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This goes nicely with this video on repairing a damaged (looked destroyed to me) trombone bell that by coincidence I watched yesterday. https://www.youtube.com

• userbinator 8y ago
  Quite similar to some autobody work, except the metal is much softer and thinner. It's interesting that a lot of people would be surprised at just how fragile a brass instrument is, given that the things they usually have experience with which are made of brass are much stronger --- plumbing, doorknobs, etc; you really have to experience one in person to feel the thinness of the material (and they're already pretty heavy, which makes them even more fragile.)
  • jacquesm 8y ago
    You can wreck a saxophone (ok, technically a woodwind) by putting it down uncarefully. They are all quite fragile.
• Rebelgecko 8y ago
  It's pretty cool what can be repaired by those with the right know-how. A friend of mine bent his bell much more than the one in the video (one side was folded over, almost like a taco) and apparently it was still fixable.