Tuba Damage

[@porthole12]

Hopefully when he repairs a drum set we will be treated to non stop tuba music

[@stranraerwal]

Peter O'Brien: thanks for expressing what I felt in such a funny, observant way.

[@capeman10]

Very funny

[@joeventura1]

Now thats funny!

[@shartne]

LOL made me laugh =)

[@tonyadkins8320]

Peter O'Brien and the funny comment award goes tooooooo.

[@illitrait]

...an absolute master craftsman at work - I could sit there and watch him all day. Salute.

[@pooorman-diy1104]

he revealed all secrets of his workshop ...

[@Shopofhopethriftstore]

I

[@3aasmith]

Me, too.

[@bassmith448bassist5]

He reminds me of a wind instrument tech I knew in high school. Peter McFarland. A soft spoken old gentleman with an infectious laugh and an infinite amount of patience for a noisey high school tuba player who was constantly badgering him with questions. Old Mr. Mac as we called him was a brilliant brass and reed tech and was very supportive of me and my high school band. All the players at my school went to him for repairs. He also periodically worked on the school's instruments, many times just for the cost of parts and materials. RIP Mr.Mac!!!!

[@pauljenkins2501]

Amongst all the dross on the internet, you occasionally come upon something like this. So much skill, it leaves me stunned. Thank you for a fascinating video.

[@bassmith448bassist5]

I could be watching Russian dash cams. Then I find things like this and my faith in humanity is restored for a few minutes.

[@billsteamshovel1325]

Couldnt have said it any better Mr.Jenkins

[@stevewyatt3339]

Even more amazing fixing a dented expansion chamber with water pressure

[@MrKitty-zv3dl]

As a custom sheet metal fabricator I can really appreciate the patience, finesse and skill this type of work requires....this man is an artist.

[@bigwhig3126]

Awesome work! I just hope it doesn't end up falling off the bleachers again come next High School football season. If I were a director, I would make every kid who turned in a tuba looking like that sit there the next summer and watch it being repaired for 2 days. This was truly a lot of work. Well done!

[@haydenthompson8242]

I personally believe that dents add character. Although I think this Tuba had a little too much character.

[@jimflys2]

Yeah, too much of a good thing is, well, not good!

[@madalinebeeman2171]

Yayh! Makes me feel better about my 1969 Miraphone with lots of character. Still- would be nice to get some of the less attractive dents out...

[@foamytony3291]

Brudda you haven't seen mine. Mine has a massive dent in the bow. Like someone tried to play fruit ninja and missed. Its bad but it still sounds great. Up to a point tho. I can't play too loud without the vibrations being trapped and it causes a rattle like sound and quality is nulled a bit

[@BennyCFD]

If you had a dent on your head would that give you character....?

[@naui_diver9290]

It starts to lose sound

[@monicawichgers3028]

Thanks Jim so much for fixing my tuba and showing us how you did it. You do excellent work!

[@jimbroburrito9374]

Monica Wichgers it's not your tuba

[@sumfayhashay5696]

Monica Wichgers if it was your tuba then how did you ruin it so much?

[@byronpratt9697]

If it was your tuba then what did you do to the poor thing

[@monicawichgers3028]

DaLone One I bought it damaged for 800 on ebay

[@monicawichgers3028]

JimPresto yes it is..I bought it damaged for 800 on ebay and took it to the best repair guy.

[@brentthibault3467]

I’ve taught high school band for 30 years and I’ve always hated how these beautiful instruments get abused. I think every kid who dents one should have to work at your shop and learn how much work it takes to restore the instrument.

[@jimflys2]

Indeed. Or they could just pay for some or all of the cost of repair!

[@laurens3857]

I was really clumsy in middle school and tried to take the best care of my instrument that my parents bought but I was just super clumsy and felt super bad but I dented it all the time and used to cry to my parents about it

[@devinrobinson3229]

As long as he gets paid he dosent care.

[@smitajky]

I had a three valve tuba that was sixty years old. No lacquer in those days so it needed regular polishing and I only ever played it with white gloves. But despite the age it was undented. I played it for six years then passed it along to the next person. In fact I never saw an abused instrument and I was the one who kept them fixed. So I saw every flaw. I guess that while the students saw the music as a privilege they were considerably more careful.

[@american23t]

I still have the King trumpet my widowed mom got me when I was 11 in 1964..When I got the only dent it has in the 1st valve slider, I felt horrible.. It still bothers me to this day..

[@farquell5782]

I've restored quite a few tubas and I learned some nice tricks from this. You are very generous to share your knowledge with us.

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

The Master Craftsman here and wow what a great job well done sir .your restoration is a true gift .

