Project Saxophone

 My project saxophone was an old Conn Alto sax.  Padding a saxophone was probably the most challenging thing I have don all school year!  After tearing it down and giving it a good chemical cleaning,  I had some damage to deal with before getting started on the padding process.  The body to bell brace was pushed into the body.  I corrected that by rebounding with dent balls, and then I sighted and straightened the body.

All of the guards on this saxophone were mangled.  I took them off and restored and refit them.  Also, in the upper right picture you can see that there is a flange missing for the key-guard.  It was in the case.  I refit and soldered it back on.  In the pictures below, you'll notice my C key had a broken silver solder joint. I fixed that as well. 

Below is an example of how we check for leaks in saxophone pads.  We use a light in the body of the saxophone and look for leaks using a light touch on the keys.