Yes, they can work steel as well as brass and other common metals. I have had big silk covered concert horns straightened. It is the way to go. Do not try and fix it yourself, it will only increase the final cost.
Rich On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:56:30 -0800 (PST), john robles wrote: >Can they do that to steel? I thought they just straightened out brass horns. > Thanks > John >Rich <rich-m...@octoxol.com> wrote: > Take horn to the guy who straightens out band instruments. Then strip and > refinish. >On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:59:09 -0800 (PST), john robles wrote: >>Hi Guys >> I purchased a Victor IV on eBay that needed some work. Needs a new finish, a >> few screws are >missing (in the machine, not me), a little cosmetic stuff. Not much really, >considering I got it for about a >third of the retail price. >> The machine arrived in fine shape, the Victor morning glory horn was damaged >> in shipping. A few >petals were bent fairly badly, one until the supporting wire was showing. That >one I was able to bend >back pretty much to the correct position. >> My question is, is it better to bend them back to shape and settle for good >> enough, or should I run an >insurance claim on it? The problem here is that the post office may take the >horn if they ofer me a >settlement, and then I would really be out of luck. As it is, I have a damaged >horn that could probably be >made 'livable'. By the way, this horn is painted gold. Yuck. I may just get an >original horn to replace it...I >have plenty of wiggle room due to the good price I got it for. I already got a >lid latch thanks to George >Vollema, but I need to plug and redrill the holes for it as they are stripped >(probably why the orig latch is >gone). >> So which is it - insurance, or bend and be mostly satisfied? Or does anyone >> know a good way to >restore a Victor MG horn?? And is it strip and repaint, or buy a replacement >horn? >> Thanks >> J >>_______________________________________________ >>Phono-L mailing list >>Phono-L@oldcrank.org >>Phono-L Archive >>http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >>Phono-L RSS Feed >>http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/feed/index.rss >>Support Phono-L >>http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >Phono-L@oldcrank.org >Phono-L Archive >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >Phono-L RSS Feed >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/feed/index.rss >Support Phono-L >http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >Phono-L@oldcrank.org >Phono-L Archive >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >Phono-L RSS Feed >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/feed/index.rss >Support Phono-L >http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
