Learning Repairman

[bobbyz]

Hi everyone, I have wanted to be able to repair saxophones for a while. I started by taking apart a bundy saxophone and putting the mechanisms back in place. What should I do about further learning (DVD's, kits, etc.) Thanks

 

[griff136]

I would highly recommend Reg Thorpes complete woodwind repair manual for a start.

 

[jambo]

griff136 wrote:
I would highly recommend Reg Thorpes complete woodwind repair manual for a start.

Hi Griff

Having trouble finding this book

Could you provide a link?

Thanks

 

[Bobby G]

As a player, I'm self-taught, and have also learned a bit of repairing by tinkering around with things (fixing leaks and general adjustments like spring tensioning etc). My advice from this standpoint is to be firm yet gentle, don't overdo things, and remember where you started from when you are attempting things like screw adjustments, as unless you examine your horn quite carefully to see what effect you are having by, say, adjusting a certain screw you can fix one problem and cause another one somewhere else unexpected. On the other hand, I'd say don't be afraid to experiment, as you always have your local friendly repair man, hopefully.

Cheers, Bob

 

[therudest]

I have an Old B&S Sax for that =D I just try smth on it and then on my new shiny selmer =DDDDDD....right after I bought the Selmer I got all of the movin' parts from my old one and made a nice shower+repolishing for it =DDDDDD.... still it's really intresting to adjust different skrews and look at teh effect =D

 

[griff136]

I got my book whilst In my last year at college so I will find out and get back to you.

 

[phil_edwards]

Here you go... http://tinyurl.com/2wr7su


You can also download this (I have a copy on CD myself). It's quite old which I guess doesn't matter for some vintage instruments although there may be some better tools and techniques nowadays. A good read for an overview, I guess.

http://tinyurl.com/2j7kjr


regards, Phil

 

[Pete Thomas]

Or you can buy it from the link here:

http://www.petethomas.co.uk/saxophone-repairs.html

and a percentage goes to my charity fund.

 

[phil_edwards]

Pete Thomas wrote:
Or you can buy it from the link here:

http://www.petethomas.co.uk/saxophone-repairs.html

and a percentage goes to my charity fund.

Sorry Pete - I didn't see it there. A much better solution.

regards, Phil