1. Marrell Music Band Directors’s Tricks and Tips their instrument doesn’t play and you can save the day!

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6. Tool Kit glue stick glue stick lighter lighter dental tool dental tool feeler gauge feeler gauge rawhide hammer rawhide hammer spring hook (modified crochet hook) spring hook (modified crochet hook) painters tape painters tape zip tie zip tie screw drivers screw drivers broken drum stick broken drum stick contact cement contact cement pipe-cleaners pipe-cleaners paperclips paperclips wire cutters wire cutters pliers pliers wide rubber band wide rubber band

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8. Marrell Music INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION BrassWater key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties TrumpetStuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. BrassStuck slidesDrumstick and tapping – conservatively BrassStuck Valve capsRawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers BrassValves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Tromboneslide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Brass

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10. Brass INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION BrassWater key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties TrumpetStuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. BrassStuck slidesDrumstick and tapping – conservatively BrassStuck Valve capsRawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers BrassValves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Tromboneslide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech

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12. INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION BrassWater key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties TrumpetStuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. BrassStuck slidesDrumstick and tapping – conservatively BrassStuck Valve capsRawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers BrassValves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Tromboneslide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Brass

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14. INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION BrassWater key corks Broken braces Finger rings Painters tape Zip ties TrumpetStuck 2 nd valve - Books in case 2 nd slide repositioning. BrassStuck slidesDrumstick and tapping – conservatively BrassStuck Valve capsRawhide hammer – tapping Protected pliers BrassValves – not moving spring, guide casing dents Remove obstruction Re-align guide and spring send to repair tech Tromboneslide, correcting alignment, dents Inner slide spread too wide or narrow – flexing Take notice - send to repair tech Brass

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16. Trumpet no sound or thin sound Visual check Valves: * wrong order (no air passes through) * Valve damage * UFO – Unidentified Foreign Object. Slides: *Missing waterkey corks *UFO

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18. FEELER GUAGE

19. Marrell Music SPRING HOOK Push (top cut)Pull (inside cut)

20. Marrell Music Sax Neck No lower notes Check octave neck key height Finger G with the thumb octave down. When the 3 rd finger is lifted the octave neck key should rest on the pip. When it stays elevated: Solution - hold neck key down at the pad cup and with the other hand push the bottom ring of the key up as if it toward the pad cup. Recheck and adjust accordingly.

21. Marrell Music INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION FluteHead cork Pads – trill and C Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet WoodwindsMissing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Clarinet/SaxTenon corks Clarinet pads Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads SaxophoneMouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Push out with drumstick Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip BassoonBassoon bocalNo sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Woodwinds

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23. INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION FluteHead cork Pads – trill and C Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet WoodwindsMissing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Clarinet/SaxTenon corks Clarinet pads Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads SaxophoneMouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Push out with drumstick Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip BassoonBassoon bocalNo sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Woodwinds

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25. INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION FluteHead cork Pads – trill and C Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet WoodwindsMissing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Clarinet/SaxTenon corks Clarinet pads Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads SaxophoneMouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Push out with drumstick Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip BassoonBassoon bocalNo sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Woodwinds

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27. INSTRUMENTPROBLEMSOLUTION FluteHead cork Pads – trill and C Painters tape – push with dr. stick from bottom up towards embouchure plate Gluestick and/or lighter - float like clarinet WoodwindsMissing pads Sticky pads Missing hinge screws Scotch tape and tissue Dollar bill/cigarette paper/goo-gone Paper clips Clarinet/SaxTenon corks Clarinet pads Painters tape Gluestick and/or lighter - float pads SaxophoneMouthpiece/cap jammed in upper stack Loose MP/Worn Tenon cork Keyguard screws missing Push out with drumstick Painters tape and advise to remove mp Paperclip BassoonBassoon bocalNo sound - clean it - pipe cleaners and warm soapy water Woodwinds

28. Marrell Music Questions What other problems do you run across? Hands-on

29. Marrell Music BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC! High School Repair Apprenticeship Program Repair Workshops for Teachers One on One Training music@marrellinstrumentrepair.net www.marrellinstrumentrepair.net 216-228-4885

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31. Marrell Music 2014 Gettysburg 150 th Anniversary U.S. Army Band Stars and Stripes Forever – piccolo excerpt