Musical Instrument Repairs WA

Making a french horn switching lever, Just some sanding and polishing to go

The Owner lost the lever a long time ago and has learnt to play without it.

No aftermarket one fitted or original could be sourced as she is an old french horn so we got the task of making one, I like to make sure it works before doing sanding/polishing/plating

Quite a complicated geometry to design/work with on this one, but she plays really nice and lever functions flawless

So busy, so little time to do much else

Interesting one for the day.

Bassoon with boot rot, we have carved away all the dead wood and now reshaping some new wood to make it functional again

Allow to dry, ream and shape up and then some wood treatment

Nothing exciting but had to take a photo to send to customer, so will repost here

When a register mech or any key struggles to move smoothly, first test is remove the key, remove the rod, then fit the key to the rod and hold it at 90 degrees, if it doesn’t fall under its own weight, then the rod or the key is bent

Case and point

1st photo holding key at 90 degrees and key doesn’t rotate under its own weight
2nd photo, whilst only small you can see the lever arm is actually out of alignment to the hinge tubing