DIY shank repair

[WakinAZ]

Hey experts, I have a couple of mouthpieces with shanks that are slightly out of round at the insertion point.
I thought I read somewhere you could put a small shank (junker) trombone mouthpiece shank into the tuba shank and gently tap with a hammer on the outside of the tuba shank. Does this sound right?

Eric "Who once hacksawed a new king 2341 slide to make it removable" L.

[bisontuba]

http://www.brookmays.com/prod_disp.aspx ... oCfAXw_wcB" target="_blank

& rawhide hammer....

[WakinAZ]

Hammer down onto tool or from the side at the shank?

http://www.brookmays.com/prod_disp.aspx ... oCfAXw_wcB" target="_blank

& rawhide hammer....

Eric "who asks dumb questions" L.

[WakinAZ]

Thanks guys. I will try the options you suggested starting with the cheapest and easiest and working my way up:
Screwdriver > trombone 'piece > specialty tool

Eric "cheapa$$" L.

[Tabor]

Here is another cheap way:

you could set (not jam) the shank of the piece on some needle nose pliers and then take the convex side of a spoon and tap at the high spots until it doesn't have an obvious gap.


I would like to know more about this 2341 slide hacksawing. That sounds like it could be a good story.

[roweenie]

I would like to know more about this 2341 slide hacksawing. That sounds like it could be a good story.

+1

[Three Valves]

OK.

So now how do I remove this trombone mouthpiece from my tuba mouthpiece??

[WakinAZ]

I would like to know more about this 2341 slide hacksawing. That sounds like it could be a good story.

So-so story in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26435&p=228617&hili ... ct#p228617" target="_blank

[Tabor]

Wow. Good story. One would think that assembly in a jig would lend itself to not having that particular problem. Oops.