admin In mid-January 2021, I sustained a crushing injury to my left wrist and badly shattered it. I got very lucky considering the nature of the accident that I was not injured much more severely, and I am happy to report that surgery went well (there was worry I would need a much more invasive surgery …
Spent a while trying to track down a rattling noise on this 1937 Conn 10M overhaul I just completed and finally figured out it was the window in front of me! These are such fantastic horns. A shot of the keys and pad seats during the overhaul. I’ve started doing a bit more disassembly after …
Howdy! It has been a while. I am still here, still working full time+ on basically only the best saxophones for super awesome people, and still booked solid. I’ve been busy at work but also busy with life: I’ve traveled a few times, fixed a couple of cars, fixed up an old tractor I found, …
This horn came to me after having lived as a wall decoration for several decades. It was completely rusted and seized up in a way that I have only seen in other saxes that were exposed to the weather or submerged at one point. The kicker was it had original pads in it, so it …
It has been a hell of a year. Stayed really busy, and remembered to take a few photos of some of the stuff that came across my bench. I saw an unusual number of early Mark VIs, Conn 30Ms, Conn 26Ms, and original pads horns of all types, and several horns I had never had …
If you are a frequent visitor to this site or follow me on Facebook or YouTube, you may already know about the Open Source Saxophone Project, my other website dedicated to technical information about the saxophone and saxophone repair. But then again, a surprising number of people who found me via YouTube or Facebook still …
Man, where to begin? I’ve been putting this off for too long, so what the hell, I’ll just write it and post it. Well, an awful lot has happened in my little corner of the world in the past year, and updates to this site and my YouTube channel have been slow as I …