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Re: Tonehole undercuts

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-06-20 09:51

Hello Karl! Great Question Hope I can answer it.

Hans Moennig used electrical tape, but a special brand by 3M when I played around at his shop. You've been there my friend I'm sure. But I did hear he switched to a different type of tape after I left in the late 1970's. I don't know what he switched to or if he actually did switch. Perhaps you know what he switched to? I personally still use 3M, because it's so thin. I use an exacto knife to cut it for procision on a large 3 foot glass. I don't do much repairs for people. But when I do it seems to remain in place forever. I clean the tone holes well with alcohol and a Q-tip before putting on the tape. There's so much oil on the holes and also dirt you may go through 3 or 4 Q-tips before it's clean.

Hans was very nice to me and made me some undercutting tools for those needed problematic holes which are always flat and dead sounding in the upper joint of the R13 horns. These and his pipe I won't ever sell. For those that don't know Hans He smoked a pipe and he gave me a pipe. Kind of a special gift.

Added - $350 is a pretty decent price for a set of these. I'm not sure how sharp they are or the type of metal, meaning you may have to sharpen them sometimes or every time you use them, but the cost is excellent. Some metals are so hard you won't ever have to sharpen them. A concern of course are burs and chips left on the tone holes. So be careful. Practice on a junk horn first. Go really slowly and easy. It's wise to have a dremal tool set on standby to smooth off any tiny nicks and chips.

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

Yamaha Artist 2015

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