Applying a Satin Finish to a Buescher Big B Tenor
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Check out how the team at the MusicMedic.com Sax ProShop around Curt Altarac sandblasts a Big B tenor before sending it off to get silver plated. yt:stretch=16:9
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If I'm not mistaken, the tenon is the metal tube soldered to the neck and the tenon receiver is the part you pointed to where the tenon fits into. Nice video and thanks for sending out the email updates. They are very informative.
That is an outstanding looking saxophone well done.
Thanks, Rye!
I'm so grateful you posted this!!! So helpful and informative! Your work is amazing :-)!!!!
Wow that Buescher horn looks awesome !
Amazing video my friend good job. It sounds real clear on my end so that’s great.
Awesome, thank you!
Excellent work guys!
looks amazing
Curt , i have a 1920's king Vol Tru Alto sax, what would this cost to do mine,it also needs a tune up. it was re-padded recently but a couples buttons are still dead ?
GREAT VID !!!!
Hey nice job do you do. Copper Plating
Great work!
great work! awesome!
Always see those blasting cabinets at Harbor Freight--now, I have a clue. Wish you had shown leveling.
NICE WORK!
Great work guys - what kind of tape are you using for the masking?
Thank you! Not all masking tapes are created equal. We use 3M 202.
That was a great video yo
amazing
Thank you! Here's a little more info about the refinishing process we do:
saxproshop.com/sax-proshop/restoration-plating/
Nice!
Awesome video! What grit are you using for the sand blasting?
Hi, I would like to know if that job can be done with any sandblasting gun? and the type of sand?
There are two types of sand used for this process, one for cutting and one for smoothing. The gun is used at the lowest pressure to prevent warping or denting the brass.
"B-I-S-H-E-R"... The oldest ads have it pronounced BISHER... and “Bisher" is what all the old timers from Elkhart Indiana still say; dead set against any other pronunciation. Saxquest actually went to several club meetings of retired instrument factory workers in Elkhart, where the BISHER pronunciation still lives on! A former Selmer USA master mouthpiece craftsman who worked with Ralph Morgan also said it was BISHER, and has never been anything but Bisher; he knew because Ralph had been engaged to Gus Buescher's daughter!”
That's correct. Also, few people know that Selmer is actually pronounced 'Selm-yaaaaay'. Even less people know that Bundy is actually pronounced 'Boon-tuh' (with the accent on the 'Boon'). And I've only ever known one person who is honest enough to admit that Conn is pronounced 'Cone', and is named after the geometric shape of the horn. He plays a Cone 11M, with a 12.5 neck.
Nice looking but how does it sound?
I have a tenor sax. I saw my video on UA-cam of you sand blasting a tenor. How much would cost to just sand blast the body? Is it possible to do with the springs on? Thanks in advance.
You'll need to remove the springs to sand blast the body. Please email us at: saxproshop@musicmedic.com and we can get you a price for this work.
how much do you charge for this work?
How much would this normally cost? Because I’m considering painting my tenor sax
We've gotten a lot faster at this process over the years, feel free to contact the ProShop for a quote: Saxproshop@musicmedic.com
I would like to know how you plated the interior of the bell, how do you protect it when you plated the silver finish?
1st silver, then gold
Did you have to manually apply the gold with a plating kit? (I’m presuming you couldn’t dip it as that would affect the outside)
Maybe they plug the bell with something, and fit a cup around the rim of the bell. Then fill that section of the bell with plating solution.
FYI Buescher is pronounced like Bisher (rhymes with fisher) not Busher.
Right, and they say Gus Buescher pronounced it 'Bisher.' Not that everyone knows how to pronounce their own name properly- LOL. Incredible work Curt, bravo!
Wouldn't it be Bew-sher? As for the guy whose name it was, he was American, and had probably come from a family that bastardised its own pronunciation after immigration etc.
That's almost correct. You must pronounce it auf Deutsch, which means that it's 'B-euhh-scherr'. Most people just say Bisher, if they don't speak German (but it's a little cringe, for those that truly know how to pronounce it).
i rather prefer to have a redone gold lacquered finish
It will look nice but ruin the sound
With all the other work involved in these restorations these instruments come out better than brand new, and the work will last a lifetime.
The name of this video should be...
“ How to devalue a saxophone “
Great way to ruin the sound. Dont relacquer
This isn’t true
True!
I don't get it....why modify ???? Now that horn just lost its value....sigh...