Miraphone F tuba
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2021
- In this episode, we work on a beautiful Miraphone Firebird F tuba. Topics covered are rotor alignment, dents, tool making, chemical flushing.
Performance by Derek Cunningham.
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Wes
www.WesLeeMusic.com
WLMrepair@gmail.com
I’m 62. I stopped playing my Tuba when I graduated High School in 1977. I was All Regional in Va Beach back in the day. My father did not support my musical background or instrument. I became an Army and Civilian FAA Air traffic Controller for 35 years. Retired now. I look back and wondered how my life would of been had I went into the Army as a Tuba Player.
I came across your videos surfing You Tube and have been amazed at your skills as a craftsman to all musicians repairing their instruments. I’m glad you found your true passion in life . I look forward to catching up with your videos.
I am 60. Was a tuba player through high school and 2 years of college. Had a partial music scholarship to WVU. Played in Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and Drum Corps. Came in 3rd place in 79’ at individual competition in Birmingham, Al on contra bass bugle. Got married went onto become an Occupational Therapist. I wonder the same way where I could have gone with the tuba. Nice to hear your story! Thanks
Just know that it’s never too late to hop back on that horse! If it’s possible for you, and you’re interested in picking the horn back up by all means do it!
It is enjoyable for me to see a dent 'disappear' as you work a tool against the horn bell! Usually, it is so hard to see what you're seeing as you finesse dents, etc. out of the damaged brass. THANKS! 👍
Very nice. No matter the mechanical work; transmissions, engines, musical instruments, plumbing, bookbinding--there are tools need that can't be bought--you have to make them yourself. Thank you for demonstrating the creative procession of ideas!
Great job explaining steps and sharing experience. Whether you play or fix, or just enjoy repair and restoration, the quality is what really draws you in. Keep them coming.
Thanks for watching.
She just sings in that mid range... Notes like fat silk raindrops. I'm pumped for that fella hope his orchestra auditions go well and that piece of art can sing for a croud!
Miraphone makes the sweetest rotor valves.
That's my dream horn. It will be mine, oh yes. It will be mine... Haha. Great video as always sir!
Thanks for watching. Yes, an amazingly beautiful instrument. Keep working towards your dream!
I also play on a Mira phone, and my valves are also "stepped" sort of like this one was. Thought it was totally normal. I might just look into getting that repaired now so thank you for this awesome video!
Great site, love watching a real craftsman perform his art.
A friend to the Tuba, is always a friend of mine.
Great tuba work.
Great Job !!
I made a wooden driver like yours to seat the bearings on my bass trombone, Thanks!
Awesomeness! Thanks for letting me know
Está tuba é fantástica!!!
We use Sherline lathes in the clock repair business. Also smaller jewelers lathes as well.
Interesting to me how your skills and methods resemble mine/ours.
Sadly there are far too many doing work they shouldn't. This makes many repairs a challenge by making right previous attempts then going after the original problem.
BTW in college during the 70s I put the first dent into a new Miraphone and was called Krinkle Bell by the instructor from then on.
I once played a Miraphone BBb tuba that was worth 10K. What a sweet horn! I still have the mouth piece. It's worth a couple hundred $$.
You explain things really well Wes, and most importantly you give plenty of time for people to digest what you’re saying. You should really consider educating people professionally, maybe taking on apprentices, if you don’t already. I think you’d do real well.
Thanks for sharing how to fix the various and sundry instruments you show. Takes a lot of skill and patience. You have both. I never played a tuba with more than 3 valves. Not sure if that made them easier or harder.
Thank you for watching
@@wesleemusicrepair9820 you willing to work on very old bugles? mostly deep clean polish dent work.
@@brothermike3389 yes sir, I can handle those. I have a cool one in now for a client that is going to be a fun project.
@@wesleemusicrepair9820 Some are still in transit but 1 in particular is a civil war clarion style model with the pig tail optional piece missing I'd like to bring it back to as close to new as I can then let the shine mellow as I do not believer it was every sprayed offer buff out. Also some old us regulation std bugles mostly rexcraft. I will need to get them here and photograph the damage.do you have a number on a web sight that I can call.Id like to do the old one first.
@@brothermike3389 great. My number is on the site, and you can also email me pictures at WLMrepair@gmail.com
I’m easy to get a hold of! Ha
I'm still enjoying watching your videos. I don't know why I only just found them. I have a question on rotary valve repair. I get a lot of them with the 4th valve stem bent. Probably from the student bumping it on a doorway. I would like to know your technique for repairing bent rotary valve stems. Thanks
Dude my name is wesley and I play the tuba.
Hi. What do you use for your chem flush. I need something available in the uk. Thanks and great videos.
Question: Wes, what do you use to polish the slides? Thanks
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Do you know what is the size of the 2 screw of the pedal bar?
I'm new to your channel but do you ever test play any of these instruments you repair?
Why did you use wax paper when you were removing dents?
Why don't you use a metal pen that goes in the thread on top of the rotor to tap the rotor out of its housing. Removing the Wingcap(part of the Stoparm) with a screwdriver can easily damage the wingcap or the housing of the rotor, because you have to twist it and something there are so thigh fitted...sorry if my English is not easy to understand
I never dawn onto me to fabricate with delrin to make that tool for the back bearings, I use a couple of old mouthpieces for me. One a f.horn on small to medium rotors and a tuba mouthpiece for tuba rotors. After thirty years I learn something new all the time.For that tuba job you did I charge $400 Canadian . What’s your price ?
I used to do the tuba mouthpiece as well. As far as price, I’m way to cheap based on what you said
Ok and I thought I was cheap.then again in Ontario we don’t have much good established repair shops. The big box music store would have charged almost double for that tuba you did. Then again I don’t get that many around here .Music programs and lack of wind musicians are different here in Canada then in the USA
A beautiful tuba, They wont use rotary valve tuba's in British brass bands, only compensating piston valved tuba's.
I know which one i would rather use ;)
Do they not use them because of tradition? Or are there other reasons.
mr lee do you have a used sousaphone
Sorry, no I do not have a whole sousaphone, just pieces, parts and scraps
What grease to use ?
I use lanolin on tuning slides because it plays well with petrol based or synthetic based oils. This customer uses Hetman on his rotors and bearing surfaces, so that is what I used. #13 on bearing plate and stop arm, #3 for the rotor faces, #13 on all the uni-balls, and finally #5 on the lever hinge rod.
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