Trumpet

 Customer Project: Conn Fluglehorn: Play-condition overhaul


Issues:

-Stuck slides (all of them)
-lots and lots of dents
-suck bottom valve cap

This horn didn't have a whole lot wrong with it, but there were extensive dents in the bell tail.  Not surprising as it used to be a marching band instrument, owned by the Ohio University Band.  Basically I took it apart, got the parts unstuck, chem flushed it (maybe twice), took out all the dents, ported the bottom sprung piston valves and oiled and greased it up.

before:

 3rd valve slide before:

 3rd valve slide after:

 2nd valve slide before:

 2nd valve slide after:

 Main tuning slide before:

Main tuning slide after:

 Bell before:

 Bell after:

Bell tail after: (I forgot to get a before picture, but it was pretty flat and out of round)

Casing knuckle dents before:

Casing knuckle dents after:

Ported valves:

 (felts under the caps)

 replaced the springs and water-key corks

Finished project:

Replacement Mouth Pipe:

So this was a project for class, we got a trumpet, had to mouth pipe off and take a universal one, cut it to length, fit the mouthpiece reciever and upper outer main slide tube, solder, and buff to color:

Custom Trumpet Build:  YHR-2320


So my mouth pipe project above has now turned into a complete custom trumpet build.

What I'm doing:

-fixing the dents in the hand made, custom YHR-GH bell
-making my own custom mouthpipe.
-fixing all the dents in the knuckles of the valve casing.
-replacing the finger ring with a permanent one
-replacing the missing valves
-replacing the missing second valve slide
-switching the upper slide tubes on the first valve so I can add a thumb ring.
-add three piece braces to the main tuning slide area

annealed and ready for it's second and last draw:

before: (the lower knuckle had a lot of dents)

 after:

 I had to find valves and burnish them and lap them to make them work.

 All done and it plays beautifully:

My Great Grandfather's Bugle: Made in Czechoslovakia: Complete Restoration

Completely disassembled:

These were stuck inside the bow of the bell, really old rubberbands!!

started on the dent work of the main tuning slide crook:

 been doing a bunch of dent work on it:(12/01/11)

 to be continued...

Personal Cornet: Bach 1531 Student Model: Complete Overhaul


Issues:
- Never been chem flushed or ported
- Bell and 3rd valve slide dents
- Out of round mouthpiece

Completely disassembled:

shank before:

shank after:

Chem flushed it.

dent work on the third valve slide and the bell:

 I then ported the valves, polished it, oiled the valves and greased the slides.

All done:

 

Methods Trumpet: Yamaha Student Model

What I've done to it:

- ported the valves
- chem flushed it
- reamed the upper inner third valve slide due to factory soft soldering blob
- reassembled, oiled, and greased it

The solder that came out:

Looking down the valve slide: