I was wondering how you tell if an instrument has leaks in it?
I have tried to play a students instrument myself using my own set up and produced no sound so I know it's not the student but the instrument.
Our principal needs to know what is exactly wrong with the instrument before we submit it to be repaired and just telling her it leaks air will not be sufficient enough.
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Student not producing sound on instrument
Started by Bclarsax, Oct 19 2004 11:59 AM
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Posted 28 October 2004 - 04:49 PM
With as much due respect as you can muster, you have to ask this administrator if he expects this same thing with any other repair in his building--electrical, plumbing, vehicles, computers, etc...? This is why there are qualified and trained experts in these areas. We send it to them because we don't know exactly what is wrong and how to fix it.
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Posted 01 November 2004 - 01:49 PM
Sounds like that'd be a tricky one to pull off! I bet that's the best thing to do, though. But you could always just fudge an answer. I'm asuming that the principal doesn't know about musical mechanics, so you could probably just make up the best sounding thing that you can think of, ship it off and then let them tell you what really is wrong with it. It'll look like you gave it your best shot. But just remember to say "I thought it might be that," no matter what they say. Haha.
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Posted 22 November 2004 - 07:24 PM
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Assuming it is a woodwind, i suggest yout try moving your hand up and down in front of the instrument, sometimes you can feel the airflow from were it is leaking. Also try having the student play his b flat major scale until he/she gets to the notes they cannot play, then narrow it down to the certain keys.
Assuming it is a woodwind, i suggest yout try moving your hand up and down in front of the instrument, sometimes you can feel the airflow from were it is leaking. Also try having the student play his b flat major scale until he/she gets to the notes they cannot play, then narrow it down to the certain keys.
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Posted 12 March 2005 - 04:14 PM
This instrument needs a P.C. job which will include necessary pads and adjustment to the keys, corks as necessary. Point to some discolored pads and say that the worst of them need to be replaced. Rattle some keys up and down that make noise and say that they need to be adjusted.
In addition, an expert needs to put a leak light down through the instrument and see what else is going on. These people that repair instruments spend all of their time every day working on these instruments and are experts in their field. They go through extensive training and an apprenticeship before they get to repair on their own. I'm just a band director and I don't know enough to fix anything except very minor things.
In addition, an expert needs to put a leak light down through the instrument and see what else is going on. These people that repair instruments spend all of their time every day working on these instruments and are experts in their field. They go through extensive training and an apprenticeship before they get to repair on their own. I'm just a band director and I don't know enough to fix anything except very minor things.
