{"id":35485,"date":"2013-01-19T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=35485"},"modified":"2024-06-03T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:57:40","slug":"link-to-instrument-repair-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/link-to-instrument-repair-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Vintage Instrument Repair Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago someone\u2014I can’t remember who now, the last couple months really have been a bit of a blur\u2014posted a link to a PDF version of an old instrument repair manual<\/a> on the Bass Sax Cooperative.<\/del><\/p>\n

Unfortunately there is no front cover or introduction in this manual, so we don’t know who published it and when, or what its title really is. However, the blurry photos contained in the manual are obviously quite old.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, a reference on page 69 to Selmer’s then-current production model Mark VI as “so far superior to anything put out in the past by the Selmer Company that it is not worth discussing”, indicates that the publication is at least post 1954.<\/p>\n

If you’re a DIY’er, which I’m not, you might find some of the information in this manual useful. Although this manual appears to have been written for owners of small, one-man repair shops, and\/or those working in them, some of the techniques and supplies discussed might still be relevant today.<\/p>\n

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Source: thesax.de<\/span><\/p>\n

That said, obviously there have been major advances in instrument repair over the past 6+ decades, and places like Music Medic<\/a> make the newest supplies available to your average DIY’er. I now more than a few players who order parts through Curt’s company, and work on their horns themselves. (Some with better results than others, I might add.)<\/p>\n

With the above disclaimer in mind, let’s take a look at what the saxophone section of the instrument repair manual covers…<\/p>\n

Chapter 4 starts on page 68, and is dedicated to the saxophone. The author covers the following topics:<\/p>\n