I literally forgot I already made a video about this. I searched youtube for "buescher saxophone" to see if I had anything else I had made that I should link to in the description (I had a vague memory of doing something about snaps but thought it was a broad overview) and, well, whoops.
I did a nice big B tenor recently using your method. It plays well with with a huge sound, Thanks for setting such a high bar for repair and restoration,
But sometimes it's difficult to find the correct size of the pad If you do not have 100 of them. And when the size is a bit out of what you have shown us in your instance - Then it would be a bit of painful installation for the technician.
Yes, pad sets do not work very well. I actually have a video about that. As far as painful for the technician, not sure what you mean there. Pads are incremented by .5mm, and combined with the variability of the pads themselves, I can typically find a perfect fit when I have a selection to choose from (again, pad sets do not work very well in my opinion).
Do you put much effort into cleaning up the snaps? I’m pulling out original pads on a silver True Tone and finding the resonators don’t even look like metal, they’re so coated in tarnish.
I literally forgot I already made a video about this. I searched youtube for "buescher saxophone" to see if I had anything else I had made that I should link to in the description (I had a vague memory of doing something about snaps but thought it was a broad overview) and, well, whoops.
I'm still glad you posted it.
I did a nice big B tenor recently using your method. It plays well with with a huge sound, Thanks for setting such a high bar for repair and restoration,
This is awesome Matt! Beautiful work
But sometimes it's difficult to find the correct size of the pad If you do not have 100 of them. And when the size is a bit out of what you have shown us in your instance - Then it would be a bit of painful installation for the technician.
Yes, pad sets do not work very well. I actually have a video about that.
As far as painful for the technician, not sure what you mean there. Pads are incremented by .5mm, and combined with the variability of the pads themselves, I can typically find a perfect fit when I have a selection to choose from (again, pad sets do not work very well in my opinion).
Do you put much effort into cleaning up the snaps? I’m pulling out original pads on a silver True Tone and finding the resonators don’t even look like metal, they’re so coated in tarnish.
I clean them. You can mount them in a bench motor to polish them! Easy.
Geeking out here - how about a comprehensive video about the different ways octave mechanisms have been engineered over the years?
Yes please, I have trouble adjusting them on bigger instruments, would be much appreciated