[TPIN] Bach Strad

[Josh Landress]

I hand make mouthpipes for bachs also.  I can make it from any material and any size, since I am hand making it. 
   
  Josh

Robert Eye <ra_eye at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  Since no one has posted just where to look at lead pipes, here are a
few sources:

http://www.mkdrawing.com/bach.htm
(Nice line of replacement Bach - and other - lead pipes and tuning
slides.)

http://www.brassinstrumentworkshop.com/aboutpipes.html
(The famous Pilczuk stepped lead pipe.)

http://www.charliesbrassworks.com/products.php
(Top-flight brass repair tech. MK Drawing fabricates some of his stuff.
He can handle the bell repair and a reverse set up as well.)

Many times Strads can be radically affected (most often for the good)
by just having them stress relieved - removing the stresses built in
when they were manufactured - and properly adjusted:

http://homepage.mac.com/fkm/hornproject/project1.html
(should be up soon; looks like he hit a bandwidth limit for now)

There are others, but this is a good starting point. I'll let others
chime in.

Regards,

Bob Eye
Dallas, TX

--- David Johnson wrote:

> The valves are still pretty good, but the leadpipe and bell are
> in need of replacement. My question is: What combination of
> bell and leadpipe would give me a more open blow than the
> standard 37 bell and 25(?) pipe? Or is that not feasable? 
> TIA
> 
> Dave

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