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Griff · 10-09-2016, 12:22 PM

Awesome man.

classicman · 10-09-2016, 05:07 PM

Thanks guys. Funny (I think so anyway) thing as I was taking a selfie with Son1, he turns his head grabs something from around his ear and then comes back for the pic. I look at his hand it was a

BigV · 10-09-2016, 05:47 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!! (x52)

glatt · 10-09-2016, 08:17 PM

What an excellent picture! Happy Birthday!!

glatt · 10-09-2016, 08:50 PM

I fixed my son's tenor saxophone today and I'm maybe a little more pleased with myself than I should be, but yeah!

Two of his valves weren't working because it got bashed by a snare drum last night in a crowded band room. He tried bending a lever back to get it to work, but had limited success. I couldn't even see what was broken. We planned to just rent a sax for a month or two while the repair guy kept it in his shop. It would be a couple hundred bucks but at least I could be sure a pro would do it right. My son would have none of it though. He ran down into the shop to get my screwdriver set, so that motivated my to get involved in the repair before he broke the thing even worse.
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So this is the deal. There is a little steel shaft, maybe stainless steel, even, that goes between two posts welded to the sax. It's basically a screw. The threads screw into the post on the right, and the shaft has a head like a screw over to the left. Two brass sleeves fit over this particular shaft, and various levers and pads are welded to the sleeves. The snare drum hit the lever on the end there and bent it back a little bit. This made it no longer work the valve on the mouthpiece. Then the force was also transmitted to the sleeve and bent sleeve A so imperceptibly that you can't even see it in the picture. You could feel, though, that the sleeve was jammed and wouldn't allow a couple other valves to open.

So I carefully unscrewed the shaft holding these two sleeves, and removed the sleeves. Once I had them off, I could easily feel where sleeve A was bent by sliding the shaft in and out until there was resistance. I wanted to bend it straight again, but brass is very soft and brittle, and I was terrified of breaking or kinking the sleeve. So I found a drill bit with the same diameter as the sleeve and drilled a hole in a little block of maple. I went to my BAND SAW and cut through that drilled hole. This gave me nice firm supporting pads for the jaws of my vise. I clamped the sleeve carefully just below the bend, and bent it straight with my fingers. I would bend it incrementally, and then test it by trying to slide the shaft back into it and feel if it would bind up.

Anyway, that's all a little long winded, but the end result was that I totally fixed it. It all fits together nicely and the levers and valves just work smoothly. It took about as much time as driving to the music store to rent a new sax.

Griff · 10-09-2016, 09:00 PM

Lucky you had a band saw, where'd you get that again?

lumberjim · 10-09-2016, 11:57 PM

Grinning

Gravdigr · 10-10-2016, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Thanks guys. Funny (I think so anyway) thing as I was taking a selfie with Son1, he turns his head grabs something from around his ear and then comes back for the pic. I look at his hand it was a

Noyce.

That boy's a keeper.

Gravdigr · 10-10-2016, 03:47 PM

Add saxophone repairman to the (very long) list.

That man really is a Glatt of All Trades.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-10-2016, 03:48 PM

Nice picture of the kids, it's a shame that ugly fucker with the beard photobombed them.

classicman · 10-10-2016, 04:35 PM

Thanks all. Damn kid seems like he is getting more like I was every day.

DanaC · 10-10-2016, 04:40 PM

Happy Birthday Classic!

Lovely photo. My word, there's no missing that you're one family :P

classicman · 10-10-2016, 04:40 PM

thanks

Crimson Ghost · 10-23-2016, 02:26 AM

23rd wedding anniversary. She ain't killed me yet...
YET is the operative word...

Griff · 10-23-2016, 08:48 AM

The day is young!

Congrats to you both.

10-09-2016, 12:22 PM	#11446
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Awesome man. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-09-2016, 05:07 PM	#11447
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Thanks guys. Funny (I think so anyway) thing as I was taking a selfie with Son1, he turns his head grabs something from around his ear and then comes back for the pic. I look at his hand it was a __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-09-2016, 05:47 PM	#11448
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!! (x52) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-09-2016, 08:50 PM	#11450
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I fixed my son's tenor saxophone today and I'm maybe a little more pleased with myself than I should be, but yeah! Two of his valves weren't working because it got bashed by a snare drum last night in a crowded band room. He tried bending a lever back to get it to work, but had limited success. I couldn't even see what was broken. We planned to just rent a sax for a month or two while the repair guy kept it in his shop. It would be a couple hundred bucks but at least I could be sure a pro would do it right. My son would have none of it though. He ran down into the shop to get my screwdriver set, so that motivated my to get involved in the repair before he broke the thing even worse. So this is the deal. There is a little steel shaft, maybe stainless steel, even, that goes between two posts welded to the sax. It's basically a screw. The threads screw into the post on the right, and the shaft has a head like a screw over to the left. Two brass sleeves fit over this particular shaft, and various levers and pads are welded to the sleeves. The snare drum hit the lever on the end there and bent it back a little bit. This made it no longer work the valve on the mouthpiece. Then the force was also transmitted to the sleeve and bent sleeve A so imperceptibly that you can't even see it in the picture. You could feel, though, that the sleeve was jammed and wouldn't allow a couple other valves to open. So I carefully unscrewed the shaft holding these two sleeves, and removed the sleeves. Once I had them off, I could easily feel where sleeve A was bent by sliding the shaft in and out until there was resistance. I wanted to bend it straight again, but brass is very soft and brittle, and I was terrified of breaking or kinking the sleeve. So I found a drill bit with the same diameter as the sleeve and drilled a hole in a little block of maple. I went to my BAND SAW and cut through that drilled hole. This gave me nice firm supporting pads for the jaws of my vise. I clamped the sleeve carefully just below the bend, and bent it straight with my fingers. I would bend it incrementally, and then test it by trying to slide the shaft back into it and feel if it would bind up. Anyway, that's all a little long winded, but the end result was that I totally fixed it. It all fits together nicely and the levers and valves just work smoothly. It took about as much time as driving to the music store to rent a new sax.

10-09-2016, 09:00 PM	#11451
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Lucky you had a band saw, where'd you get that again? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-09-2016, 08:17 PM	#11449
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What an excellent picture! Happy Birthday!!

10-09-2016, 11:57 PM	#11452
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Grinning __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-10-2016, 03:47 PM	#11454
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Add saxophone repairman to the (very long) list. That man really is a Glatt of All Trades. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-10-2016, 03:48 PM	#11455
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nice picture of the kids, it's a shame that ugly fucker with the beard photobombed them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-10-2016, 04:35 PM	#11456
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Thanks all. Damn kid seems like he is getting more like I was every day. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-10-2016, 04:40 PM	#11458
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	thanks __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-23-2016, 02:26 AM	#11459
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	23rd wedding anniversary. She ain't killed me yet... YET is the operative word... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

10-23-2016, 08:48 AM	#11460
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The day is young! Congrats to you both. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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