I'm chiming in late to this. This has only happened to me once - with a mouthpiece anyway. Pipes on the other hand... I have a few pairs of vice grips and a bag of removable rubber tips. They're always helpful for loosening plumbing fixtures where you do not want to dent or mar the finish. One pair on the rim and another on the shank with the protective pads usually does the trick. It also does the trick on pipe fittings that have rusted shut. -William In a message dated 9/7/2010 10:50:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Having given up banging the mouth piece on telephone books, heating in hot water, freezing in the icebox, striking with a wood mallet, etc. etc.,the rim in question refused to come loose and I stopped tormenting it for fear of damage. It was, after all, a $200 Lawson. I was playing on it the other day with the shank firmly seated in my Alex 103 and just for kicks I grabbed the shank hard while it was seated in the horn and gave the rim a good twist, and lo and behold the screw rim came loose and I got it off! This also worked on my Shilke screw rim. So here is another solution. And thanks again to those that offered help! Regards to all- Otto _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
