Knock Pins and Key Fitting- Band Instrument Repair- Wes Lee Music Repair

[@helenver3872]

I love watching your videos and learning a lot.

[@lotsabirds]

These are GREAT Videos! That's it in a nutshell!

[@paulkingeu]

Thank you for passing on your experience. 🙂

[@dougberrett8094]

Very interesting. I liked the sledging tools.

[@josephtein3835]

sWedging

[@israelsa899]

Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos.

[@josephtein3835]

No hay de qué (no creo que Wes sepa contestar en español).

[@kristimiller-lee2338]

Very informative! Helping me progress on those clarinets.

[@josephtein3835]

Hi Wes! Haven't watched one of your helpful, informative videos in a while ... it's nice just to see your face again, and then absorb more of your teaching. I have an alternative to this Ferree's F20 pin remover tool (which I do own). Seems to me that in many cases, we should just be able to gently pull out these pins with some pliers. Especially when the clearances are very tight and it's hard to place the key into the tool and accurately line up these little tiny pin ends with the end of the punch. When there's enough pin sticking out on top, we can just grab it with the appropriate pliers and tug. I rehearsed this on a spare flute lower stack that I had sitting around, before doing the real pin removal on the one where it matters. Worked fine. What do you think?

[@wesleemusicrepair9820]

Yes, sure enough. Also along that line, Sometimes you can use the point spring pliers and pop them up so you grab with other pliers. And I just got some model railroad spike pliers from Micro Mark and have really been liking them as well

[@mikerichards6311]

👍

[@moyate11]

Wes, can you do a video on what chemicals you use (degrease, clean, etc.), and also a video on straightening that stupid side Eb key on clarinets that never ever seems to bend back to the original shape. Thanks, love your videos.

[@redrubeNYC]

Watch Wes's video "Holton Trumpet Repair" he degreases with denatured alcohol

[@peci6065]

where is it possible to find your collet swedging tool? It's amazing

[@asdcxxc]

Love your videos, what are those screwdrivers that you use by the way, really interested in them.

[@leo5208]

Is that a small bottle of Sally Hansen nail hardener (at 6:40, with the red stripe on the label)? Do you use it as a thin adhesive?

[@NCF8710]

Do you service double reed instruments?

[@wesleemusicrepair9820]

Yes I do. I’m fascinated with the mechanisms

[@NCF8710]

@@wesleemusicrepair9820 Fantastic! I'm looking forward to a video of one of these instruments getting your expert care. (I play bassoon btw.)

[@Quadstriker]

At this point I’m pretty sure the US Government could show up at the door with a broken piece of alien musical technology from Area 51 and Wes’s response would be “Let me show you the exact tool we need for that.”

[@kristimiller-lee2338]

That is hilarious and so true. I live with the man and work with him now and I watch him make tools on the fly. Yep, one of our Google reviews said " if Wes can't fix it then it is truly dead." Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@げんじい-r9g]

Oh! His hand is God!