Salisbury Music & Instrument Repair

Cracked Trumpet Leadpipe

Joel — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:16:39 +0000

Left Pic – Crack in trumpet leadpipe
Right Pic – Small piece of sheet brass cut to fabricate patch

Left Pic – Patch cut to diamond shape
Right Pic – Patch annealed(heated red hot) to soften it for forming around leadpipe

Left Pic – Patch soldered on
Right Pic – All cleaned up, buffed and spot lacquered

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Grand Rental

Joel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:28:08 +0000

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum rented our Baldwin Grand for their big fundraiser. Freddy Cole, Nat King Cole’s brother was the featured entertainer.

Broken Trumpet Finger Button

Joel — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:47:18 +0000

Left Pic – Finger button broken, leaving the broken threaded part in the stem
Right Pic – Holding the valve in a valve lapping block so I can drill out broken piece

Left Pic – I’m using a left twist drill bit(it cuts opposite of a normal bit) to begin to drill out the broken piece
Right Pic – The advantage of the left twist drill is, sometimes, it will catch and spin out the broken piece, as it it did here.

Left & Right Pic – All out

Installing a New Cello Bridge

Joel — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:33 +0000

After rough cutting (with a belt sander) the feet of the bridge, I use this homemade jig to fine tune the radius on the bottom of the feet to match the contour of the top. After finishing the feet, I’ll contour the top and thin the bridge to it’s final shape.

3 Bach Trombones

Joel — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:37:46 +0000

‎3 Bach Trombones in for cleaning and servicing…Two 42′s and a 36. Don’t often have this many really nice horns in at one time.

Back to Being Open on Saturday’s

Joel — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:56:16 +0000

Summer’s over…..:(

We’re back to our normal operating hours

Mon-Fri 10-5
Sat 9-12

Clarinet Finger Ring Tone Holes

Joel — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:37:20 +0000

On older plastic clarinets, it’s not unusual to find the Finger Ring Tone Holes are machined separately and glued in. Consequently, they fall out occasionally<<

Left Pic – Finger Tone Holes – OUT
Right Pic – Finger Tone Holes – IN

Broken Bass Clarinet Key

Joel — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:15:36 +0000

Bass clarinet comes in from a school with a broken Left Hand Low F#/C# Lever. This type of break requires that the key be silver-soldered (or brazed). The key is held in a jig and heated red hot, then silver solder is used to connect the broken pieces back together. If done properly, the break should be as strong, if not stronger, than the original key.

Left Pic – Broken F#/C# Lever
Right Pic – In the jig ready to be soldered

Left Pic – After soldering, but before cleanup and polishing
Right Pic – Back on the horn, polished and ready to go

Selmer Mark VII in for some tweaks

Joel — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:53:27 +0000

Everett Spells, local sax player & teacher brought his Selmer Mark VII Tenor in for a neck cork replacement and some tweaking. It had lots of rattles and clanks(as most horns develop over time). Some felt, some cork, some oil, and some heat shrink and it’s much much quieter now. I also had to adjust a few keys/pads, but nothing major. Don’t let appearances deceive you, this horn really blows! (<<

Setting a Cello Sound Post

Joel — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:53:10 +0000