Mark VI Overhaul

Chris Moller does all repair work on site. You can expect the highest quality repair work available. There is no substitute for talent, tooling, schooling, a six-year apprenticeship, and continued training and repair since 98. When your saxophone is repaired correctly it will play with an extremely light touch and all notes will respond easily. You will also experience a significantly stronger tone & more rich complex sub-tones.
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[@grumblekin]

I love watching a surgeon work with that kind of skill. Absolutely wonderful!

[@paulready8897]

Very nice video. The technician clearly is extremely passionate and cares about his work. When he had the sax in the oven I thought it was in a refrigerator lol. Would love to get a Selmer Mark VI someday. Must be very difficult to completely overhaul one and to get it playing better than new.

[@tctc2470]

Dude, you are a magician! Amazing work!

[@phillipfenderk.o.f.a1876]

Very cool Chris this is kick ass.

[@michaelcox9122]

I didn’t get to take the full tech path though I think I would have loved it. Seeing your video of some of the procedures took me back to my early opportunities to watch and learn about this fascinating hand-work. It does give me more confidence and assurance. Thank you for making and sharing this video. Your clients and potential customers as well should benefit greatly. May they line up at your door! 🎷😎👍

[@agavemusicaz]

I appreciate your support!

[@KeyLeaves]

Rolled stack bumpers are sooooo stable. Love to see you doing that. Plus we ❤️ seeing the awesome green Key Leaves sax key props and stickers on the case.

[@agavemusicaz]

Yup, big fan of key Leaves! I recommend them to all my clients. I actually sand the cork under the rolled leather sileners so that there's a lot of surface area helping to prevent compression even more.

[@Matt-yq1zn]

Thanks for a peek behind the curtain. Very important to have a trusted technician.

[@agavemusicaz]

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching.

[@coin777]

Thanks for the video

[@MrMedard123]

wow. great job

[@agavemusicaz]

Hey thanks so much! Check out our Instagram @agavemusicaz for different horn content!

[@ricardoporras4651]

Good work Homie keep up the good work.i miss watching that Sax Cat play at the lost leaf .. #luvphx

[@sheskimusic]

I appreciate your attention to detail. Very nice video!

[@agavemusicaz]

Thank you

[@alipakdin7372]

Wasn't that a bit aggressive repairing? 🌸

[@K.Sednev]

Great job🎷

[@MrGecampbell]

Excellent

[@jetcarddude]

I can't decide, do I like the overhauling or the playing? Both were awesome, thanks for sharing.

[@lyntedrockley7295]

Really cool to see so up close and personal. Great work. I wonder looking at the way the various bits of a sax are shaped and fabricated. And I'm reminded of what the bits and pieces of a Nagra tape recorder look like. Both high precision, but look very different. What would a sax designed and built by Nagra look like?

[@udos.7611]

In the next life I will also repair saxophones.

[@antoniomusgrove]

Oh man why didn't I find you while I was living in Kingman. Arrrrrggggh!

[@agavemusicaz]

You can always send us your horn!

[@Jazzmarcel]

Wow!…..great video displaying your skills! I am a player who has always been riddled with horn problems! As a result I started tinkering with with my own repairs but, I am fed up with it. Over the years I realize that the neck tenon and neck cork are overlooked areas of response problems! My question is, how to you used the magnemeter to check for leaks in the whole horn?

[@agavemusicaz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXyUgqihr5tjgJo Hello, I made another video showing how I use the Magnehelic on a whole saxophone. Link above. It is important to understand that I am the only, or one of the only, technicians that can get a reading on a whole sax using the Magenehelic because the tool is so sensitive and saxophones are so crude. Not even Yanagisawas are this tight brand new without a major play condition. I made this video to let demanding players, such as yourself, know that there are techs like myself that can tame the mechanical nightmare that is the saxophone. I hope you will consider having me look at your sax even if you aren't in Arizona. Here's more information on website about other repairs: www.agavemusicaz.com/saxophone-repair

[@MrEVANwhat]

Can you show a video of how you make your own post reamers?

[@agavemusicaz]

This is a tough one. Even after making these reamers for about ten years, if I get even a little sloppy then it wont cut(especially on nickel hinge tubes) so I have to take a deep breath and start over. I'm actually trying to talk a tool maker into making very long reamers in the sizes I need. I also have a Sherline mini lathe that I haven't set up yet that may make it easier. Right now I'm using a bench motor.

[@MrEVANwhat]

@@agavemusicaz first off, I really appreciate you even responding. A lot of techs wouldn’t even bother. I am in a similar boat for trying to up the diameter on hinge rods for old keys who’ve seen a lot of playtime but rely solely on lapping instead of using a reamer. I’ve looked into ones from McMaster & Carr but it’s definitely an investment and I don’t know if it will actually pay off

[@redrubeNYC]

pad oven for flutes i've heard of but for saxophones? Looks like your home made pad oven is a refridgerator. do you mind elaborating on the

[@agavemusicaz]

I have a heat bulb and a humidifier. It gets to about 145 Fereinhight. At 150 fereinheight shellac starts to soften. It holds temp quite well so I turn it off and leave it overnight sometimes. I like a deep seat like the original Selmer pads.

[@paulready8897]

I thought the sax was in a refrigerator too.

[@theepeo8871]

Seems you’ve mislabeled the tight post fit because it’s still visually loose?

[@agavemusicaz]

The magnification makes it look worse and the videographer might have gotten the wrong clip. It is tighter now than any brand-new Yanagisawa.

[@darrellscott2483]

Love the video. Repost without the music. I like to hear the clicking, tapping, etc.

[@agavemusicaz]

I'll see what I can do.

[@chienjimmy6137]

Why did you keep it in the fridge? Is there any function?

[@agavemusicaz]

The fridge is a pad oven. I say, "the seal is in the seat". I have a heat lamp and a humidifier in there. It gets to about 140 degrees Fahrenheit. At 150 degrees the shellac starts to melt.

[@AdamPendletonPhotography]

Go Blue, btw.

[@fc1lyles]

Love the video ... what is the name of the song / artist playing in the background?

[@aleebrokenback5909]

You didn't watch the whole vid did you

[@agavemusicaz]

Its just a stock song our videographer used but going forward we'll make sure we have that information.

[@DJM626]

Great Video! Thanks for posting. What are you listening to in the background? Title of selection and performer?

[@agavemusicaz]

Hey there! The song is just a free song the videographer chose. In the future, we'll provide song details.

[@grantkoeller8911]

A sax needs to have level toneholes!!!!!

[@agavemusicaz]

I have found in the last 5 years that that's actually not true. I once thought this as well. It is extremely important for the tone hole surfaces to be smooth with soft edges and no burs. This is where the seal happens. When the leather meets the brass it needs that smooth surface to seal. This is one of the revelations I made using the Magnehelic to test the whole saxophone after overhauls. On vintage saxophones especially, it is very important for technicians to not remove brass unless absolutely necessary. Those thirty-year-old VI's are now 50 years old and we have to be a lot more careful.

[@grantkoeller8911]

@@agavemusicaz my mark 6 is 60 years old.

[@JosephSalinas-r4r]

​@@grantkoeller8911so????😅😅

[@espr7564]

Intonation !! 😱😱😱😱😱👎

[@agavemusicaz]

It's our first video, still learning how to adjust sound levels. Thanks for watching!