[@jimflys2]

Wow, that's really nice. I do love my work.

[@kenolson3064]

Old fashioned Master craftsmanship, is just old-fashioned hard work. Wonderful restoration.

[@RCCanuck]

That was extremely impressive work. I really enjoyed the workmanship that was involved. Had no clue how they did this till now. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

[@harrisonblake1978]

Never be new again, but an absolutely masterful job of bring this instrument back to peak performance. They become better as they age and produce a mellower sound as it and you become used to each other. Play Baritone and Sousaphones in High School, and later I joined a Community Band. Salute.

[@toAdmiller]

How many people looked at those dents and said, "No way..."...?

[@byrn]

Yeah, I was in band all through high school and never saw a brass *that* beaten up, even the loaners.

[@dustintaylor2083]

@@byrn I think they meant they thought there is way no way it is repairable...

[@brooks3racing1]

I agree that sucker looked ready for the scrap bin! I’m impressed.

[@marcuscicero9587]

I did not commit to a "no" but I was wondering how he was gonna pull this off. talent and experience

[@randalljames1]

as a kid (mid 60's) I would sit in my dads music store and watch "Mr Schnabel" fix brass and woodwinds.. He was from the "old country" and moved here sometime in the late 40s.. I would be content watching him pound, beat, shrink , stretch and polish countless dents.. Those shops have a rather unique smell to the.. sort of really old leather with some funk lol

[@fmphotooffice5513]

The lovely "funk" likely comes from oxidizing the brass inside with teen-age spit. Special smell you can't place unless you played a beefy instrument like that or a french horn. Little brass instrumwnts like trumpets smell like valve oil.

[@ExtantFrodo2]

That magnetic ball tool is quite effective. Remarkable work all around. It's so very pleasant to see that such things don't have to be disposed or just recycled for the metal.

[@glines1]

Living in Madison, I've had Jim work on two baritone horns and one French horn. Even though I could sense that he had plenty of work awaiting his attention back in the shop, he always took time to explain our options before filling out the work order. Every job came out beautifully, and he even remarked with appreciation about the unique sonic character of the funky 80 year old Wurlitzer baritone. It was a remarkable and somewhat humbling experience to be treated with so much courtesy by a person of such intelligence and skill.

[@ustinman8446]

I'm an old school sheet metal worker, spent most of my working life In copper shops. Your work is very impressive I can't believe You brought that train wreck Back to life Bravo! Nice job!

[@FACELOWNER]

I think I can say without fear of contradiction, that this gentleman has done this before..!!!! Brilliant.

[@michaelsweswe]

A lot of patients went on to this repair, turned off the volume to watch this.

[@marcoblanco3434]

I played trumpet and valve trombone when I was young. My first trumpet was a LeBlanc and it was a wreck. We took it to an instrument repair place and they let me stay there while it was being fixed. Dents do change the pitch and tone. It came out like the tuba you did here. Great job brother...

[@jimflys2]

It can happen.

[@lymantria10]

Good video-(I muted to remove the drumkit). I wondered how these got fixed. Learned something new!

[@coleve8596]

As a plumber for 46 years I remember when an apprentice and fitting we pans wc only had 4 inch lead pipe at the time for connecting which being extremely soft often had many dents in them which like the brass bend had to be removed. We carried a set of Tonkins which were a a range of extremely hard wooden balls of varying diameter with a hole through the centre. A rope was fed through the Tonkin and fed through the pipe and the opposite end wrapped around the head of a heavy hammer. We them just sat down and tugged the Tonkin though the pipe and it was amazing to watch all the dents vanish as you progressed. The Tonkin was short which allowed you to traverse bends.

[@jessebrook1688]

I do brass repair also, and that is one of the most damaged tubas I've ever seen (yes I'm sheltered). I bet that is at least 10-12 hours of work, which, at my shop, would be somewhere around $675-750. We don't do almost-overhauls, because we have a whole lot of stock to grind through (not enough tubas, though). A++

[@mindblitz6496]

Jesse Brook 750 dollars?! Christ, that's what I spent on my used French horn!

[@homerohomero5563]

Stumbled here by accident and I literally stopped what I was doing to see the video through, wow! So much work, detail, and effort! This video should be part of Band 101 on how (and why) to take care of school instruments...!!

