Refurbishing an old Conn slide
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:48 pm
I recently inherited a 1935 Conn 44H from a close friend of mine. It's actually a pretty cool horn, and lights up pretty nicely when pushed a little.
The slide is in decent adjustment, but has noticeable wear on the stockings, and I'm wondering if there's anything I can or should do to deal with that.
Replacing the tubes would be one option, but wouldn't that risk changing the sound or some other playing characteristics of the horn? I honestly don't know, am just wondering.
Is there something in the nature of a re-plating option, or some other kind of treatment to minimize the roughness from the wear or limit additional wear going forward?
Could the Slide Doctor do anything here beyond an alignment?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Bob
The slide is in decent adjustment, but has noticeable wear on the stockings, and I'm wondering if there's anything I can or should do to deal with that.
Replacing the tubes would be one option, but wouldn't that risk changing the sound or some other playing characteristics of the horn? I honestly don't know, am just wondering.
Is there something in the nature of a re-plating option, or some other kind of treatment to minimize the roughness from the wear or limit additional wear going forward?
Could the Slide Doctor do anything here beyond an alignment?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Bob