Aw, it's not like I don't appreciate the advice! I'm just not in a very good position to do that right now. I've so outgrown the space I've got, there are a lot of projects that just never get done. Back when I had all the space I could use, I always had my soldering iron on my workbench, and a lot of other tools, too. I didn't hesitate to add a key to my saxophones, then polish and lacquer it. I made or repaired a lot of cables back then, and I still have bulk wiring for that purpose somewhere out in the garage. But I don't have a lot of room now, and every action requires reconfiguring the space I have, which I do pretty much every day for something or another.HCMarkus wrote:
Coincidentally, on Thursday I'm taking three of my saxophones to a trusted instrument technician to make and add those very same keys to them. I added them to three other saxes over thirty years ago, two of which I've since sold, so I've been waiting years to add the key to some of these. It's a sensitive thing, requiring expert work that in the past I only trusted myself to do. That's how much trouble it is, now, for me to do that kind of work. So I'm just taking them to someone who will do a better job than I am able to do these days, and who can leave their shop set up 24/7.
But I kept a PDF of the Rane guide, and I will definitely use that when we move to our next place, probably in the next 3 years.
Shooshie