Crushed Saxophone- Can It Be Saved?- band instrument repair- Wes Lee Music- Ferree’s Tools
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- An extremely crushed sax bell and tone holes. A definite challenge. Came out great.
Tools used:
O70C wood mandrel
N74 dent rod
N80 dent balls
F10 dent hammer
P11 roller
N2 burnisher
Z60-29 tapered roller
P71P flare mandrel
J88 corrosion cracker
E15 narrow swedge plier
E5 whole spring plier
N85 body dent remover
F5 rawhide mallet
F11 canvas hammer
Z60-15 trombone mandrel
E97 tonehole discs
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As a clarinetist, I find it very amusing that your repair videos on clarinets always seem so fine and delicate, and this one involves man-handling a sax around a post and whacking things with bowling pins. It seems fitting for the personalities of each instrument :)
Saxophonist here... I love this comparison, couldn't be more apt. I've been watching these videos and find them fascinating.
BTW always wished I also got into clarinet. I'm no longer playing (onto piano now) but always loved clarinet.
You can tell the difference between a master craftsman and a hamfisted do-it-fast-and-dirty type of one. He approaches his repair slow and steady so that he doesn't overreach and overextend. He does so much by feel than anything else. He also has an enormous amount of specialized tools that he's accumulated over his career, as a mastercraftsman should. Great video and amazing work. Oh, and his wife? She has such infinite patience while doing the mobile filming. She's the integral partner of his craftsmanship too. Notice he usually says things like "how we get things done...". He knows he couldn't do what he does so well without her. A FAMILY business.
Oh such kind words, thank you. I have been helping and learning and may never be a great repair tech but I am an awesome assistant. 30 years of marriage and 29 years of him doing this craft.
Amazing. What a craftsman. As a high school band director, I've seen my share of damage. I've also seen the original Aldolphe Sax horns (Belgium) and just scratch my head.
I've played sax for 30 years but am useless at repair work, so this video was like watching someone do magic. Major kudos to you for bringing these horns back to life.
Well nobody expects a musician to be a engineer, although some do learn the skill (Particularly school music teachers)
You play sax can you show a video on your RUclips so we can see how you play I'm bad at it like I'm not good at all and I started like 2 months ago
@@bluejay9638 Rubber bands, teflon tape, and paper clips can do a lot!!
@@shyannasmith8207 hihihihi beautiful lady :)
I played sax from 5th grade through highschool. As a battered child, the Sax kept me alive. My only regret:. Jerry Louis was preforming at Starlight out door event. His sax player took sick. Out of 20 some schools canvased for a full in sax player, I was chosen. As a battered child I didn't have the confidence to do it. I was just gifted a Parisian saxophone. Just sent it off for repadding and repairs. Let me know where you are Incase the repair comes back unsuccessful. Many Blessings
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Hi, Wes! My husband was a band instrument repairman (RIP 2016) and I appreciate your craft and seeing your shop which looks quite familiar to me. I just found your channel. I play all the instruments in the orchestra, but am a strings specialist (vn,va,ce,ba), a professional for over 60 years now. Plus, I played on staff at several colleges as a staff accompanist. I love all aspects of the music industry. Thank you for your channel. (BTW: I have my Dad's King saxes from the 1920s and his Albert system single-body clarinet, all still in working order, except for the tenor sax.))
Hey Margaret. Glad that Wes's channel and shop bring back good memories for you. All respect to dedicated musicians such as yourself.
Well, the bell mandrel must be pretty good if you want to reorder it. I was really surprised to see you had cut it up, but I totally get it. Sounds like it's a good tool.
I never would have thought seeing a video about repairing band instruments would expose me to body shop principles. I also didn’t expect to see a shopsmith spending time in the background. The first video I saw the leg area and thought I misidentified it.
You’re truly an experienced artist. Calling you a repairman wouldn’t do you justice. An artist knows what he’s looking at and knows how to finesse the problem out without causing more damage. Awesome work!
my sax has just a tiny tiny bump and I was about to cry when I caused that. *I will never complain again* !!!
I'm sure the person who dropped this sax thanks you!! I watched your two videos on refurbishing a clarinet and you did a fantastic job there as well. You understand how important it is to get the mechanisms to work properly and seated. When I was playing back in the day, I did not know of a place to take my clarinet to get it fixed. I just kept playing with an out of alignment instrument. You do fantastic work!
Your skills are truly impressive. It’s so fascinating to watch you work. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us.
This was really cool to see how you brought the horn back to life! It was like watching a sax chiropractor when you had it on the wood mandrel at the beginning.
