[TPIN] Bent Bell- How to repair

[Eric Edwards]

How is the bell damaged?
Can you send a picture?

If it's the flare,  that's easy to burnish out.
Same with the majority of the rest of the flare.

The crook can be a hemorrhoid sometimes,  but depending on the damage,
should still be repairable.

Also,  were are you?

Thanks
Eric 


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-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces+eric=elsjledwards.net at tpin.okcu.edu
[mailto:tpin-bounces+eric=elsjledwards.net at tpin.okcu.edu] On Behalf Of Adi
Soon
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 4:02 PM
To: tpin
Subject: [TPIN] Bent Bell- How to repair

Hi all,

need to ask a question. Someone dropped my trumpet from about waist height.
Ended up with a stuck first valve and a slight bend in the bell. My local
music shop tech managed to get the valve free and in fact the action feels
much better now. However, he said there was really nothing he could do to
fix the bell.

Would like to know if any of you have had a similar experience and whether
it is easy to realign the bend to as good as new, or do I have to go the
whole hog and send it to someone to restore.

I can probably live with the slight bend, but if it is a relatively easy
fix, then perhaps I can find someone to help me out. I'm sure this happens
quite a bit to trumpet players, so any direction in this matter is
appreciated.

-Adi
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