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Re: Metallic Tone?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-02-10 11:15

There are other ways to check for leaks, but this is so dang easy. It doesn't get any easier. You can spend $700 for a magnetic machine, but I don't have one and I've been repairing my horns and sometimes friends horns since the 1970's. I just hate doing repairs.

Players should check your horns often, mainly when things suddenly feel different, a squeak, resistance, stuffiness, basically the horn doesn't play freely.

Also if the barrel the mouthpiece, and the upper and middle joints wobble and you need tape or something because they are too loose. These can really cause the horns to leak as well. Replace these corks about once a year or so. You can learn how to do these yourself and it costs pennies. That's if a repairman isn't close by.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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