{"id":68,"date":"2009-07-31T16:43:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T23:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2023-05-24T09:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:16:25","slug":"bassic-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/bass-sax-info\/my-personal-bass-sax-story\/bassic-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bassic Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Layne
Layne and miniature dachshund. Photo supplied by the Francis family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can’t have a bass, and expect it to play well, if you don’t have a good repair technician who knows the peculiarities of bass saxophones. While living in Fredericton I managed to find one, but his shop was a five-hour drive from my home. Layne Francis is a great repair tech and a pro player from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He owned his own bass sax up until a few years ago, when he sold it to a player from Toronto.<\/p>\n

Layne always seemed to really enjoy having my bass sax in his shop\u2014perhaps a little too much, as you can see from this picture.<\/p>\n

\"Layne<\/a><\/p>\n

A few years ago Layne moved from the capital to a more relaxed, rural way of life. He is still doing horn repairs however, so if you’re looking for a great repair tech, give him a call.<\/p>\n

Just an interesting side note, since Layne rebuilt my 1926 Martin Handcraft<\/a> tenor in 2000, it has not had to go back to the shop. This horn has endured countless rehearsals, shows, road trips, and a trip across the country in a moving van. Yet the Martin is still playing like it did after its rebuild, and still subtones all the way down to low Bb. When I recently told Layne about this, he laughed and said: “I must have been having a good day”. Obviously not all saxophones can go this long between tweakings, but for some reason, this horn is definitely going the distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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