Tech/maintenance SHWoodwind Updates

[Jeanette]

Parents

Oops! 🙂

Jx

 

[Stephen Howard]

Parents

Oops! 🙂

Jx

I used oopps. It's the same as oops...just a bit quieter.

 

[Jeanette]

Update: This page first appeared as a simple web page all on its own as a follow up to a post made in Alt.Music.Saxophone

Missing a in red

Jx

 

[Jeanette]

I'm enjoying reading these notes 🙂

Was the fight or fright intentional?

Jx

 

[kevgermany]

In offateandsaxophones "Mrs.Bach" and "Mrs.Dorman"

 

[Stephen Howard]

Update: This page first appeared as a simple web page all on its own as a follow up to a post made in Alt.Music.Saxophone

Good catch! That was one of the very first articles I wrote. You only get half a point though, because the typo is an s following post. 😛

And yeah, fight or fright is intentional. I think it better captures what happens when a wasp suddenly appears in front of your nose.

 

[Stephen Howard]

In offateandsaxophones "Mrs.Bach" and "Mrs.Dorman"

Good calls - cheers! And that's another long-standing article.

 

[kevgermany]

The refugee's violin "voilin"

 

[Stephen Howard]

The refugee's violin "voilin"

Another good catch...though I'm tempted say it's only a violin (meh).

Found another a little way down - guest's faces.

And - llitle stunt.

 

[vries1]

Haynes - The Inside Story

Venezuala

 

[Stephen Howard]

Haynes - The Inside Story

Venezuala

Nice one!

 

[vries1]

Under "What's hot" (in the column with links on the left-hand side):

• Haynes SaxophoneManual

 

[vries1]

Coming back to the Stripper story - here's a blog from a chap who likes to restore vintage Martin saxes. He claims that the lacquer used on those horns comes off well using just boiling water! (Not sure it works on more modern lacquers, though). Stuff Sax: 1939 Martin Handcraft Tenor Rebuild

 

[Stephen Howard]

Coming back to the Stripper story - here's a blog from a chap who likes to restore vintage Martin saxes. He claims that the lacquer used on those horns comes off well using just boiling water! (Not sure it works on more modern lacquers, though). Stuff Sax: 1939 Martin Handcraft Tenor Rebuild

Boiling water will remove cellulose lacquers (or whatever it was they used back in the day), but won't have any effect on acrylic or epoxy lacquers. In fact you can even get away with resoldering a joint on some modern lacquers without burning them...if you're careful and a bit lucky.
I tried heating the lacquer on the sop, but it wouldn't budge.

The Power Strip did a very nice job - and with just one application too. I think what helped is that it turns out the horn isn't silverplated...but nickel plated. It's mostly intact too.

Cheers for the menu typo spot!

 

[kevgermany]

On the paint stripper - I used Cilit Bang on my mother's cooker. Did a good job of softening the paint. It's since semi dried/reverted to ok, but would have come off with a scrubbing brush.

 

[Stephen Howard]

On the paint stripper - I used Cilit Bang on my mother's cooker. Did a good job of softening the paint. It's since semi dried/reverted to ok, but would have come off with a scrubbing brush.

I think CB is acidic - in which case it probably wouldn't have worked on the lacquer...at least not terribly well.
The trouble with using chemicals which 'sort of' do the job is that often leave more mess than they remove - and you spend longer cleaning up the residues than you do removing the actual lacquer.
Most paint strippers are alkaline, I believe.

I only used CB once - on my cooker - and it stripped away all half the lettering above the knobs before I realised what was going on.

 

[vries1]

Back to proof-reading and typos!

Keilwerth SX90 bass saxophone ( non-production model ) review :
Beuscher True-Tone (Buescher)
but not as much depth as the Beuscher (idem)
Grunewald (Grünewald, see his current website Die Saxophon-Werktstatt – Martin Grünewald)

 

[vries1]

Now I am at it, I see Martin wrote "Werktstatt" instead of "Werkstatt"...

 

[vries1]

Melody Maker baritone saxophone review:
Under the fingers the Meoldy Maker didn't feel too bad.

 

[vries1]

The Gloger crook:
dependant on model

Same "dependant" typo in Jazz Etiquette Pt.2 and in Pt. 4.