I've done a number of conversions of 1st slides, but never employed the "ghost slide" technique. Kind of cool and probably a lot less of a hassle than converting to what is a standard 1st slide throw set up. Nice job.
Thanks for watching. Art and I actually went to repair school together. I like watching what he is up to as well. I can tell you that I built my dream, to be surrounded by music 24/7, whether performing, writing, fixing, etc. I love it and have always provided for my family. If you ever have any questions, please reach out, I’ll tell what I know from my life experience.
@@wesleemusicrepair9820 well so far I’ve asked around for summer jobs at repair shops as just maybe sweeping floors or something I’m just trying to make connections at the moment but I do wanna go and do 4 years at college since I’m lucky enough to where I’m more than able to go. But I have started working on horns and some projects but I definitely have a long ways to go. I’ve actually built 2 c trumpets from Bb and then turned them both into a 4 valve c trumpet so I can get pedal tones
Check out the amado style water keys from Carol Brass. The back screws in instead of using that silly clip and they are built tight. I love watching you Solder!
Massive respect for your skill and ingenuity. That really turned into a work of art. What grate cheese cloth and compound do you like for hand ragging?
@Wes Lee Music Repair That Holton is interesting in that the ferrules that attach the slide crooks to the inner slide tubes have a waste. Wasn't that a J.W. York thing? I think York took out a patent on that design. I've certainly seen it on several York tubas. I wonder if they were sharing parts back then. Nice work, I've enjoyed working my way through your past videos.
I have a King B flat/ C trumpet being repaired. We found it in a storage locker and all the slides were stuck. It has been in the shop for about two months. There were also some dents that needed to be removed. How long should it take to do that?
I really like the Ghost Slide. Is that your idea, or did you see it done previously? Also, I've never seen the need for Amado water keys. I can operate a standard water key faster, and it's easier to accomplish. But, to each his own.
The way it's build by default, it can not be operated while playing, because both sides of the slide go into the Instrument (you can see it if you look closely at 0:33). The ghost slide is "converting" the upper half of the slide into an outer slide, so that you can mount a finger saddle on without having to replace the whole tubing itself.
