Tech/maintenance SHWoodwind Updates

[Veggie Dave]

Today's Benchlife Blog entry - The notch job.

'When the first plastic (nylon) hooks appeared I can well understand that some players were reluctant to trust their pride and joy to a 'piece of plastic' - but technology and materials have moved on, and there's now no reason whatsoever to use a metal sling hook.'

I had one snap with absolutely no warning about 6 months ago.

I use a karabiner now with as large a diameter as would fit in the, er, hoop? I've been keeping an eye on damage and it seems to be fine up to now. The lacquer has been worn off but the hoop seems to have no wear.

And those were famous last words. I'm going to go upstairs and check now and find it's completely totalled. 😀

 

[Stephen Howard]

Was it a branded strap (BG/Cebulla etc.)?
I've seen cheap ones break...and I've seen better ones partially break (the lock tab can snap off), but I haven't yet seen a complete failure on a good quality strap.
One nasty feature of the cheaper straps is that the swivelling hooks sometimes pop out of the swivel.

I think if you're going to go with a metal hook then it makes sense to use the largest diameter that will fit the ring. This'll help prevent the hook from sitting in one spot. You'll still get wear, but it'll be evenly spread...and shouldn't cause too many concerns over a lifetime.

 

[Veggie Dave]

It was a BG strap (unless I'm mistaken) with Trevor James branding. The karabiner is far too big for Yanagisawa hoops and, having just looked, has not marked the metal on my TJ at all.

I was really expecting to see complete carnage having tempted fate with my above comment but thankfully it's all fine. 🙂

 

[Stephen Howard]

A BG strap? That's a bit of a bummer.
My old BG strap is still going strong. The locking strip has long since gone, and I had to grind some material from the base so that the hook would fit a Yani...but it's still holding up.
I think I'd have sent it back to BG, or TJ at least.

When I made the switch to Cebulla straps (with the carbon fibre hooks) I hung the things from a hook in a roof beam...and then lifted my weight off the ground on them.
Probably overkill, but it's just as well to know for sure.

 

[Veggie Dave]

TJ replaced it with no questions asked.

I was quite impressed.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Excellent - though I suspect I too would have been cagey about using the replacement.
Once bitten, and all that...

 

[saxyjt]

Probably overkill, but it's just as well to know for sure.

Would you have some insecurity issues?

A tenor sax is what? 3.5 kg max. Let's say 4kg for really heavy weight, army tanker special built in East-Germany! And you go hang yourself to test it! 😱

In fact, it was your roof your felt insecure about. Right? 😉

 

[Stephen Howard]

Would you have some insecurity issues?

A tenor sax is what? 3.5 kg max. Let's say 4kg for really heavy weight, army tanker special built in East-Germany! And you go hang yourself to test it! 😱

In fact, it was your roof your felt insecure about. Right? 😉

It was part of the review I ran on the straps:

Cebulla sax strap review

I figured someone would say "Eeewww...it's got a plaaaaaastic hook!", so I thought I better see what sort of strain it could handle.
By my reckoning you could hang at least 21 TJ RAW tenors off a Cebulla.

As for the roof, I'm less worried about it falling down as I am it flying away....

 

[saxyjt]

I figured someone would say "Eeewww...it's got a plaaaaaastic hook!", so I thought I better see what sort of strain it could handle.

All I can say is "Plastic's fantastic!"*.

* Part of the America's cup history.

PS: To each his history book. Mine's sailing related. 😎

 

[Stephen Howard]

A couple of updates...

The new TJ RAW Vintage crook arrives:

Trevor James Signature Custom Raw tenor saxophone review

And in the Benchlife Blog - I get a nice set of drawers.

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Pete Thomas]

And in the Benchlife Blog - I get a nice set of drawers.

Reminds me, the wife's birthday is coming up...

 

[gladsaxisme]

You don't know how lucky you are you should have my garage to sort out,now that is a problem🙁

 

[Stephen Howard]

Latest update to the Benchlife Blog - The Martigisawa (or the Yanagartin)

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Andrew Sanders]

Reminds me, the wife's birthday is coming up...

The only day she lets you wear them?

 

[Stephen Howard]

More Benchlife Bloggery - Call me Mr Picky

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Stephen Howard]

Latest Benchlife Blog entry - A tart in the workshop

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[saxyjt]

For a moment, I thought this lovely piece of tart came out of the bari!

Looking forward to the review...

 

[thomsax]

Sweets and saxophones, a perfect marriage!?!? Before playing we sometimes have a Danish pastry, beer and a Gammel Dansk (bitter). And pad paper with powder afterwards.

 

[Targa]

Sweets and saxophones, a perfect marriage!?!? Before playing we sometimes have a Danish pastry, beer and a Gammel Dansk (bitter). And pad paper with powder afterwards.

That Danish pastry and beer goes right through you.

 

[Ivan]

And pad paper with powder afterwards

Didn't know if this was an oblique reference to some drug taking practice I hadn't heard of

Google tells me it's a product to prevent pads from sticking, that I haven't heard of

Do pad papers work and are they a good thing?