today rehearsing "1812".. which is a weird thing to rehearse this time of year anyway...
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 5:05 pm
I just did a whole bunch of trombone work for my friend who plays principal in Memphis, and basically got all of his Bach trombones whereby parts will unbolt and fit with each other like Tinker Toys. Some of the stuff was getting to be in sort of bad shape, so everything is (now) kind of slicked out as well as now being made modular.
I noticed he was using his gold brass 42 bell today, and had actually bolted up a F-attachment system to it that I hadn't even checked the fit of with this particular bell when I was doing all that stuff, but apparently (eh?) I was being accurate enough, so that this particular pair-up (which didn't even occur to me) fits nicely. That's sort of made me feel good about my work. He was also using a 42 slide that he had put in a closet previously that he handed to me and said was "in bad shape", so that also made me feel good seeing that he had chosen to use the slide that I had repaired.
If my memory serves me correctly, this gold brass 42 was previously hooked up with a axial flow valve that had (as they are aluminum) rotted out, and I used all of the same take-apart hardware to simply convert it to a non-F-attachment instrument. I believe I did use it as a guide for his yellow brass 42 stuff, so I guess it makes sense that it fits nicely. Sometimes I don't even remember exactly how I accomplished things. Mostly (candidly), I'm thinking about other aspects of my life (such as pondering ways to solve random life problems, etc.) - or listening to the radio - while I'm repairing stuff. I don't devote a whole bunch of thought to doing repairs. I think I sort of become a repair robot.
I did sort of chuckle, because he commented that the rotor was moving slightly slowly. It's a almost new (condition-wise) rotor assembly that I found, and that remark let me know that trombone players (or at least he) rarely oil their rotors, and only pay attention to lubricating their slides. I handed him some valve oil, and the rotor then snapped back and forth nicely. I guess they just allow their rotors to get sort of loosey-goosey to where they don't really need to be oiled...?? Thinking about this, the truth of the matter is that leaky rotors aren't actually as leaky as brand new playing slides, so I guess it's just not a big deal.
"Hey bloke, do you remember when you repaired this saxophone for me?"
I noticed he was using his gold brass 42 bell today, and had actually bolted up a F-attachment system to it that I hadn't even checked the fit of with this particular bell when I was doing all that stuff, but apparently (eh?) I was being accurate enough, so that this particular pair-up (which didn't even occur to me) fits nicely. That's sort of made me feel good about my work. He was also using a 42 slide that he had put in a closet previously that he handed to me and said was "in bad shape", so that also made me feel good seeing that he had chosen to use the slide that I had repaired.
If my memory serves me correctly, this gold brass 42 was previously hooked up with a axial flow valve that had (as they are aluminum) rotted out, and I used all of the same take-apart hardware to simply convert it to a non-F-attachment instrument. I believe I did use it as a guide for his yellow brass 42 stuff, so I guess it makes sense that it fits nicely. Sometimes I don't even remember exactly how I accomplished things. Mostly (candidly), I'm thinking about other aspects of my life (such as pondering ways to solve random life problems, etc.) - or listening to the radio - while I'm repairing stuff. I don't devote a whole bunch of thought to doing repairs. I think I sort of become a repair robot.
I did sort of chuckle, because he commented that the rotor was moving slightly slowly. It's a almost new (condition-wise) rotor assembly that I found, and that remark let me know that trombone players (or at least he) rarely oil their rotors, and only pay attention to lubricating their slides. I handed him some valve oil, and the rotor then snapped back and forth nicely. I guess they just allow their rotors to get sort of loosey-goosey to where they don't really need to be oiled...?? Thinking about this, the truth of the matter is that leaky rotors aren't actually as leaky as brand new playing slides, so I guess it's just not a big deal.
"Hey bloke, do you remember when you repaired this saxophone for me?"
bloke wrote:nope