[@jaromirdenk3189]

I never expected to watch this video till the end .. but I did . Very satisfying .. Job well done ... Hope I wont be looking for dented instrument now .. :-)

[@solarismoon3046]

Brilliant! This is what I like to see - old world craftsmanship done by hand and with machine results! I make my own guitars and this is nothing less than inspiring and truly talented!! Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@mal2ksc]

Keef is a great symbol for instruments that should be dead but haven't stopped moving yet.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Death walks into a bar, sickle over shoulder. Barman leans forward and asks, "what's wrong, mate? You look like Keith Richards, warmed up"

[@brentbarnhart5827]

I never thought that was possible and I was a professional trumpet player for 30 years, you are INDEED a master.

[@martyv5417]

A tuba solo for background music would have been better than drums.

[@you2tooyou2too]

He could have played the instrument at various stages of tone improvement during the repair.

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Of these wonderful people Thousands of Thanks go to you

[@WangChung81]

Jesus, did they hit it with a car??

[@marcusmuse4787]

What happened was the kid got jumped and they were using the Tuba to beat the kid with!

[@spaceseal2268]

my guess is that it was put on an aeroplane in a soft case or something because it looks more like it has been crumpled. this i think is because often the luggage part of the plane is not properly pressurised. you can also see it has happened at the outside part of the curve which i assume would be the weakest part of the instrument due to the bend. as i said though its just my guess and i'm likely wrong

[@user-cm8ij3kj1i]

WangChung81 I believe they did

[@MFKR696]

Looks like a fairly standard school-instrument to me. Most of the brass instruments I came into contact with in high-school looked like they got run over by a bus. There was one single good trumpet at my high-school, and you better believe I treasured every second I had with that little beauty. Every other trumpet they had was hardly in functional condition. As for the tubas and trombones, not a single good one to be had at that school, unfortunately.

[@MFKR696]

@@spaceseal2268 If that damage happened during a flight, pressurization has nothing to do with it. For air-pressure to damage a brass instrument, you would have to seal up every single hole in the thing tighter than a Nun, and even then, it would expand out and crack, not crumple, since air pressure up above the clouds is obviously lower than ambient, not higher. It looks more like a pissed off baggage handler or high-school kid caused the damage to me. That tuba very much resembles most of the brass instruments my high-school had at their disposal.

[@robertforrester578]

Just plain old good work Brother. Thanks from Philadelphia

[@Peter-nv3wu]

You make everything look so simple but how many years has it taken you to perfect all of your skills ? Amazing end result considering the damage it came in with, real workmanship !

[@The_DuMont_Network]

Never mind the drums. That's why you have a mute function. Concentrate and MARVEL at the patience and deft touch of this master craftsman. I would have given up before the poor thing showed up at my shop. That, sir, is a wonderful example of craftsmanship, knowledge and delicate touch. My hat is off to you, sir!

[@robgulledge9952]

I was mezmerized by the craftsmanship and the various techniques. Thanks for sharing. It shows that many old, vintage instruments may well have life left in them. How about a video what demonstrated the before and after effect on the sound quality after such a restoration project? That would be pretty awesome! Maybe some info on the acoustical facts and wavelength stuff about what makes the sound resonate and the quality thereof. It would also be interesting to hear your thoughts about the cost/benefit on restoring an older instrument versus buying a newer one. When do you find that such work is a wise choice? Great work and it kept my attention throughout.

[@jimflys2]

I think this tuba was only 20 or 30 years old. My opinion is that bell and bow dents will likely not effect play-ability that much, though a person who is intimately familiar with their horn may notice a difference. BUT, they will effect the desire to handle it well and be careful with it. My guess is that it would effect certain partials and possibly create nodal points that may make some notes not quite lock in well or be a bit funky. I think that this is a bigger issue with leadpipe dents or dents in smaller tubing. Maybe. I am continually amazed at how well some horns will play even with punched in crooks (trombones etc). You would also have to get a really good and consistent player to test and use some acoustical measuring equipment in order to objectively test that. I think most players unconsciously compensate for such issues. In fact they do this my nature with even a new instrument since there are few if any that are the "perfect" horn. Good thoughts you have though. thanks for the comments!

[@inesblanco1670]

Rob Gulledge como fazr tubos de madeira para orgao artezanal

[@battlehrfred]

Wow, this shows how a "PROFESSIONAL" does his work!! TALENT IT IS!!

[@ge200099]

Thats like a typical middleschool brass band instrument 😂😂

[@autumnedwards6562]

ge200099 true we have 2 really old tubas and they were there when one of my band directors were in school

[@blakeharris5527]

I know at first I thought that was my tuba

[@sadlittlehero]

Yep. I was like "Hey, that's my school's tuba!"😂😂

[@joey_7798]

ge200099 I was just going to say that looks like my school loner XD

[@sobbingsop692]

Actually I take pretty good care of mine (with a few falls and drops now and then)😂

[@Idelia412]

I had some rare horns for a two horn Duplex Phonograph and they had badly dented brass bells. The dents were removed and the guy was from Germany and did a lot of repairs at a music store. He took all the dents out and now I know how he did it. Amazing! Thanks for sharing how dents are removed.

