Tech/maintenance SHWoodwind Updates

[Pete Thomas]

Had a very unexpected package arrive this morning...from Haynes Publishing.
I figured they'd just sent me a product catalogue - but when I opened the packet I found.....the Korean version of the Haynes Saxophone Manual.
Blimey!

Many typos in it?, e.g. 점 나사쪽으로 그녀의 풍부한 가슴

 

[Stephen Howard]

 

[Pete Thomas]

NB: They know where you live. Are you ready for a retraining labour camp?

 

[Stephen Howard]

Many typos in it?, e.g. 점 나사쪽으로 그녀의 풍부한 가슴

Who knows?? I wonder how they managed some of the...er...colloquialisms.

 

[Stephen Howard]

NB: They know where you live. Are you ready for a retraining labour camp?

I could learn how to make shells out of old saxophones.

 

[Targa]

I could learn how to make shells out of old saxophones.

What take all the pearls off and glue them together?
Rather like Red Agnes reshelling the peas.

 

[Alice]

Who knows?? I wonder how they managed some of the...er...colloquialisms.

Why don’t you try (for a laugh) using Google translate on a particularly interesting paragraph to see how it translates to Korean?

 

[Stephen Howard]

Why don’t you try (for a laugh) using Google translate on a particularly interesting paragraph to see how it translates to Korean?

Nooooo, I've had enough of translations already!

 

[spike]

Is this Jong Un's new ultimate weapon?
And . . . Is he contemplating conquering the world with a high frequency South East Asian horn section using dissonant harmony?
Has Stephen Howard been called in to advise and assist him with his fiendish new plan?
Looks like he hasn't read "The Manual" yet as the mpc appears to be upside down.

Watch this space, but don't blink, we are monitoring the situation.
Security units at all airports have been advised to keep a close watch on CCTV monitors for any passengers on flights to East Asia wearing a crusader outfit disguise and a metal watering can shaped helmet.

 

[Halfers]

If Kim Jong Un picked up a Saxophone, I would imagine he would immediately Master the instrument and could no doubt wheel off Kenny G's hits even without the benefit of a lesson. Kimmy J (Our Dear Lead Soprano) would perhaps be a fitting Title.. He's got a similarly ridiculous hairdo, so the familiarities are endless..

 

[vries1]

The NK gentleman holding the soprano seems to have an embouchure cramp...

 

[Stephen Howard]

 

[Stephen Howard]

Another Benchlife Blog update - Gone Milwaukee, and all about centres.

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Vetinari]

Is that a kalashnikov 9mm soprano or a 7.62mm?

 

[jazzdoh]

Is that a kalashnikov 9mm soprano or a 7.62mm?

It may be the 9mm but i think this is the 7.62mm.

 

[Greg Strange]

It may be the 9mm but i think this is the 7.62mm.



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I would suggest not blowing it with a full magazine or else you might shoot yourself in the foot...

Greg S.

 

[Vetinari]

Looks like it's got a built in grenade launcher

 

[nigeld]

There definitely won't be any heckling from the audience if you go on stage with that!

 

[Vetinari]

You need a Heckler ing and Koch for that. 😛

 

[Stephen Howard]

Well folks...
Remember that large article I said I was working on...?

Here it is. I give you the SHWoodwind F.O. Guide To Octave Key Problems!

Four years in the making, half the page count of the saxophone manual - and it's still not complete, but it's still the most comprehensive guide to octave key troubleshooting yet published.
It's almost worth busting your octave mech just to see if you can fix it.
If nothing else it'll keep the splellcheckers busy for weeks!

The SHWoodwind F.O. Guide To Octave Key Mech Problems

And there's an accompanying Notes article on why I wrote it...

The end

Hope you enjoy it. In the meantime I'm going to crack open a very large bottle of beer!