This is my project trumpet, this brace is broken, and the bad part is, it doesn't have flanges, so it's going to be hard to repair it without having it fall off.
It fell off, it didn't fit really well anyway, I made small round patches for both sides of that brace, to make it stay in place while I soldered it.
There was also a dent under that broken brace. Good thing that Greg let me try out that weird tool that I can put dentballs on. Now, it's very crucial to put grease on the ball. Even if it has tape on it. Or it will get stuck and not even the huge marine in my class can pull it out. It came out when Greg put some valve oil in there to ruin the tape and make it slippery. Yay!
I got an extra trumpet to take out knuckle dents, since neither my project trumpet nor my mouth pipe project had knuckle dents in. Those were rubbed out with my fancy dent rod.
Remember the video with Greg smashing my trombone bell? Well, this is what my trombone bell looked like after I took out the buckle. I kind of like the wavy scratches but I guess those will get better if you buff it and polish it.
The inside of my trombone bell after I took out the dents. I had some difficulty finding them because they are so small, but Greg used a marker to show me where those dents were hiding.
That would be my mouth pipe project, buffed and nice. I lacquered it too.
My broken brace after I soldered it on, and buffed away the mess.
My project trumpet again. My mouth pipe was crooked, and I had to take care of that by putting the trumpet on a bench peg, and pushing. A bit scary.
The waterkey on my project trumpet. The waterkey spring was in pretty bad shape, and besides, it was wrapped around the bridge, which will make the spring go bad and break more easily.
Putting the waterkey cork in it's rightful place!
I play tested the project trumpet, and oh my, did it sound good. The bore of the trumpet is smaller and the trumpet itself is lighter, so it was easier to play than my methods trumpet!
That's me with my nosepicker. Reparo!
Brass class for this semester is almost over so we must give back our trumpet bells and trombone bells. Goodbye!
My project trumpet before I put it in, all fixed up and nice. It didn't even play when I got it, because someone put the valves in the wrong casings!
My crook, no dents, but it still feels lumpy. Sometimes you just can't get it better.
That's my workbench at the woodwinds lab! Can't wait to get started on clarinets and flutes!
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