[@firstnamelastname7143]

Cool resurrection, some offbeat Tuba music would be good for background.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

This guy is a magician! Amazing work!🙀🙀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@michaelbevan3285]

turn off the drum banging! watching the skill at work is music itself!

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Nah, it's cool. Adds to the suspense

[@someotherdude]

Agreed. Maybe a bit of Tuba music at the end of the video. Give credit though, at least it wasn't that horrible electronic dance music.

[@douglasrodrigues9329]

Watching an expert at work doing what most people cannot do was great!

[@PabloMartinez-sd9bj]

Realmente pensé que el acabado sería muy distinto, ciertamente usted es un muy desabollador pero falta perfección en el acabado. Saludos.

[@reedcrane4580]

Watching him use fire on the tuba gave me a heart atack

[@alexrXX]

Excellent Job! I would have enjoyed the video more if there was Tuba music rather than that rackety drumming.

[@Salviasmoker]

why is this so satisfying to watch.

[@Rickblues46]

Lived the very clever repair , hated the drum accompaniment and could have done with gentle commentary instead !

[@larrylund2682]

this answered a lot of questions I never had answered. I had my bell dented trumpet reworked. along with a complete restore. new valves etc. . It is always a pleasure to watch masters at work. Thanks.

[@trollguy8693]

Jim Huwe those drums were rough

[@mrmanch204]

What a pleasure to watch a true craftsman. I would have liked to see the customers reaction to your work.

[@mrbigg151]

That's some mad work to get those dents out. I'll stick to woodwind, thank you. lol

[@seven9766]

mrbigg151 But woodwinds never sound soooo clear. There is nothing like an excellent tubist. Maybe a nice euphonium player. (Myself not really included. )

[@MaxRamos8]

seven that's why doubling is even better. I'm a euphonium player but I doubled on tuba and Souza for 2 years and now when my college has pep band I'll play tuba

[@ivarwesterberg6212]

mrbigg151 nothing beats a tenor sax!

[@FrnkiSTyne]

I started on clarinet but now I’m playing trumpet and hoping to switch to that for my high school marching band next season

[@freesanima]

Nice job. It's always a pleasure to watch someone who masters her/his trade at work... I'd have sworn that applying lacquer or any kind of laying substance would affect the sound the instrument was though after... Now I know better..Thanks for sharing

[@danroux4010]

It wud be even more amazing if after fixing it he wud play it like a pro

[@gheroneme]

i love watching you work.

[@nicktecky55]

Fascinating to see a craftsman at work. What were the stupid drums for?

[@firesurfer]

So that he doesn't have problems with copywrite.

[@pinhead1304]

Nice work, im amazed at how much you beat the living shit out of it without it yielding and cracking.

[@mediarolf]

Beautiful post. Without bush drums as background music he would be even better !!!

[@pumpkin464]

Wow. Amazing work. No wonder dent removal of this degree costs what it does!

[@Stefan_Van_pellicom]

Great craftsmanship, super annoying soundtrack.

[@melutox]

Absolutely beautiful piece of work.

[@jacksonbrown507]

The background music sounds like a 10 year old going crazy on garage band

[@PlanetRockJesus]

Are you kidding? It's fantastic.

[@telkentexas4053]

If you know a ten year old that can play like that, then I suggest you get them to an agent.... Now.

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

Wow 81 people with taste up there.......... ass

[@josephgiustiniani2834]

I worked for C G Conn many years ago,..Instrument repair section. However, this was the factory. It's where the brass instruments were made. Never had to deal with the stuff you encounter. I used some of the same tools you use. I really enjoyed your video. It brought back a bunch of memories.

[@RayRayMcD]

“Dents”

[@robertfeller1672]

This is typical of the true craftsman practicing an almost lost art; everything is disposable or plastic these days and it is amazing to see true craftsmanship and pride in doing a job that few would take the time to learn how to do just this; I admire the skill.

[@robbutcher9503]

And that's why they call you blokes "Master Craftsmen". I really hope that instrument wasn't going back to the person/persons who stuffed it up in the first place.

[@ApartmentKing66]

No, a lady bought it this way for $800 on eBay and took it to Jim to repair.

[@andrewfyakim525]

You are a master! I hope there is someone apprenticing under you.

[@brianhuynh3312]

Hi Jim ! Can you please tell me , one degreaser pray before apply Lacquer , what the name ? Can I do my bronze statues ?

