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Band Directors’s Tricks and Tips. their instrument doesn’t play and you can save the day!. 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
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Band Directors’s Tricks and Tips their instrument doesn’t play and you can save the day! Marrell Music
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 Marrell Music
Brass Marrell Music
Brass Brass Marrell Music
Brass Brass Marrell Music
Trumpetno 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
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 3rd 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 Marrell Music
Woodwinds Marrell Music
Woodwinds Marrell Music
Woodwinds Marrell Music
Questions What other problems do you run across? Hands-on Marrell Music
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC! • High School Repair Apprenticeship Program • Repair Workshops for Teachers • One on One Training music@marrellinstrumentrepair.net www.marrellinstrumentrepair.net 216-228-4885 Marrell Music
Gettysburg 150th Anniversary U.S. Army Band Stars and Stripes Forever – piccolo excerpt Marrell Music 2014