Chiropractor is a great reference. He's that an an Instrument Surgeon. ;D
I love to see so much effort put forth while trying to stay in a school's budget.
Wonderful work. Glad you’re keeping these instruments working!
Your feeling for metal is incredible.
Your craftsmanship is amazing.Thank the stars you guys still exist.
Excellent. Various innovative techniques.
Great to see your apprentice in action too!
It's always enjoyable to watch people with skills show their craftsmanship. Awesome😁
Love the walk through feel of this episode
When my sax needs work I will take it to Wes. I live in Florida and I respect the gentleman so much after watching a bunch of his videos I will drive up to personally hand him my horn.
Wes you are the man, been watching you for yr now, you amaze me , you're sincere about your craftsmanship. I've never seen you fail, my hats off to you
That is the best video I have ever seen,a craftsman making the tools he needs ,to carry out a complicated repair on a delicate instrument.
Please make more videos like this, hand tools you can control for a professional finish.
Good bless your hands!!!
I bet your great work had this sax playing better than ever! I’m a retired elementary band director, and I’ve seen some doozies too. Thank you for this great video.
As a sax player myself, I’m absolutely fascinated by your genius and know-how. Congratulations.
Very interesting how you repair a horn and end up with a new looking instrument. You have a great skill. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I have a Martin Alto sax which my great-grand-father played in high school, easily over 100 years old now. It is nickel plated with gold plating inside the bell, the sound holes were not extruded like modern horns, but instead has thick flanges soldered on. It was always a real bear to play and could use an overhaul if I ever had the money lol, can't imagine what it's worth now. I had that thing apart a few times trying to clean the green tarnish from the nickel.
I found it in his closet on a weekend the summer before middle school where I then played it in band class until high-school, a NEW high school in Las Vegas, with a NEW Baritone sax! I was hooked and marched with it until moving states later that year, to Tennessee. Luckily, they had an old Bari sax, in very rough shape, the neck literally popped off at the top of the body once, not where it should come apart, it had a few trips to the local Music Doctors, for new pads and such, and by the time I graduated, it played flawlessly, thanks to a skilled man like yourself.
Stumbling across your channel tonight and watching this video tonight brough back many memories of the good old days, as I just turned 42 today. I've been following in my father's shoes for the past 20 years playing bass guitar. On occasion I like to get the old Alto sax out of the closet and try to play it again, however, the Continental Tenor my grandfather picked up at a pawn shop plays much better, and it's the best of both worlds, a perfect mix of tone and range between Alto and Bari, of course. :)
You are certainly gifted a instrument surgeon lovely work thanks .
Wow! Nice job!
wonderful! So fun to watch you work!
Sweet work. I love watching you work.
From the dents and creases I've seen you remove . I say yes. Thanks for sharing 👍.
An artist tradesman. So many skills required to fix these beautiful instruments.
OMG” you’re simply the best! Amazing job, love all your videos!!!!
You are fantastic on that brass instrument. Nice work.
Hi thanks for showing us the craft you have and enjoy 😉 very good 👍 video . Much respect...
Thanks Wes .Very informative and a lot of great tips .
You are the master of a dying art. Thank you 😊
Wes, this is a most informative sax repair video.
I don't have the option of sending my saxes to a technician, because of where I live. So I have to help myself. Thanks a lot.
What a skill! Amazing work!
No substitute for experience, awesome job Wes 👏👏👏👍🏻
Outstanding!
I would call you a master musical instrument smith. This type of repair work is an art plus a science.
Loved hearing your bari demo.
I would like to hear some of the stories of how these instruments ended up being damaged like this. Was it an accidental drop, ended up in a fight, etc.?
As always your feel to restore the metalwork is incredible and a lifetime of experience and insane skills in your hands. You are an instrument surgeon of the highest level. Kate's intuition and help has to be recognized and very critical as well. Great work by the best in the business. Insane hand and arm strength to work that metal like you do by hand.
Beautiful sax!
I like to restore antiques but the stuff you despair just blows my mind. At 74 I thought I'd all. You are a true craftsman and I admire that.
Beautiful work! I got a kick out of the repurposed bowling pin too ! AMF or Brunswick??? Thanks, Wes! These are great videos!
The tip to remove the G# mechanism before regulating the lower stack was worth the price of admission. Glad I didn't bail out early.
I mean.. I like to fix things, I do it for a living, but these specialist repairs are so fun to watch!
a joy to watch
Wes you make a hard and difficult or to some impossible job look so easy , its a delight to see you perform . it just goes to show how valuable experience is ,as you can never have enough learning more and more every day ,( the challenge)👍👍👍.
