Repair tech in northeast or central florida
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:05 pm
Greetings all,
I have not played more than a few notes in the last 10 years but want very badly to get back into playing. I have an old weltklang BBb 4 rotary valve tuba that needs a lot of work. I got it in high school (15 years ago) and it hasn’t quite worked right since. It was shipped to us in a cardboard box (no case) which caused a lot of issues that the local repair shop for the high schools kind of fixed, but not well. Since then it’s seemed to always have valve issues. I’ve taken it to several music and arts/ Sam ash style repair shops over the years and not surprisingly, gotten poor results. I know there are some soldering issues, probably a leak or two, but my main concern is the valves. At some point it fell right on top of the valves and broke the bracing connecting the linkages to the horn. Can anyone recommend someone in Florida, preferably jacksonville, Orlando, or somewhere in between who would be a better choice than the random music shops I’ve been to? I would at least like to have a true professional look at the horn and let me know what it would take to fix it, or if it may be worth looking into mackbrass/ Wessex as a possible replacement.
I have not played more than a few notes in the last 10 years but want very badly to get back into playing. I have an old weltklang BBb 4 rotary valve tuba that needs a lot of work. I got it in high school (15 years ago) and it hasn’t quite worked right since. It was shipped to us in a cardboard box (no case) which caused a lot of issues that the local repair shop for the high schools kind of fixed, but not well. Since then it’s seemed to always have valve issues. I’ve taken it to several music and arts/ Sam ash style repair shops over the years and not surprisingly, gotten poor results. I know there are some soldering issues, probably a leak or two, but my main concern is the valves. At some point it fell right on top of the valves and broke the bracing connecting the linkages to the horn. Can anyone recommend someone in Florida, preferably jacksonville, Orlando, or somewhere in between who would be a better choice than the random music shops I’ve been to? I would at least like to have a true professional look at the horn and let me know what it would take to fix it, or if it may be worth looking into mackbrass/ Wessex as a possible replacement.