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 !

 

[PigSquealer]

Just a average week..

 

[PigSquealer]

The fun was making a 5mm round with a 3mm hole.

It took a couple attempts. The 3mm plugs come in handy too.

 

[PigSquealer]

Happy Monday !
Small details add up…

To going out the door.

Case closed. See you at the Grammys.

 

[PigSquealer]

Happy Friday !
Anyone care to guess what caused this pattern on these pads ? This is @Tuppertn Kolhert 57 tenor.

Dug doesn’t care for the smell too.

 

[lig]

😳

 

[PigSquealer]

More clues to view.

 

[Tonehole]

Smoker or smoky llounge playing for 40 years?

 

[lig]

Chaw?

 

[PigSquealer]

Smoker or smoky llounge playing for 40 years?

Nope !

 

[Tuppertn]

Smoker or smoky lounge playing for 40 years?

But that's exactly what I thought too when I saw it in person.

When I looked at the pics of this horn online before I bought it I actually thought it had brown nylon resonators.

 

[PigSquealer]

Smoker or smoky llounge playing for 40 years?

Look at the dark areas. It’s constantly inside the tone hole impression.

 

[LostCircuits]

Master!

 

[Tonehole]

Melted resonators?

 

[skeller047]

Reportedly Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson used to submerge his horn in a bathtub full of water prior to going on stage, to cure leaks. Maybe something similar here?

 

[PigSquealer]

Believe me this is nothing I’ve come across before. It appears some tech with patience of steel removed the keys after seating. Then coated the inside areas with paraffin wax. Overall the tech was skilled at the craft. Very through with skill & finesse. This horn has been treated with respect and TLC.

 

[skeller047]

OIC. Sort of a natural resonator. Interesting idea. Not sure I would do that…

 

[PigSquealer]

OIC. Sort of a natural resonator. Interesting idea. Not sure I would do that…

Waterproofing too.

 

[Tonehole]

Shouldn't I get a free overhaul for guessing melted resonators?

 

[PigSquealer]

Shouldn't I get a free overhaul for guessing melted resonators?

How about an overhaul kit for your neck cork ?

 

[PigSquealer]

Believe me this is nothing I’ve come across before. It appears some tech with patience of steel removed the keys after seating. Then coated the inside areas with paraffin wax. Overall the tech was skilled at the craft. Very through with skill & finesse. This horn has been treated with respect and TLC.
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For those whom don’t understand the visual of pictures. There has been a heavy layer of paraffin wax applied to the pad surface. I scraped the surface with a tool. The second picture shows wax shavings.