I play a Reference tenor that I bought new several years ago. It has the same finish on it as the one you repaired. It looks like the repair area turned a light green. Out of the box mine had a small green dot on it. Nice work my friend.😃
Great work, really high artistry and craftsmanship. I watched all the videos on this horn because I've had the same horn for 20 yrs and just now the finish is doing something very strange where it's turning kind of a swirly black (just on a few keys of the upper stack). I'd like to do something myself, but I think this might be out of my league. Was wondering (1) as a guy who understands the unique finish of these, any idea why this us happening and (2) how hard would it be just to strip those keys down to the bare brass (I'd be ok with pretty much anything other than what it's like rt now and thought that a few unlacquered keys might look better)?? I'd love to send you a few photos, couldnt find a contact address. *Mine is on my channel, under "about". (There are other ref 54's online where this is happening all over the horn in big sections for some reason and the owners are distraught. Can't understand why it started just on the upper keys after 20 yrs..) Thanks again for posting this!!
I play a Reference tenor that I bought new several years ago. It has the same finish on it as the one you repaired. It looks like the repair area turned a light green. Out of the box mine had a small green dot on it. Nice work my friend.😃
You are a magician, wonderful work
Great work, really high artistry and craftsmanship. I watched all the videos on this horn because I've had the same horn for 20 yrs and just now the finish is doing something very strange where it's turning kind of a swirly black (just on a few keys of the upper stack). I'd like to do something myself, but I think this might be out of my league. Was wondering (1) as a guy who understands the unique finish of these, any idea why this us happening and (2) how hard would it be just to strip those keys down to the bare brass (I'd be ok with pretty much anything other than what it's like rt now and thought that a few unlacquered keys might look better)??
I'd love to send you a few photos, couldnt find a contact address. *Mine is on my channel, under "about". (There are other ref 54's online where this is happening all over the horn in big sections for some reason and the owners are distraught. Can't understand why it started just on the upper keys after 20 yrs..)
Thanks again for posting this!!
Raised it from the dead. Nice job.
Wish I had the money for this
so do I. I couldn't buy my horn today...
Nice looking tenor.
It is! now it plays well too!
Good job.
Paul Heimann thanks... I think I’ll try to make a rig for my phone to get some better footage...
what did you charge for that repair?
I charged just north of what an overhaul cost. I communicated with the client well, and often. He was very pleased with the result.