Brass Sax Mouthpiece Repair by Brazing with Silver Solder

[@stevel6895]

Mojo matched a Beechler Tonalex to my Brilhart Tonalin that I wanted for a backup. He did a spot on job!

[@johnasti7429]

Gorgeous work Keith!!!! You saved a vintage mpc and I'll bet it plays even better!!!!

[@brianpowell847]

Hi Keith, great work on that! I just found my notes on this mouthpiece by searching my email for F1, found the client I did it for, and then looked up my notes. When i first got it, it had already been worked on and closed down, and the work wasn't great. The client (who was a known "tinkerer" to me) insisted he wanted it brought further down to .085". I told him this scared me, as the material under the bite plate already seemed thin. After getting it back, he then wanted it opened back up a bit to .095". I advised against it, but he was quite insistent, and I relented. This was accomplished without cutting through to the bite plate, my notes and emails indicate. I don't doubt that it was further tinkered with again (I certainly didn't do any solder work on it). Nice work resurrecting it!

[@mojobari79]

Brian Powell Thanks for the additional history on this mouthpiece. I should have stated more clearly that there were indications that this mouthpiece was worked on before and after you worked on it.

[@lotsabirds]

Beautiful repair!

[@cahietpas]

This is just brilliant work! Thank you for sharing the process. Truly outstanding!

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

Love your channel, just found it like a week ago.

[@leanmchungry4735]

Therapeutic wizardry from Mojo the master.

[@Craig2760]

Stunning! Any chance getting an update on how well it plays?

[@official_tomisax1611]

Please what's the name of the tools using in filling off the unwanted parts of the mouthpiece?

[@jdbarrera]

Super impressive! Thanks for these videos.

[@MojoBari]

This was for my biggest client who sends me about a dozen mouthpieces every year. I leave the play testing up to him and he keeps sending me more.

[@treadmillrepair754]

Hi, I don't know anything about soldering brass, I need to solder two small pieces of brass, I bought one butane torch and 70% silver wire. These parts comes in a electronics desoldering station, maximum temp is 420 Celsius degrees, Do you know if silver solder can put up with this temp? Thanks in Advance.

[@mojobari79]

@@treadmillrepair754 Sorry I do not know. I actually do not do a lot of soldering.

[@jazzroom]

Great job, amazing! Bravo. How did it play before if at all , and how does it play now?

[@GrahameEasthope]

Amazing job...

[@houndawg3]

If you had put some flux into that little void the solder might have travelled into it.

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

That looked so ugly after the brazing, but so beautiful when it was finished. Brilliant work. 👍 How did it play though?

[@Vosssaxx]

Hi Keith, from Russia:) Great job! I also soldered the metal plate, and the metal table in various mouthpieces. Also filled in the cracks. Sometimes the mouthpiece material (bronze) is at a lower temperature and may have melted. What kind of solder do you use? Does it contain cadmium? I use 60% silver. How cost this work in USA? Thanks!

[@MojoBari]

Vosssaxx I used Extra Easy Silver Solder from Otto Frie. I do not know the composition.

[@MojoBari]

Vosssaxx It appears to be 56% Silver.

[@椋_りょうノビシロ]

Woo, nice job！

[@rachella7866]

How can I contact you?

[@MojoBari]

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[@ngtamphuong]

What a magic!