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| The pokers. |
This first week has been a flurry of information. I begin my journey in the Brass world. Our first few days consist of a lot of general information, shop safety information, and a test on HMIS. We also began to examine the different parts of the trumpet and the corresponding nomenclature.
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| My mallet, before modifications. |
In the shop side of things, we began to construct various hand tools from raw stock. These include small “pokers”, a steel piston porting tool, and a modified rawhide mallet.
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| My mallet, after modifications. |
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| A piston porting tool. |
Finally, we used these new tools to perform minor maintenance on our methods trumpets. We disassembled our trumpets and gave them a thorough cleaning, then ported the upstroke of each piston. It was a good start.
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| Checking the porting of second valve upstroke. |
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My methods trumpet, disassembled.
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| My methods trumpet, reassembled. |
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