Band Directorss Tricks and Tips their instrument doesnt
Band Directors’s Tricks and Tips their instrument doesn’t play and you can save the day! Marrell Music
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l l l l Tool Kit glue stick lighter dental tool feeler gauge rawhide hammer spring hook (modified crochet hook) painters tape zip tie screw drivers broken drum stick contact cement pipe-cleaners paperclips wire cutters pliers wide rubber band Marrell Music
DON’T DO IT! Marrell Music
Brass INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Brass Water key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties Trumpet Stuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers Brass Valves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Brass INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Brass Water key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties Trumpet Stuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers Brass Valves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Brass INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Brass Water key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties Trumpet Stuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers Brass Valves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Brass INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Brass Water key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties Trumpet Stuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers Brass Valves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Trumpet no sound or thin sound Visual check Valves: * wrong order (no air passes through) * Valve damage * UFO – Unidentified Foreign Object. Slides: *Missing waterkey corks *UFO Marrell Music
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FEELER GUAGE Marrell Music
SPRING HOOK Push (top cut) Pull (inside cut) Marrell Music
Sax Neck No lower notes Check octave neck key height Finger G with the thumb octave down. When the 3 rd finger is lifted the octave neck key should rest on the pip. When it stays elevated: Solution - hold neck key down at the pad cup and with the other hand push the bottom ring of the key up as if it toward the pad cup. Recheck and adjust accordingly. Marrell Music
Woodwinds INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Flute Head cork Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads Push out with drumstick Woodwinds Clarinet/Sax Saxophone Bassoon Pads – trill and C Missing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Tenon corks Clarinet pads Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Bassoon bocal Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Woodwinds INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Flute Head cork Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads Push out with drumstick Woodwinds Clarinet/Sax Saxophone Bassoon Pads – trill and C Missing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Tenon corks Clarinet pads Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Bassoon bocal Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Woodwinds INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Flute Head cork Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads Push out with drumstick Woodwinds Clarinet/Sax Saxophone Bassoon Pads – trill and C Missing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Tenon corks Clarinet pads Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Bassoon bocal Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Marrell Music
Marrell Music
Woodwinds INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION Flute Head cork Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads Push out with drumstick Woodwinds Clarinet/Sax Saxophone Bassoon Pads – trill and C Missing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Tenon corks Clarinet pads Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Bassoon bocal Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Marrell Music
Questions What other problems do you run across? Hands-on Marrell Music
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC! High School Repair Apprenticeship Program l Repair Workshops for Teachers l One on One Training l music@marrellinstrumentrepair. net www. marrellinstrumentrepair. net 216 -228 -4885 Marrell Music
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Gettysburg 150 th Anniversary U. S. Army Band Stars and Stripes Forever – piccolo excerpt Marrell Music 2014
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