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Band Directors’s Tricks and Band Directors’s Tricks and TipsTips
their instrument doesn’t play their instrument doesn’t play and you can save the day!and you can save the day!
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Tool KitTool Kit glue stickglue stick lighterlighter dental tooldental tool feeler gaugefeeler gauge rawhide hammer rawhide hammer spring hook (modified crochet spring hook (modified crochet
hook) hook) painters tape painters tape zip tiezip tie screw driversscrew drivers broken drum stick broken drum stick contact cement contact cement pipe-cleanerspipe-cleaners paperclips paperclips wire cutters wire cutters plierspliers wide rubber band wide rubber band
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INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Brass Water key corksBroken bracesFinger rings
Painters tapeZip tiesZip ties
Trumpet Stuck 2nd valve - Books in case
2nd slide repositioning.
Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively
Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tappingProtected pliers
Brass Valves – not movingspring, guide casing dents
Remove obstructionRe-align guide and springsend to repair tech
Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents
Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexingTake notice - send to repair tech
Brass
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BrassINSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Brass Water key corksBroken bracesFinger rings
Painters tapeZip tiesZip ties
Trumpet Stuck 2nd valve - Books in case
2nd slide repositioning.
Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively
Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tappingProtected pliers
Brass Valves – not movingspring, guide casing dents
Remove obstructionRe-align guide and springsend to repair tech
Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents
Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexingTake notice - send to repair tech
Marrell MusicMarrell Music
INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Brass Water key corksBroken bracesFinger rings
Painters tapeZip tiesZip ties
Trumpet Stuck 2nd valve - Books in case
2nd slide repositioning.
Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively
Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tappingProtected pliers
Brass Valves – not movingspring, guide casing dents
Remove obstructionRe-align guide and springsend to repair tech
Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents
Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexingTake notice - send to repair tech
Brass
Brass
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INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Brass Water key corksBroken bracesFinger rings
Painters tapeZip tiesZip ties
Trumpet Stuck 2nd valve - Books in case
2nd slide repositioning.
Brass Stuck slides Drumstick and tapping – conservatively
Brass Stuck Valve caps Rawhide hammer – tappingProtected pliers
Brass Valves – not movingspring, guide casing dents
Remove obstructionRe-align guide and springsend to repair tech
Trombone slide, correcting alignment, dents
Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexingTake notice - send to repair tech
Brass
Brass
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TrumpetTrumpetno sound or thin no sound or thin
soundsound
Visual checkVisual check
Valves:Valves:
* wrong order (no air passes * wrong order (no air passes through)through)
* Valve damage * Valve damage
* UFO – Unidentified Foreign * UFO – Unidentified Foreign Object.Object.
Slides:Slides:
*Missing waterkey corks*Missing waterkey corks
*UFO*UFO
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Sax NeckSax NeckNo lower notesNo lower notes
Check octave neck key heightCheck octave neck key height
Finger G with the thumb Finger G with the thumb octave down. When the 3octave down. When the 3rdrd finger is lifted the octave neck finger is lifted the octave neck key should rest on the pip. key should rest on the pip. When it stays elevated:When it stays elevated:
Solution - hold neck key down Solution - hold neck key down at the pad cup and with the at the pad cup and with the other hand push the bottom other hand push the bottom ring of the key up as if it ring of the key up as if it toward the pad cup.toward the pad cup.
Recheck and adjust Recheck and adjust accordingly.accordingly.
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INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Flute Head cork
Pads – trill and C
Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plateGluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet
Woodwinds Missing padsSticky padsMissing hinge screws
Scotch tape and tissueDollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gonePaper clips
Clarinet/Sax Tenon corksClarinet pads
Painters tapeGluestick and/or lighter - float pads
Saxophone Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stackLoose MP/Worn Tenon corkKeyguard screws missing
Push out with drumstick
Painters tape and advise to remove mp
Paperclip Bassoon Bassoon bocal No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and
warm soapy water
WoodwindsWoodwinds
Marrell MusicMarrell Music
INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Flute Head cork
Pads – trill and C
Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plateGluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet
Woodwinds Missing padsSticky padsMissing hinge screws
Scotch tape and tissueDollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gonePaper clips
Clarinet/Sax Tenon corksClarinet pads
Painters tapeGluestick and/or lighter - float pads
Saxophone Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stackLoose MP/Worn Tenon corkKeyguard screws missing
Push out with drumstick
Painters tape and advise to remove mp
Paperclip Bassoon Bassoon bocal No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and
warm soapy water
WoodwindsWoodwinds
Marrell MusicMarrell Music
INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Flute Head cork
Pads – trill and C
Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plateGluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet
Woodwinds Missing padsSticky padsMissing hinge screws
Scotch tape and tissueDollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gonePaper clips
Clarinet/Sax Tenon corksClarinet pads
Painters tapeGluestick and/or lighter - float pads
Saxophone Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stackLoose MP/Worn Tenon corkKeyguard screws missing
Push out with drumstick
Painters tape and advise to remove mp
Paperclip Bassoon Bassoon bocal No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and
warm soapy water
WoodwindsWoodwinds
Marrell MusicMarrell Music
INSTRUMENT PROBLEM SOLUTION
Flute Head cork
Pads – trill and C
Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plateGluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet
Woodwinds Missing padsSticky padsMissing hinge screws
Scotch tape and tissueDollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gonePaper clips
Clarinet/Sax Tenon corksClarinet pads
Painters tapeGluestick and/or lighter - float pads
Saxophone Mouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stackLoose MP/Worn Tenon corkKeyguard screws missing
Push out with drumstick
Painters tape and advise to remove mp
Paperclip Bassoon Bassoon bocal No sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and
warm soapy water
WoodwindsWoodwinds
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One on One Training
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