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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.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Besides doing dent work on my project trumpet, I have been preparing my mouth pipe soldering project for lacquering.  I hand & wheel cut buffed the areas where I had burned the lacquer.  I used white lime on the wheel and tripoli on wicking to hand buff.  Then I removed the cut buffing compound by degreasing the horn.  Next I hand & wheel color buffed with red rouge.  I was careful not to touch the horn while degreasing and taking it to the lacquer room, because I don't want to lacquer over a fingerprint.  I didn't have time to lacquer it today, so it is wrapped in cloth to prevent the air from discoloring it.


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