RobatBlueRock
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Having bought SH's clever book, and since I am still waiting for my Tenor... and NOT ALLOWED to play my wife's new BW Alto!
I thought I'd have a go at some remedial repair work on a Bently Sop I bought a few years ago. The black & gold guinea pig.
I initially took it down to Pete at Studiosaxophones (when I bought the Alto) and using his special light, he showed me all the leaks..... crikey! no wonder neither of us could get a thing out of it! However, I didn't really think it was going to be worth the repair costs, so with Pete's initial sugestions and using the Haynes Manual as my Bible, I set about doing the repairs/service myself... which included, re-seating some of the pads, replacing a spring, and generally tweaking the play out of all the linkages etc..
Well I still sound pretty crap, (although I understand the Sop is the hardest to get to sound nice anyway)... but it now plays all the notes and seems to be generally ok.... really chuffed!
Thanks SH for the manual which gave me the confidence to have a go. :welldone
A word of caution though. I am pretty 'handy'... so if you are not... then best leave it to the Pro's).
I thought I'd have a go at some remedial repair work on a Bently Sop I bought a few years ago. The black & gold guinea pig.
I initially took it down to Pete at Studiosaxophones (when I bought the Alto) and using his special light, he showed me all the leaks..... crikey! no wonder neither of us could get a thing out of it! However, I didn't really think it was going to be worth the repair costs, so with Pete's initial sugestions and using the Haynes Manual as my Bible, I set about doing the repairs/service myself... which included, re-seating some of the pads, replacing a spring, and generally tweaking the play out of all the linkages etc..
Well I still sound pretty crap, (although I understand the Sop is the hardest to get to sound nice anyway)... but it now plays all the notes and seems to be generally ok.... really chuffed!
Thanks SH for the manual which gave me the confidence to have a go. :welldone
A word of caution though. I am pretty 'handy'... so if you are not... then best leave it to the Pro's).