👍👍👍 Amazing as always !
Great vid, superb skills. So nice to watch. I hope I never really need to use your services, but if I ever do, you are the man for the job.
A true craftsman!!!
This is so amazing to watch. Just recently unfortunately dropped my custom ex in a stupid accident and it’s really cool to see how it’s repaired
Great work and very interesting explanations. 👍
this man buff. this repair warms my heart. i love the vid :)
I have a alto sax from my jr high days. I need fixed. You seem to really love what you do i hope to have it repaired with someone like you. Thank for what you do.
What a cool dude.
Man! You are awesome!
This gentleman is a master craftsman!!😎
It is so satisfying to see such skill!
Maestro!!
Gran trabajo 👏
Wow‼️ The intelligent & controlled application of craft, knowledge, skill, power, an impressive array of specialist tools plus an excellent, empathic assistant and a bowling pin! Outstanding. Please keep up the excellent work!👍
Greetings from Madrid, Spain, I play the guitar, but it is always a pleasure to see you work. Thank you for making my day by seeing you. alongside John Wayne
Man's got skill and a really relaxing voice
Fab video. I really appreciate your explanations in details man as a trombone player who has been very seized up. Breath of fresh air to come across you channel.
Love watching you videos im glad I found you.
Brilliant.
a real craftsman at work
Artist at work. The plan for the sax is in your hands.
When I got my Armstrong 3000 Alto years ago It had the front of the bell folded down similar to the damage done on this horn. It also had a couple of keyguards missing (and some other issues). Found it at a pawn shop and took my good friend Peg (Concert level flautist and sax player) with me to check it out and when she played it, SHE wanted to buy it! The thing has a wonderful warm "round" tone to it (if that's the right term) ...
I started on the bell and spent a few hours working it (I do auto body work, among a LOT of other things). I sat there with the horn on my knee tapping it out with a soft faced lead hammer I cast in HS. Got it "fairly" close and then on to the keyguards.
Those I made out of sheet brass, silver soldered. Some time later I had the horn reworked. Pads and key bumpers, some cork and springs The guy that did it was the "Repair Guy" for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Peg knew him. He told me he was impressed with my keyguards (which I kept). They weren't pretty BUT they were as accurately functional as I could get them (I'm a Mechanical Engineer by Profession). ;)
Subscribed. BTW I could sight read in 7th grade! Unfortunately I broke a front tooth and didn't play for years. Can't sight read now but I still like to get the horn out and honk every now and then. Mostly Jazz, mic'd with some effects to help cover up my mistakes. ;)
Remarkable knowledge, instinct and craftsmanship. So good if you to share them.
The world needs a whole bunch more people like you. The only person that could manipulate a saxophone better than you was John Coltrane!
Since 90% or more of the repairs you do is using just your hands, I imagine your finger strength must be impressive. Truly an artisan at work.
Very good!
Very good sir, you are amazing!!!!!
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful work!
I've been rebuilding saxes for a couple years. Still haven't tried much dent work. This was very helpful. Thanks!
Very cool, Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing your techniques...
I don't even play any instruments! I am totally musically challenged. I don't sing in the shower even, but this is the most fascinating thing I have watched in quite a while. Impressively talented. Thanks!
Sounded beautiful.
And as a former Clarinet player, I totally second the hold on with both hands.
Amazing job master
Never knew that instrument repair was such a gym workout. Nice work. 🤔😀😎
Great skills. Unbelievable. I really love the commentary though. The way you describe your work and your lovely tone really adds to an already excellent channel.
Greats hands... Thanks for your job!
Chapeau l'artiste 👍
You are an artist Sir, hat of too you
27:25 one of my dearest departed friends, WW2 combat pilot and then career airline pilot, used to remind me to "Keep both hands on it." I'm sure that he meant the yoke in the cockpit ;-) , I don't think he ever played woodwinds. You really brought back some fond memories of him. THANK YOU for the great content.
Terima kasih......thank you for repair the saxophone. I will to wait the other video repair of saxophone later. You are the best.🛠🪛✂️ 🎷👍
I'm watching this on the subway on my way to work in NYC.. I really found this interesting and informative
Most shops would have called it a day after got rid of the big dents. But not in Wes Lee.
Great stuff
Great talent I enjoy watching your show all way to addis ababa.
Very good work! Congratulations!
WOW Amazing work !!!!
that was a great work
I repair and set up guitars.You my friend are a true craftsman very well done,kind regards Laurajane,from New Zealand