This week has been a really good work week for us in the woodwind lab. We are still working on our project saxophones and they are due on Monday. So to start this week, I went through and leveled tone-holes. We do this by using a flat bit with a diamond stone paper on it to remove material from the tone-hole. Once they are all perfectly level, the pads are much easier to seal.
After the tone-holes were leveled, I glued in all of the pads and began leveling them. The pad cups were already leveled during the key fitting process, so padding was pretty easy for the most part. Instead of using a feeler gauge, we use leak lights on saxophone to determine if and where the pad is leaking.
After the padding was completed, I went ahead and glued up a bunch of cork for feet and articulations. Contact cement needs to cure for at least 15 min per coat, so while the glue was setting up, I straightened the neck and removed the few dents that were in there. With all of the corks glued on, I began the regulation process.
The last thing I did this week was to replace the neck cork. Much like tenon corks, we bevel and soften the cork before gluing it on. Once in place, the cork is shaped and sized for the mouth piece. The difficult thing about it is that the neck is tapered and we want a cylindrical cork. Once in the proper shape, the cork is sealed with paraffin wax and cork grease.
On a final note, according to spectators our Pine Car did not lose any of the match-ups this weekend. After all of the total times were added up, our car placed 4th overall. Next week we finish our saxophones and begin work on oboes.
After the tone-holes were leveled, I glued in all of the pads and began leveling them. The pad cups were already leveled during the key fitting process, so padding was pretty easy for the most part. Instead of using a feeler gauge, we use leak lights on saxophone to determine if and where the pad is leaking.
After the padding was completed, I went ahead and glued up a bunch of cork for feet and articulations. Contact cement needs to cure for at least 15 min per coat, so while the glue was setting up, I straightened the neck and removed the few dents that were in there. With all of the corks glued on, I began the regulation process.
On a final note, according to spectators our Pine Car did not lose any of the match-ups this weekend. After all of the total times were added up, our car placed 4th overall. Next week we finish our saxophones and begin work on oboes.
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