Very interesting, you are a pro, doing this kind of work

Hi Art...thanks for the reminder to check for leaks after soldering. I took apart and resoldered a tuning slide on an 1890s cornet and forgot to blow through it to check it. It's fine, no leaks. Your work is fabulous!

Very nice fix, thanks for sharing and have a blessed day!

Absolutely magnificent. And look at that snow!!

Was not prepared for the accidentally artsy shot of you lacquering with the graveyard in the background.

Excelente

You make it look easy, but it requires a lot of expertise. I rather send you my trumpet ! How much do you charge for a lead pipe change? If it is possible to know? also to ask: Is this change, only for cosmetic issues or other? Greetings from Mexico.

Any ideas on how to restore a tuning slide that has been flattened inside by someone trying to unstick(likely) it?

Hi love the videos, would you be able to point me to some tubing, or an online store for parts for the slide trumpet. I have an old bell,

Hi Art, it's been a while since i watched one of your video's so i was pleased to see one pop up on YT today. I would love to be repairing brass instruments over in the states instead of here in the UK. We do have a decent brass banding scene but schools hardly ever have a band anymore so the demand for brass band repair tools and parts is limited and so it's hard to get parts and tools. I would love to be able to go buy a piece of brass tube filled with pitch but sadly it's something you don't see here in the UK. I wondered about the lacquer you used, will it not just end up coming off because it hasn't been hardened/baked in an oven? I did try lacquering the inside of the bell of my Boosey & Hawkes Sovereign Eb tuba with automotive lacquer in a rattle can but it chipped and flaked like mad after a few weeks.

Hey, I have an issue with a tuba, the 4th valve(rotary) is stuck under the third valve, but only a part of the 4th valve is. How do I fix this?

Thank you kindly for the videos! I am learnig a lot. Expanding the scope here a bit....It is noticeable that you cut the leadpipe off at the tuning slide end; NOT at the mouthpiece end of the replacement lead pipe, where the taper is actually tightest near the venturi end. This fact would imply there is the least risk of destroying the proper desired taper, and that there is a region around this further point, which is cylindrical and available to be cutoff without impacting the taper or bow shape. Also... we know that C leadpipes are shorter. There is a 1.5 " variability in the Bach leadpipes for instance, as favored by Herseth, Adelstein, Schlueter, and Sachs. This impacts the slots and playability in interesting ways. So, the question is, how exactly is the length of a leadpipe measured and stated? The stock bare part length? From the receiver end gap to the end of the pipe? Reciever end to tuning slide? This is further complicated by the reverse orientation. So, none of the verbal explanations, nor diagrams, are adequate that I have found. One cannot measure this length easily from the outer inspection on an assembled trumpet either. Every joint has an overlap, and you need a caliper to drop in and see the gap and joint depth at the reciever and tuning slide. Last there is an adpater tube which connects the leadpipe to the tuning slide as well. So, again, one line on a finished trumpet is not precise. I get the basic, I am asking the specific question please...What precisely is the length definition? Thank you !!!

Hey! So I was oiling my 3rd valve and put it in the wrong way and now it's stuck, all I was able to pull off was the button itself and the cap, how would i fix it 💀

Might be an idea that someone like you set up a store where your viewers can order those parts. Seems like a great supply store as they even stock & will make obsolete parts based on ones sent them, and will silver plate them for 30% more, but the average person, such as me, just trying to restore old trumpets at home as a hobby, has no access unless they get a state tax exempt status. I have 2 that I desperately need a lead pipe for, a 1927 Martin Descant & a 1928 Conn 22B New York Symphony, both silver

If I just order brass tubing of the right size and wall thickness, can I replace a lead pipe with that using the ends from the original?

Do you use the same buffing compounds for a silver plated horn?

Why would a customer want to replace a leadpipe? Doesn't look like the old one is badly damaged, or that the new one is more decorative or a different size.

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