In all of it's glory, this transposing Conn cornet was full of excitement! Well... As exciting as one can be... The learning that occuered was a treat, anyway!
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| The scent of this ol' Conn was... prominent |
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| The transposition slide that brings it to the key 'A' |
After inspection, a buckled bell, stuck valves, stuck tuning slides, a missing draw nob, and lots-o-dents was the diagnosis.
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| It's not a circle... But at least it's not a triangle |
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| Old fashioned knuckle dents. Still made like they used to be |
Before I could do the full chem flush, I discovered a stuck hinge rod in the main tuning slide waterkey... A screwdriver, some Corrossion Cracker, and a center punch later, nothing happened.
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| One of the battles in this war |
To get it out, I was forced to drill into the hinge rod and counter drill it out!
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| The counter-drilling never happened due to the breaking of the hinge rod, right before the threads | |
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| That seemed to shake the threads free enough to allow me to unscrew the rest via pliers |
After a well needed chem flush, dent work commenced. I started with one I could use a technique that was new to me.
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| I missed getting a picture before I soldered the piece onto it... |
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| It does accent the rich contour of the dent, almost as though they were made for each other |
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| An extremely 'high-tech' process! Seems primal, but effective! |
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| With a 'ping,' so lifts a bit of the dent |
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| After two more rounds and some hammering, it's round again! |
Onward to tackling the buckle, I managed to do this relatively quick... Thank you extensive work on the trombone bell
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| It stands on it's own! |
Many more tales of dent work followed these and many mistakes were made and fixed, and forcing much learning to be had... So goes the tale; crawling, walking, tripping, and falling, only to do it again. The stories we create for ourselves...
To be continued...
