away thinking I've got the much better part of the deal as he does all the work while a very minor part of the World is put to right, I pay him a modest fee and I take away a finely worked instrument!!
Anyway, just to say I appreciate the work Steve. The Sax sounds great and a sample of something Scottish, Single and Malt based will be tucked away for next time!