Kayin
10-19-2009, 12:46 PM
A little backstory:
This is my daughter's euphonium, and it's seen better days. It's over 200 years old, handmade in the 1800s in Hungary. Valve action is buggered, the slides throw fine, but some braces are popped and there's nasty dent work.
I'm repairing dents, tightening the valves, plating the valve cluster and polishing it up, so it both looks and plays better.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/018-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/017-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/016-7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/014-8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/015-7.jpg
This thing is ancient-it's a piece of history, but it sure sounds good, so we keep using it. It's one of the best I've played. And I've played a lot, lemme tell you.
This is my daughter's euphonium, and it's seen better days. It's over 200 years old, handmade in the 1800s in Hungary. Valve action is buggered, the slides throw fine, but some braces are popped and there's nasty dent work.
I'm repairing dents, tightening the valves, plating the valve cluster and polishing it up, so it both looks and plays better.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/018-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/017-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/016-7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/014-8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/015-7.jpg
This thing is ancient-it's a piece of history, but it sure sounds good, so we keep using it. It's one of the best I've played. And I've played a lot, lemme tell you.