Saxophones Pork Tales: Saxophone Repair DIY Adventures.

Life around the barn.

Tales from a pig that likes to stick his nose into everything.

Paint that S. How difficult could it be ?

1) Search the net.
2) Find the color.
3) Order color.
4) Study task on University of YouTube, aka; For destruction by DYI presented by pro tech.

Do the cleaning & prep.

Paint and cleanup / detail the edges with hard cotton swabs. Sounds easy……

Yeah tha guy Matt makes it look easy.
Anyone remember your first experience cooking bacon crispy while still in the frying pan !

 

[Woodpad]

Yes.
Two octave key pads. Body & neck 1ea.
Has traits of F.X. Hüller / Hammerchmidt. Dates to 1941-45. No orgin markings. Plays & sounds like a Martin.

I have seen rollers on octave pips in a Hammerschmidt, only they use mother of pearl rollers and have three octave pips. Hammerschmidt also has a horse shaped part in the octave mech, not with a 3mm rod but with a 2 mm rod. The other saxophone with this horse shaped part is the Olds super. It is possible to read vertical letters OLDS on the bell in your pictures.

 

[PigSquealer]

Yes this is a F E Olds Supra from Los Angeles Vin. Four digits. 1941-45 build.

Our History – F.E. Olds

feolds.com

Find other examples on Bassic Sax under American Makes.
The stamp can be seen under the bell lip in posted picture.
Who made these I still question. Big mix of features.
The roller is brass.

 

[PigSquealer]

I am familiar with the octave design. I had a Klingson tenor overhaul not to long ago. #061
Bakelite roller.

 

[PigSquealer]

…. has a horse shaped part in the octave mech, not with a 3mm rod but with a 2 mm rod.

Removed nugget is slightly distorted. Measure is 2.81-2.95mm rod.

 

[Ghr9204]

I am familiar with the octave design. I had a Klingson tenor overhaul not to long ago. #061
Bakelite roller.
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Wow, that is a nice clean-up, from pigsty to sow's ear.

Does each work over a certain dollar value come with a complimentary souvenir piglet?

 

[Vlad]

I am familiar with the octave design. I had a Klingson tenor overhaul not to long ago. #061
Bakelite roller.
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Nice , Never knew that the Klingons played sax.. 🙂

 

[Ghr9204]

Nice , Never knew that the Klingons played sax.. 🙂

I'd like to try their sax. When I play cloaked jazz, my Vito tenor is stealthy enough that I think it is a Romulan stencil.

But I definitely avoid Borg stencils, something about becoming a part of their collective; and Vulcan stencils, one starts mind melding, etc.

 

[thomsax]

I have seen rollers on octave pips in a Hammerschmidt, only they use mother of pearl rollers and have three octave pips. Hammerschmidt also has a horse shaped part in the octave mech, not with a 3mm rod but with a 2 mm rod. The other saxophone with this horse shaped part is the Olds super. It is possible to read vertical letters OLDS on the bell in your pictures.

I have a Hammerschmidt "Klingsor" tenor, c 1956, with three octave vents (two on the body) and other some other trill keys.

 

[Woodpad]

Removed nugget is slightly distorted. Measure is 2.81-2.95mm rod.
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The other rod was 1.95 mm.

 

[PigSquealer]

Friday afternoon posting.

 

[Ghr9204]

Your 1st photo, @PigSquealer , I couldn't help but notice the joint knurling around the collar fitted around that joint, the workmanship and detailing on these saxes were fantastic!

Again, 1st class work on that threaded insert.

 

[PigSquealer]

After I shaped the part and it cut off. The foot i hollowed with a Dremel mounted small ball.

Post #50 pictures show a French 3-.60 thread. The part hole was tapped to match the others @ 3-.60.
Don’t have any screws in brass so…

Not much to work with. Stock brass screw or bar stock . Will try this first.

Cut the head lower some.

Even with an correct screwdriver. I cammed out of the slot.

 

[PigSquealer]

Usable part !
!

 

[PigSquealer]

The lacquer was very heat sensitive. The soldering was done with pads in place. I just covered them with wrinkled foil.

 

[PigSquealer]

For those who need to know;
I didn’t remove the part at top off. This Couesnon fell off a wall onto a sofa. Removing the part was unnecessary as it was already off.
The one bit was already missing.

 

[PigSquealer]

Yeah, I can iron that out and make a new body to bell brace

 

[PigSquealer]

1945-46 Pan American tenor.

First task was extracting a knackered pivot screw.

Had to pick the threads via the set screw hole with an X-acto knife.

 

[PigSquealer]

Customer requested minimum work as play condition bar horn. Ignore the small stuff
A well accomplished pro that will blow this thing hard !

 

[Ghr9204]

That Pan American certainly has it's work cut out for you, @PigSquealer . Mebbe I read it wrong, but seems a bit ironic, "While at it, just bring it back to playing order!". I see how the dents have altered the pad holes.

Otherwise, very nice back then that they had many manufacturers of saxophones in US.

 

[PigSquealer]

The Pan American was Conn’s lesser line product. 1920’s to 1955 +/-. After 1955 the product became the “Director”. Aka 14m & 16m Shooting Stars. The PA body is very close or possibly the same as a 10m.