I see. My dad actually managed to move the remaining two stuck valves using no tools whatsoever, (he doesn't own a vice OR pliers!) he is my new hero. They all seem to be in good working order now, nice & clean & oily! It is my moronic ex boyfriend who used the pliers, thus me thinking it was some kind of good idea! Thank you for the reply!
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:14:51 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > horn@music.memphis.edu> Subject: [Hornlist] RE: Pliers? NO NO NO> > As > you can see from my somewhat overexcited title, one should restrain oneself > from using pliers for any purpose, real or imagined, anywhere on a french > horn. If you (think you) have to use pliers to move the valve, it has > probably frozen up with corrosion and there's nothing you'll be able to do at > home to make it work well enough. Soap? - nope, kerosene?- no dice, valve > oil? - forget it, soaking? - useless, pliers? - permanent irrevocable damage. > Take it to someone who will do it right and for much less than it will cost > to repair the damage you'll do to it at home. > In my shop the easiest > (thus cheapest) repairs are the ones that nobody else has tried to fix. > Customer tried to fix it - add 100% to undo customer damage. Bad repairman > fixed it wrong way - add 150% to undo. Dad fixed it with vise and power > tools - Would cost way to much to ever get it right again.> > - Steve > Mumford> _______________________________________________> post: > horn@music.memphis.edu> unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/pristine_%40hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d_______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
