• Professional overhaul with cork, synthetic, traditional felt or any combination
• Budget student overhaul with synthetic pads
• Annual adjusts
• Strip and clean
• Head joint cork replacement

Custom French Horn Repair Work

Ultra Sonic Cleaning to Remove Calcium Deposits

For brass instruments this invention is truely a miricle product. With a good mild acid sufficent to dislodge the calcium deposits and the non abrasive action of the ultrasonic your instrument is cleaned from the inside to out. The non-audible ultrasonic sound waves create a scrubbing brush action within the fluid. The ultrasonic energy enters the liquid within the tank and causes the rapid formation and collapse of minute bubbles: a phenomenon known as cavitation. The bubbles, travel at high speed around the tank causing them to implode against the surface of the item immersed in the tank in an enormous energy release, which gently lifts contamination off the surface and innermost recesses of intricately shaped parts.

Tension / Stress Release

Obvious dents, soft body bends or mis-alignments can put pressure on solder points and keep the instrument under stress. This can happen as the result of a sudden impact or accumulated from a lot of little knocks over the life of a horn. Tension built up on a horn naturally restricts and alters how it vibrates and responds. Releasing this tension free's the instrument up to vibrate freely as it should. This can even be done on new instruments which are often soldered under tension. Read the article

Leadpipe Replacement

We custom build replacement leadpipes for your tired old leadpipes.

Water Key Replacements

We stock both the Amado and Saturn water keys. These water keys installed correctly reduce to the minimum the disruption to the airflow caused by the cavity of water key nipple on standard water keys.

Horn Related Articles

• French Horn Bell Replacement
• About Valave Oil
• Brass Temper and Aging
• About Brass and Red Rot
• Calcium Deposits

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