This was a full overhaul, which for this job means that I:
- Straightened the saxophone body (and re-soldered separated brace from striking the saxophone)
- Straightened posts
- Levelled tone holes
- Cleaned old oil from hinge rods and posts
- Removed pads and old adhesive
- Replaced neck cork
- Installed Sax Gourmet Black Roo Pads with flat metal resonators
- Installed missing springs
- Replaced corks and adjustment materials
- Pad Seating
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- Wood neck plug
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- Completed job with checklist
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- Saxophone ready to leave
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- Pearl Rollers
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- Saxgourmet Roopads
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- Saxgourmet black roopads
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- Keycups cleaned and drying
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- Clean keycups
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- Body curve
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- Pan American Conn and trombone
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- Cracked Tenon filled
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- Leak neck tenon
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- Disassembled and mild cleaning
The straightening of the body was new for me and so I practiced on the Kohlert tenor I picked up a few weeks ago since it already has a fair number of issues and also needed a straightening. I separated some tone holes and got a feel for how this tool works quickly, but it behaved differently with this alto – this alto can actually take quite a bit more of a beating than the tenor, so it took some time and ultimately cracked the connection between the reciever collar, making for a fair sized leak that I had to fill in.
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