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orin's sax

in spite of the fact that i don’t have a “real” workshop set up, i took in orin’s buescher alto saxophone because i figured that i could. and so far, i’m doing marginally okay, although i’m going to have to set up my bench motor (the grey box in the lower left), because he’s got three bent steels that need to be straightened, and for that you need to be able to spin the steel laterally. also he has one steel on the lower stack which needs to be re-tapped to the correct size, and to be re-slotted so that the next guy who works on it won’t have to remove it with a pair of pliers, like i did. i’ve already replaced two springs, and i think there’s at least one more. also i have to figure out where my cork cement is so that i can replace most of the key corks, and i’ve got to figure out which box my key felts are in, so that it doesn’t go clank clatter. i didn’t realise this until after i had started taking it apart, but i believe this is the first alto sax that i have repaired since my injury. intellectually, i look at the pile of bits and pieces and wonder how i’m going to get it back together again, but i’m sure that it will come back to me… partially because i was able to take it apart with minimal trouble. orin has another sax, a conn, which also needs help, and i’ll probably take it on as well, but one thing at a time.

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  2. So rather than making typo’s simple, and adding the ‘w’, I just skipped over an entire homonym. (“The whole hole in the head page.”).

    Feh.

  5. i’ve worked on baris before, but currently i’d have to pass… they’re just too large. low woodwinds have always been my favourite to work on, because of their size… 8)

    ezra & contra-bass clarinet, 1990

  6. As a former sax player, that photo left me with a feeling of dread. I’ve had to fix springs amd replace a pad or two, but tha was on a Bari sax so I’ve alway assumed it was easier because of the larger size. Complete diassemble of an alto frightens me.

  7. i’m glad my usericons say things to people other than myself… 8)

    The whole in the head page

    …?

    what?

    do you mean “hole in the head”?

  8. Hey, i’ve added you to my friends list mostly because of what your usericon’s say about you.

    The whole in the head page was also really well written.

    No obligation to add me back, just thought I should tell you.

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