Posted by Anthony Labelle on May 21, 2001 at 12:43:39:
In Reply to: Baritone Herald Bugle posted by Dan on May 21, 2001 at 12:30:52:
Bending the tubing takes a lot of patience, and a little bit of competence. You'll have to fill the tubing with hard lead first, get rid of all air pockets in the lead, then heat and bend SLOWLY(very very very very very very slowly... this is where the patience comes in). Check out Carl Kleinsteuber's page, you can find a link to it under the "Musicians" section of this BBS. He wrote a good article about basement horn building, which includes a paragraph or two about bending the tubing. Best of luck!
Anthony