"We've applied some material to seal those holes..."

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:14 am

Is this heavy use wear? Or indicators of its use as a school horn?
The pictures also show a patch on a knuckle and some green patina.

bisontuba · Post by **bisontuba** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:00 am

I hope it is not some sort of crazy glue....it's going to be bad for a repairman to 'undo' someone else's "repair" attempt....yuck.....
Mark

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:29 pm

the elephant wrote:Come on, guys. I worked really hard on this tuba. Cut me some slack. This is an audition winner, here. It will win an audition if you just show up with it. It plays Fountains better than any tuba ever made. I am also keeping my local Home Depot alive by purchasing all that RTV. I am a job creator.

Shhhhhh! Some enterprising soul will start finishing horns with RTV instead of lacquer of silver... THEN where will you be!?

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:39 am

tuben wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:OK, this is an interesting approach...

Is that silicone?

No, no, they're real (honest, they are!) ...

Heavy_Metal · Post by **Heavy_Metal** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:31 pm

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:57 pm

Bondo might have been a neater choice.

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:50 am

I used to think highly of this guy, but that's kind of hard to swallow.

bort · Post by **bort** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:02 am

Well, besides the repair...

What could happen to an instrument to cause that sort of damage? I doubt it's a construction problem on such a high-end horn... some sort of neglect or damage?

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:28 pm

It's amazing what people will do to a musical instrument to "make it better." I once bought a mouthpiece on ebay, when it shipped the seller said, "I shined it up for you."

He had put the mouthpiece on a lathe and used steel wool to remove the tarnish. It had a nice, scratchy brass finish (with a hint of silver) shine to it. I told him he had ruined it and returned it.

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:46 pm

bort wrote:Well, besides the repair...

What could happen to an instrument to cause that sort of damage? I doubt it's a construction problem on such a high-end horn... some sort of neglect or damage?

Yeah, I think that's the kind of sorry thing for me. Pinholes would be red rot? Don't worry, plays great.

TubeNet

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