That is the usual problem with "modern repair": just buy the spare part & replace it. Any idiot can do it. We are getting the same problem over here in Europe, as the E.U. commisssion abandoned the "master" for most handicrafts , except the security relevant professions handling electricity & gas & a few others.
If there is a real master commanding a repair shop, he or she "can make the spare part", special if it is a screw, bridge or joint only. They have learned how to do it. But nowadays nobody comes to the idea, making a new part, making a replacement part. It is more a knowledge thing. People have become so unflexible. It is a fact. ============================================================ ================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ellen Manthe Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Repair Dear Hornfolk, Please excuse my double post, but I have a student who has a fairly new Conn 8D in need of repair. A screw broke in her thumb valve mechanism as her father was holding it with a screw driver while trying to straighten the screw in the adjustable arm of the valve. They took the horn to Amro Music here in Memphis, after the repair department assured the parents that they made this repair regularly. Now it is over 3 weeks later, and the horn still isn¹t fixed. The parents were told that the repair couldn¹t be done and that an entire new part had to be ordered. At first the repair shop said they received the incorrect part, but today the parents were told that no part had been sent to the repair shop because Conn had been bought out. If anyone is in this area knows of a reputable and competent repair person for horns, please let me know. This student is very conscientious and has been practicing regularly. I have lent her my back-up horn, but I have another conscientious student who needs to have her Yamaha serviced and she is afraid to take her horn in to Amro, which has the only repair shop since mid-South Music (Joe Sellmansberger) is no longer repairing instruments. She will also have to use my back-up horn. A good horn service person would be wonderful to have in Memphis. Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Ellen Manthe _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
