Posted by Goodgigs on November 02, 2003 at 21:02:26:
In Reply to: bell crease posted by Anthony on November 01, 2003 at 22:01:23:
Anthony, these guys were getting silly when ANY Mention
of HANMMERING on a brass instrument (by an amatur) is made!
Over 90% of instrument fixing (maby only 85%) is done by
masage. the rollers used are like a pie roller (if your
mothert has one) but the're specalized sizes and made with
persion ball bearings. also there are a lot of other tools
that are even more expensive and take a really developed
feel (years of experence) to use properaly.
Get JS or one of the other full time professional repairmen
on this board to get you the Farise (sp) website.
It will blow your mind. It used to take a year of repair
school plus several years of helping and watching to start to
Be what used to be called a journeyman.
Maybe youre music teacher might give it a try. When I was
young I left My extreamly wrinkeled tuba alone even though
kindergardeners laughed at it.
"Don't stare at it, PLAY IT!"
Brian "Goodgigs" Kane