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Leawood, Kansas, United States
Before deciding to become a Band Instrument Repair Tech, I studied music at Fort Hays State University (Hays, Kansas). I received my B.A. in music from them. There I studied Saxophone and Clarinet under Dr. Kristen Pisano. I also studied voice under Dr. Joe Perniciaro, and Jazz Improvisation under Brad Dawson. I am a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity, and I served as the FHSU chapter Vice President of Rituals. While in high school I earned many of my undergraduate hours at Barton County Community College. There I studied saxophone with Steven Lueth and piano with Karole Erickson. I also graduated with a diploma of Band Instrument Repair from Southeast Technical College in Red Wing, Minnesota in 2011.

Project Trombone

My project trombone is a King Liberty 2b lightweight.  It needs a chemical cleaning, lot of dent work, an new goose-neck, and a new cork barrel on the mouthpiece side.

 This is what it looked like after I took everything apart.  I have done a lot of dent work on the bell.  Greg is fixing part of the goose-neck brace (see that story in another post).  I am almost ready to refit parts and put the horn back together.


I had to totally rebuild the inner hand-slide assembly.  The top left show the exchange of the threads off of the original cork barrel on to the new cork barrel.  I had to replace the upper inner slide tube, but I wanted to save the venturi, so I removed it (top right).  I soldered the tube back in, and the soldered the spanner brace together.  

I also rebuild most of the trombone body too.   

I was excited to see it all in one piece!