Tips For Buying Musical Instruments On The Web Buying Guidelines:By: J.L. Bowers, The Bandroom Well, here you are! Your child has made the choice to learn to play the trumpet in band. This is a great way to...
Tips On Soldering Trumpets and Other Musical Instruments By: JL Bowers, The Bandroom Soldering is defined as the joining of metals by a fusion of alloys which have relatively low melting points. Soldering is...
Tuba History The tuba, as we all know, is a big instrument. The subject of the tuba, as it turns out, is even bigger. It all begins with a peculiar-looking Mediaeval instrument made of wood and leather that...
Lapping Brasswind Valves By: JL Bowers, The Bandroom At times, a brasswind valve will get sticky, get a very small ping dent or scratch in it. You also may be one of the unfortunate souls that has to buy a new...
Buffing and Polishing Brasswind Musical Instruments Glossary of Buffing and Polishing Terms:By: J.L. Bowers, The Bandroom Safety Precautions- Most people don't have enough knowledge about the art of repairing...
Amado Water Key Installation By: J.L. Bowers, The Bandroom Step One The first step to amado water key modification is to secure the slide with a slide expander and vice. Then, carefully heat the existing...
Comparing Tubas In Europe, tubas were made in proportional dimensions, such that bell diameter and body size (and bore) were held approximately in scale with each other. Many German makers adopted a system of...
Save $$$ by cleaning and repairing your own Bach trumpet.Free technical support and access to the parts/materials to do it just like a professional. If a beginning band student can do it, so can you! Over the...
How to clean, polish and align a rotor Brasswind musical instrument Repair By: J.L. Bowers, The Bandroom The Bandroom eBay Store 1) Remove the bottom rotor cap . Take note of the outer rim of the rotor plate,...
