Someone has given me an otherwise rather nice selmer mp with a, or what looks to be, chrome finish. Nice thing, with a rather good built-in "clamp" lig.
However, it's not been especially well looked after, and the chrome bed on which the reed rests has bubbled up somewhat, I suspect as a result of it being stored with a wet reed on.
I'm tempted to just rub it down with a large fine sharpening stone I have, using which it should be possible to keep the bed flat and square. I appreciate that this will mean the thing will probably rust, but I can live with cleaning and drying it after each use, and storing it in a box with some silica gel.
Am I missing something - is there a better way?
However, it's not been especially well looked after, and the chrome bed on which the reed rests has bubbled up somewhat, I suspect as a result of it being stored with a wet reed on.
I'm tempted to just rub it down with a large fine sharpening stone I have, using which it should be possible to keep the bed flat and square. I appreciate that this will mean the thing will probably rust, but I can live with cleaning and drying it after each use, and storing it in a box with some silica gel.
Am I missing something - is there a better way?