Band instrument repairing manual / by Erick D. Brand.
| Author/creator | Brand, Erick D. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Fourth edition. |
| Publication Info | Elkhart, IN : [Erick D. Brand?], ©1946. |
| Description | x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Selmar band instrument repairing manual |
| Contents | General information. Dress up your repair shop ; Humidity ; Glossary of terms ; Suggested repair shop tool & supply assortment ; Other equipment needed ; Shop layout -- Keywork. Removing rusted screws ; Straightening bent screws ; Bending keys ; Straightening hinge tubes (on keys) ; Lengthening hinge tubing (when too short to swedge with swedging pliers) ; Forging keys ; Replacing pearls in saxophone keys ; Corking keys ; Shaping key parts -- Body work. Crack repairing by the pinning method ; Crack repairing by the flush band method ; Applying end bands ; Oboe and English horn work ; Tightening joint rings on wood instruments ; Re-corking woodwind joints ; Tightening loose posts on wood instruments ; Replacing broken-out key posts ; Drilling posts for new key work or for replacement of old posts ; Stripped wood screw threads ; Loose socket and tenon joints of metal instruments ; Loose socket and tenon joints of wood instruments ; Locking posts in wood instrument bodies ; Smoothing up rough tone hole edges ; Setting in broken-out wood instrument finger holes ; Repairing broken tenons on wood or rubber instruments ; Polishing wood clarinets, oboes, etc. ; Straightening hard rubber instruments -- General hints on pads, springs, & regulating. Re-padding with skin pads ; Applying tonex pads ; Locating pad leaks ; Removing needle springs ; Fitting needle springs ; Loosening sticky keys on new wood instruments ; Regulating instruments ; Tuning instruments ; Changing high pitch instruments to low pitch -- Soldering. Soft soldering ; Scraping solder ; Silver soldering ; Handy wire silver solder holder ; Soft solder removing solution ; Sterling silver pickle ; Nickel silver pickle -- Cleaning & polishing. Cleaning key corks ; Cleaning skin pads, such as clarinet pads ; Cleaning saxophone or other leather pads ; Cleaning cork joints ; Sanding and polishing the bore of wood instruments ; Cleaning and sterilizing wood instrument bodies ; Removing brown discoloration of hard rubber ; Silver strip ; Bright dip formula ; Lacquer removing solution ; Corrosion cleaning solution ; Cleaning brass and silver plated instruments ; Buffing ; Burnishing ; Cleaning keys after buffing -- Clarinet work. Repairing cracked large clarinet bell rings ; Shortening barrel joints ; Overhauling a clarinet or flute ; Adjusting flute head corks -- Saxophone work. Re-padding saxophones ; Regulating and changing padless sax "tone rings" ; Re-corking sax necks ; Lacquering saxophones ; Correcting fuzzy upper G and G# on saxophone -- Inspection. Inspection methods and charts -- Mouthpiece work. Refacing mouthpieces ; The parts of a facing ; How to gauge a mouthpiece facing ; How the cutting is done ; Selection of abrasive ; Cutting down rubber mouthpieces ; Cutting down glass mouthpieces ; Lapping the table ; Cutting the curve ; Polishing the lay ; Trimming the side rails to shape ; Trimming the tip ; How to remedy common mouthpiece troubles ; Cleaning mouthpieces ; Gilding trademarks on mouthpieces and instruments -- Oboe & bassoon work. Making cork oboe pads ; Bassoon end cap gaskets ; Locating and repairing bassoon end cap leaks -- Valve instrument work. Removing mouthpieces that have become jammed in mouth pipes of valve instruments ; Removing mouthpiece with puller ; Bending cup mouthpieces ; Removing stuck valve instruments slide ; Cleaning the inside of valve instruments ; General dent removing instructions ; Dentmaster dent removing tool ; Use of rounding or draw plate ; Removing stuck valves ; Renewing worn valve keys or splines ; Adjusting valve springs ; Fitting valves ; Sticky or dragging valves ; Loose valves ; Plating valves ; How to ease up valves on new instruments ; French horn valve work ; How to install valve corks ; How to straighten trombone slides ; Bending tubes ; Repairing holes in metal instruments -- Violin repairing. Setting sound posts ; Fitting a bridge ; Gluing information -- Drum work. Mounting drum and banjo heads ; Repairing cracked Turkish cymbals -- Plating & tool hardening. Hardening and tempering tools made of drill rod or carbon steel ; Spot plating ; Making a moderately priced generator -- Cleaning cases. Cleaning outside of the case ; Cleaning inside of the case -- Weights and measures. The metric system explained ; Conversion factors for the metric system ; Melting points of metallic elements ; Drill and drill rod table ; Millimeter conversion table to .0001" and nearest 1/32" for checking sax pads ; Tables of weights and measures ; Useful rules and calculations. |
| General note | First published 1939 under title: Selmar band instrument repairing manual. |
| General note | Includes index. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML930 .B82 1946 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |