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 !

 

[thomsax]

I have never seen a Martin Committee or a The Martin with an original brace. I think the last Martin model with neck brace was Martin Handcraft Standard. They also had the Imperial Eb vent. Neck brace and Eb vent was dropped on Martin Handcraft Special.

 

[Tuppertn]

By "flat, flush-style brace" I mean the kind that sits flush with the lesser curve of the neck like on the Comm I instead of spanning the gap like on the Imperial. I still think of that as a neck brace.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Isn't it a move in wrestling too?

 

[mark_addy]

Isn't it a move in wrestling too?

Fun fact - 'Giant Haystacks' was from these parts; he was apparently a friend of my mate's landlord, because he lived temporarily in their spare room for a bit causing some surprise when my mate came home from work.

 

[thomsax]

By "flat, flush-style brace" I mean the kind that sits flush with the lesser curve of the neck like on the Comm I instead of spanning the gap like on the Imperial. I still think of that as a neck brace.

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This is a not easy.

On the Committee necks there is maybe more a truss (förstärkning/amering, ) to protect the soldered seam?
Brace in Swedish is stöd, sträva, avstyvning, used for heavier constructions?

The brace on a HC Imperial neck is maybe more a to protect the solded seam? Martin HC and The Martin are known for thier strong necks.
The brace/truss on a HC Imperial, HC Standard sax is more to avoid up- or down bending?

I understand the diffence between diffent types of braces on Martin saxophone necks.

Picture from saxorg.