Posted by A Guy in Virginia on February 07, 2001 at 14:46:47:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Human Error in Tuba Making posted by Do you really mean to say that? on February 07, 2001 at 02:42:01:
Actually, unless you bought your horn from Joe, you'll never be his repair customer anyway.
And, yes, he has more business than he can handle, which is why he only works on horns he sells.
His point is that when you take a horn to an expert, you ought not to complain when the expert does expert things. It's easy enough to ask a tech not to do such things, and I'm sure the tech will comply. Personally, I'm happy to get all the reassurance I can that an expert has done his best on my horn.
Before an overhaul, I had a long conversation with the repair tech, so that he would understand my philosophy and I would understand his. The result was that he removed a lot less metal than he would have had he wanted the horn to look new.