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I have just embarked on a rebuild overhaul of one of my old alto saxes I have acquired from eBay in the past, it's a KING by H N WHITE and after doing some lacquer removal on the Bell a name has now appeared which might be Cleveland but it isn't all there it has been shortened Clev,d and under that there is an O or D
The bell to body brace has been badly knocked into the body and there are various dents and pillars knocked in also plus a number of the wire key guards have been damaged "twisted out of shape" and knocked into the body here and there.
So far I have removed all the keys they came off quite easily with non of the rods seized or rusted in any way and also the rollers were free running too so all in all not bad condition apart from the dents mentioned earlier, I have removed the wire guards,thinking they will be easier to straighten off the sax rather than on it and also the dents where they fit to the body should be easier to sort with them off, I used a pencil torch to remove these,
Now I intend to dismantle the three sections to get better access to repair the various dents as I don't have any of the special tools that I know are available but a bit expensive for a one off.One of the things I would like to know is,is it better to use a larger torch when heating to separate these parts " I do have a plumbers gas torch "and is the connecting ring a separate entity or connected to one of the other parts, is it best to mark the parts in some way to insure correct alignment when putting back together and what's the best way to do this.
I will be most grateful for any advise offered by our technician members, thanks in anticipation ......John
The bell to body brace has been badly knocked into the body and there are various dents and pillars knocked in also plus a number of the wire key guards have been damaged "twisted out of shape" and knocked into the body here and there.
So far I have removed all the keys they came off quite easily with non of the rods seized or rusted in any way and also the rollers were free running too so all in all not bad condition apart from the dents mentioned earlier, I have removed the wire guards,thinking they will be easier to straighten off the sax rather than on it and also the dents where they fit to the body should be easier to sort with them off, I used a pencil torch to remove these,
Now I intend to dismantle the three sections to get better access to repair the various dents as I don't have any of the special tools that I know are available but a bit expensive for a one off.One of the things I would like to know is,is it better to use a larger torch when heating to separate these parts " I do have a plumbers gas torch "and is the connecting ring a separate entity or connected to one of the other parts, is it best to mark the parts in some way to insure correct alignment when putting back together and what's the best way to do this.
I will be most grateful for any advise offered by our technician members, thanks in anticipation ......John
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