Posted by Chuck(G) on July 31, 2001 at 14:23:54:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Helicon Restoration Stories posted by From Parts Unknown on July 31, 2001 at 06:50:57:
My BBb York was raw brass and is stil that way. It had a main tuning slide with an extra loop added on at the factory and the slides have markings for high- vs. low-pitch. It played too low with the loop and too high without. Besides water collected in the extra loop and was murder to drain.
I canibalized a tuning slide from a York Monster Eb that had legs about an inch and a half longer than the helicon's. Same bore, though. It plays in tune now.
Still have to pull it apart and take a few dents out of the body; maybe one of these years...
In the process I discovered a good way to strip sliverplate from brass (I hate buffing it off).