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<blockquote data-quote="cappers" data-source="post: 628871" data-attributes="member: 9742">I have Stephen Howard&#039;s &#039;Haynes&#039; sax manual but am loathe to anything other than check for leaks and take it to my tech. I&#039;m good with my hands but don&#039;t feel competent enough to tackle a sax. Previous &#039;mechanical&#039; experience is repairing and maintaining old Land Rovers where big hammers and brute force were often needed!I would like to be able to do basic work on my saxes and have thought about a training course. Unfortunately, the days (in the UK at least) of local authority funded training workshops and courses are long gone. I believe the HEA courses at Newick and Merton colleges have stopped.I can find only two sax-specific repair courses: Trevor Head in Wales, 5 days £1445. Covers dent removal, soldering, body straightening, tone hole levelling, repadding and more. <a href="https://www.trevorhead.co.uk/courses.php" target="_blank">Courses</a> Cambridge Makers, one day (10am-4pm) £75. Basic maintenance and emergency repair course. Does not cover re-padding an instrument. <a href="https://www.cambridgemakers.org/i-would-like-to/i-would-like-to-repair-and-maintain-my-instrument/saxophone-repair-care/" target="_blank">Saxophone Repair &amp; Care - Cambridge Makers</a> <h3></h3></blockquote>

[QUOTE="cappers, post: 628871, member: 9742"] I have Stephen Howard's 'Haynes' sax manual but am loathe to anything other than check for leaks and take it to my tech. I'm good with my hands but don't feel competent enough to tackle a sax. Previous 'mechanical' experience is repairing and maintaining old Land Rovers where big hammers and brute force were often needed! I would like to be able to do basic work on my saxes and have thought about a training course. Unfortunately, the days (in the UK at least) of local authority funded training workshops and courses are long gone. I believe the HEA courses at Newick and Merton colleges have stopped. I can find only two sax-specific repair courses: Trevor Head in Wales, 5 days £1445. Covers dent removal, soldering, body straightening, tone hole levelling, repadding and more. [URL="https://www.trevorhead.co.uk/courses.php"]Courses[/URL] Cambridge Makers, one day (10am-4pm) £75. Basic maintenance and emergency repair course. Does not cover re-padding an instrument. [URL="https://www.cambridgemakers.org/i-would-like-to/i-would-like-to-repair-and-maintain-my-instrument/saxophone-repair-care/"]Saxophone Repair & Care - Cambridge Makers[/URL] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]

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