[@zottek2]

Brass music in the background would have been better than this ridiculous noise.

[@LookSharpFeelSharpBeSharp]

Incredible amount of skilled work!! BTW, please send the repair bill to my wife. Thanks.

[@edred1911]

This hurts to know they did this to my trumpet

[@edred1911]

Mindblitz64 my friend drop my trumpet,i didn't

[@johnphilippatos]

This tuba was ready for scrapping. And you restored it to its former glory. Respect!

[@richardsimpson3136]

Tell that Amateur to go Practice his DRUMS somewhere else! It's annoying as HELL!

[@blademan6075]

One of the coolest videos I have watched in a long, long time! Thank you!

[@joedonohue1661]

Beautiful work! A true artist, but the drum throughout was quite annoying

[@wildfrank]

Such a specialised job!! Amazing work!!

[@marc.wrutgers6704]

Great Workmanship but the Music S...…..

[@lawrenceturner4586]

A true craftsman, talk about specialized tools , mandrels and stakes. Very interesting video.

[@Aux1Dub]

Dude.. those drums are a little much. Pleasure watching you work though

[@OslerWannabe]

The drum solo is better than silence, and FAR better than the usual EuroDrek SynthPop that's usually inflicted on us.

[@angelaguilera4988]

Hopefully when he repairs a drum set . So much skill, it leaves me stunned. Thank you for a fascinating video.

[@momikeee1]

Interesting video but that background noise was way over the top for annoying.

[@throngcleaver]

It's all in the tools, with the human being the primary tool. I'm impressed!

[@giorgiogrlj]

Praise the Lord for the 'mute' button. Excellent job.

[@donpollard9460]

Definition of perfect pitch - tuba down a well ... we all love our tubas - I've passed this on to our tame tuba driver in our band.

[@angelportillo4151]

Did they drop it from the Empire State Building

[@jimflys2]

No, that would have require one other tool I did not demonstrate here! Namely a crusher.

[@therandompauldude]

I think it got bombed in ww2 or something haha

[@chrisw5303]

That was great. What a master craftsman you are? Thanks

[@fazilamzirf8887]

I thought the drums were not obtrusive. Geez, usually I'm the troll. Drum on.

[@scottalbert7635]

It's a long learning curve to become that skilled at what he does - shows absolute dedication to his chosen craft. Combination of technician, mechanic, ar-teest (artist), out of the box thinker, metalurgist and magician. Mezmorizing to watch and not easy to comprehend.

[@lifeisonlyoptional2215]

Step 1: get money, and quite a lot. Step 2: buy a new instrument, and take better care of it

[@yakutsk7620]

Like seriously

[@danielkolev]

Step 3: Give me your broken instrument. Step 4: ...I won't tell you because you would not do step 3.

[@theRandy712]

That was crazy impressive work! I can't believe you got those crinkles out

[@stewartross1233]

He didn't you can still see them!

[@jakemf1]

What would this repair cost?

[@jimflys2]

500.00 ish, but there are a lot of variables that sometimes make it less or even more. If really bad, well.......

[@valortactics9623]

jimflys2 Hmm, maybe I could send you my own!

[@tonymunn]

I am amazed at how a truly amazing craftsman can fool me into thinking I could do that.

[@Christophers-Assorted-Stuff]

Given the tools he has, you could probably learn through practise.

[@onn2782]

I do think he did an awesome job but he seemed a little ruff at some points I cringe easily especially with instruments

[@rickyonovitz3214]

Wow that was so impressive Loved seeing all the tools I’ve never seen before . One of the best videos ever

[@sheepdipper1]

couldn't listen to that drumming anymore.....

[@JP-st2mk]

Had to hit the mute button about halfway through.

[@sheepdipper1]

@@JP-st2mk Yeah me too, awesome repair though

[@richardsimpson3136]

MUTE! MUTE MUTE!

[@sticky170]

Awesome craftsmanship.

[@TheDerpyPigGamer]

Poor tuba. How does it get that bad.

[@professorseverustobiassnap1566]

Middle schoolers

[@sobbingsop692]

Some 6th grader I bet or a really really really old tuba (probably the first one)

[@3aasmith]

Excellent job, Jim. Nice to see that there are still some craftsmen around who can repair instruments the way you do. Thank you for sharing your craft!!!

[@jimflys2]

Many thanks!

[@jonathanrodriguez1136]

That drum solo music is ass💯💯

[@turbine6338]

A craftsman at his best. Stunning work and wonderful job, complete transformation. Problem now is, how many of these guys are doing such work, not many I would think.