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]

Dug after looking for parts in the wild.

 

[kamak]

Never touch the stuff. Cranberry Wensleydale only.

What about truffles?

 

[Tuppertn]

Dug after looking for parts in the wild.

 

[turf3]

Dug after looking for parts in the wild.
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So, Dr. MacTavish, what kind of dog is he?

Aye, he's a wee broon dug.

 

[PigSquealer]

@Tuppertn Dug was named after Dug from that movie. 100% same character. He just showed up one day and decided to live here.
@turf3 18”, 16lbs wee broon indeed.

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

Looks to be part Chee-hua-hua (Les Nessman)

 

[PigSquealer]

Looks to be part Chee-hua-hua (Les Nessman)

Our best guess is Chi Wa Wah & Mini Pincher. He’s more solid than most small breeds.

Had to lookup Les 🤣

 

[PigSquealer]

The difference. I’ll let the reader decide 😘
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The difference in use. I’m liking the new DIY with the softer amber hue. It’s much easier on my eyes.

This is the bright white that came from Amazon.

 

[mizmar]

softer amber hue

With technology being what it is, you'd think they'd have a leak light that could connect to a smart watch and change hue with how frustrated you feel.

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

Our best guess is Chi Wa Wah & Mini Pincher. He’s more solid than most small breeds.
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Had to lookup Les 🤣
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Very bad quality but you'll get the reference...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRj0aTZY0JE

 

[PigSquealer]

Bent wire guards are a common repair. All can be straightened. With a little skill and luck nothing will detach or come loose.

That EBay picture looking like this…

….shows up looking like this ! Bent wire guard is way different than ironing out a bow dent. One with a wrinkle to boot.

Depending on the maker. Check for loose or leaky sockets along the way.

 

[LostCircuits]

Bent wire guards are a common repair. All can be straightened. With a little skill and luck nothing will detach or come loose.
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That EBay picture looking like this…
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….shows up looking like this ! Bent wire guard is way different than ironing out a bow dent. One with a wrinkle to boot.
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Depending on the maker. Check for loose or leaky sockets along the way.
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Some of them are ugly and some of them are uglier. And the cracked chimney joints can be a real pain to fix, best to go from the inside. Since there is no structural load, any soft solder will usually work for those cracks (crax)

 

[PigSquealer]

Tools used for the cosmetic surgery.

A new workbench helper. Almost a third hand.

Nothing gets hit directly with a metal tool or without being backed up.

Getting 1-1/2 ball threaded onto dent bar is fun.

Work in progress. I still need to chase down some high spots. Like the area by bow guard point and diamond plate.
To this point I’ve only used the dent ball with rebounding from the big urethane hammer. Some hand massaging.

 

[PigSquealer]

With my dent balls removed from sax with great satisfaction. I get the wire work done quickly. Not one bit detached or loose. A few I may touch up when I solder the leaking socket.

The square steel hammer was use as backup. This while Mr Rawhide mallet offered a smart attitude adjustment.

A light final straightening in some areas with the parallel pliers.

Yeah, I’m happy with my two hours of work.

 

[LostCircuits]

With my dent balls removed from sax with great satisfaction. I get the wire work done quickly. Not one bit detached or loose. A few I may touch up when it solder the leaking socket.
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The square steel hammer was use as backup. This while Mr Rawhide mallet offered a smart attitude adjustment.
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A light final straightening in some areas with the parallel pliers.
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Yeah, I’m happy with my two hours of work.
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Nice job! These things are a PITA, especially when the feet are coming off the horn or the wires come off the feet...

 

[kamak]

With my dent balls removed from sax with great satisfaction. I get the wire work done quickly. Not one bit detached or loose. A few I may touch up when I solder the leaking socket.
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The square steel hammer was use as backup. This while Mr Rawhide mallet offered a smart attitude adjustment.
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A light final straightening in some areas with the parallel pliers.
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Yeah, I’m happy with my two hours of work.
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Amazing work there! Looks 99.999999% as good as new.

 

[PigSquealer]

My tools come from around the globe.

Made in England ⬆️

Some use stickers for COO. I don’t count on them lasting much longer than the sticker. Buy accordingly. Good tools never disappoint.

 

[Tuppertn]

Back in April I sent Sir Squealsalot a Comm2 tenor for overhaul. This is one that starts at post #580. I've had it back for almost a month now. I had a really fun practice session with the Comm2 this morning and finally got something I don't mind posting as a sound sample.

The work he did is excellent. Sir Pig is pretty picky pig and had some concerns, but I'm not really getting any of it. The horn feels and sounds great to me.

What really surprises me about the CommII is how versatile it is. So...1940, I'm thinking dark and smooth, fat bottom, smoky tone. And it does that really, really well. We even went with plain rivet pads to preserve the originality. It's crazy but it just eats up air and spits out a really great sound. The low end really pops with very little effort. I don't think I've ever played a horn with such resonance down there.

So here's me pretending to be Joshua Redman on a 1940 Martin CommII with a GS Slant 7, FL ligature and Hartmann Carbon Onyx M. I never get a perfect take, but I'll call this one about 90%.

Faith

The solo goes off the rails pretty quickly so I faded it out before it got too annoying. The tuning is tolerable to my ears...for most of it anyway. I ran out of air just as I was getting into the LH palm keys. I'd be curious to see what your tuning checker app thingy has to say.

 

[PigSquealer]

Sounds like a Martin 🥰 That’s some good playing in a short time having it. I was challenged to keep the horn centered in tune. Kept wanting to go flat on me. I’m really interested in what other members are hearing too.
The tuner shows 93% in tune +/- 5¢ , 32% of that 100% in tune. What this doesn’t show is how long the note was played. That’s on another chart. So what appears in orange or red could be 1/2 second where green could be 10 seconds. Down at bottom settings is where the best live information comes from. The analysis mode. Playing to achieve keeping centered on line.

 

[kamak]

Back in April I sent Sir Squealsalot a Comm2 tenor for overhaul. This is one that starts at post #580. I've had it back for almost a month now. I had a really fun practice session with the Comm2 this morning and finally got something I don't mind posting as a sound sample.

The work he did is excellent. Sir Pig is pretty picky pig and had some concerns, but I'm not really getting any of it. The horn feels and sounds great to me.

What really surprises me about the CommII is how versatile it is. So...1940, I'm thinking dark and smooth, fat bottom, smoky tone. And it does that really, really well. We even went with plain rivet pads to preserve the originality. It's crazy but it just eats up air and spits out a really great sound. The low end really pops with very little effort. I don't think I've ever played a horn with such resonance down there.

So here's me pretending to be Joshua Redman on a 1940 Martin CommII with a GS Slant 7, FL ligature and Hartmann Carbon Onyx M. I never get a perfect take, but I'll call this one about 90%.

Faith

The solo goes off the rails pretty quickly so I faded it out before it got too annoying. The tuning is tolerable to my ears...for most of it anyway. I ran out of air just as I was getting into the LH palm keys. I'd be curious to see what your tuning checker app thingy has to say.

Wow that sounds great! Nice work.