| "body"> | | | | of choice for releasing and reattaching springs on |
| Repairing musical instruments is one of the most | | | | flutes, saxophones, clarinets, oboes, English horns and |
| interesting and rewarding trades there is. Woodwinds | | | | other instruments that have spring loaded keys. |
| and brass have a lot of the same operating principles | | | | Dental tools have many, many uses such as scraping |
| but their own unique sounds. When repairing them, one | | | | and manipulating solder on joints. Cleaning off old solder |
| always comes to a point where no tool seems to be | | | | and smoothing out new solder etc. Also, removing old |
| right for a particular problem. This seems to be | | | | glue and scraping off rust in hard to reach areas. |
| inevitable. | | | | Drum sticks, leather hammers, razes blades, bottle |
| Shortly after you learn to repair instruments you will | | | | tops, cigarette papers, etc. After a while you can |
| start to look at tools in hardware stores in a very | | | | picture almost anything being transformed into a useful |
| different way. For instance, pliers in one trade become | | | | tool. There are a handful of people who will make a |
| completely different in instrument repair. I know of one | | | | new tool and after it proves itself as being useful that |
| brand of $2.00 pliers that were sitting in a big bin at the | | | | person will patent it and mass produce it for the |
| hardware store that were purchased and turned into | | | | instrument repair field. |
| at least 5 different and unique tools for each of the | | | | It seems though that there will never be an end to the |
| techs in our shop. | | | | inventiveness of repair techs. As long as there are |
| Crochet hooks (metal) become spring manipulation | | | | things to repair there will be creative minds looking to |
| tools that you can't do without. They become the tool | | | | make a tool to make the job easier and more efficient. |