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]

Ah, I see. I actually do something different; I just number 'em, 1,2 3,4, etc. then I have the paper with sizes for each key cup - this way I don't get wrapped around the axle of "what's the NAME of that key?" Of course, normally it's extremely clear which pad fits which cup, but sometimes there are a couple that are close. But I do like the idea of just writing the actual pad dimension you ordered, in the cup for which you ordered it. Next time I may just do that, and eliminate the piece of paper. (I do pad replacements infrequently, like maybe every couple of years, and a complete re-pad maybe every 10 years, so I don't have a pad inventory.)

I know what the name of every part is. So should every player. The reason for post #1,169- 1,171.
Parents spend 8 years on lessons and the player can’t name more than five parts. Neck, body, mouthpiece and case.
I had a second year college student majoring in music on sax. He sent me a picture with G# key circled. “My professor stuck a lightbulb in and says this thingy has a ? Leak??”. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️


I record the sizes for the customer and my personal data. If I don’t have in stock I know what to order.
It’s not the easiest to measure an assembled horn should one be damaged during its lifetime.
B @ 33-34, the cup needed additional rounding for best fit.

The key position marking was for my backup picture. Not all the flat springs are the same. Whatever this photo record shows is the way they came off.

 

[PigSquealer]

@Stephen Howard would you bend a 1.5mm /.058 spring 45° in a pillar ? Below 1mm is no problem. It just seems like that would be a bit rough on the pillar hole ?

Fancy drill motor at work. .033 too loose. No .034 the .035 measured .0355 and too tight. Hole at .035 was light press fit.🤦‍♂️

 

[PigSquealer]

All done with springs. They are nice and sharp too. Don’t ask me how I know 🩹.
Action touches set at 56 grams /2oz +/-. Very quick reaction like it should be.