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Broke a key!

Author: KSCop
Date: 2017-01-13 09:12

So I was working on the re-pad of my B&H Edgware, Circa 1952. The Ab/Eb key wasn't seating as well as I liked and seemed to be bent a bit. So I, in my infinite wisdom, decided to tweak it a little.

Pop! The key snapped in half! It has the Mazak keys.. so no soldering it back together. Wish I would have recalled that possibility..

I did manage to find a replacement key and it's on the way. I may have to fit it a bit but it will hopefully salvage this overhaul. It's coming from the UK and cost me 20 GBP including shipping but if it takes care of the issue, it may be worth it.

I know the horn isn't worth much but it arrived in such sad sad shape that I just had to bring it back to life..

Lesson to be learned here I suppose. If I wasn't such a perfectionist and trying to hit that magic 0 on the magnehelic, I might have accepted the key as it was.

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