Resurrecting the Sousa- Band Instrument Repair Metalwork
2022 ж. 15 Мау.
61 435 Рет қаралды
In this episode, bringing back a sousa for school use. Big nasty dents getting taken care of with dent machine, homemade magnetics, air hammer, among many other hand tools.
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Amazing, first that it ended up in such bad condition, second that you could do such a great job of fixing it.
It's more amazing that he fixed it so well.....The lack of care for the instrument is not at all amazing...
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@@GamerMomentsToo What do you mean?
@@GamerMomentsToo Its a photo. And over a year old at that.
Jesus!!! Does Godzilla chew that Souzaphone?!!! You are a national hero.
I marched Sousaphone back in High School, I always quipped that I was into Heavy Metal! Man I miss it...thanks for bringing this bad boy back to life!
Wes, you really make these videos so entertaining, even to a non-tech like me. And it shows in the number of subscribers in such a short amount of time. Fantastic job!
I know nothing about musical instruments... but this stuff is fascinating! The metal work is awesome!
I really like how when using the magnetics, you can hear it go from a rough sound to the ball rolling smooth when the dent is out.
How amazing is it that thse beautiful instruments can be revived and brought back from the dead!!! What an amazing skill to have, your abilities and knowledge are impecable! Simply amazing man!!!
Well that was awesome! Thank you again for sharing your talent with us. Seems like part of that metal memory is also to know who’s the boss.
Absolutely amazing work!
one of the smOOOOOOOOOOthest and most talented and skilled metal worker ive ever seen mike
I love coming back and watching this repair. It cheers me up. No matter how bad it looks/gets, it will always get better.
incredible work
What an amazing transformation! You certainly are an artist in your work and must derive such satisfaction from a job so well done👍. Thanks for posting!
Oh man what a great job! And it was fascinating to watch and understand those tools.
Beautiful. Brings back memories from when I was in band in junior high. That was one of the three instruments I played.
awesome workmanship and patience.
Whenever I come accross one of your videos it just grabs my attention. You are a master keep posting you just inspire to become a better musician and repair tech.
Well done! Looks great.
Another successful challenge accomplished! Great work Wes!
Fantastic job
That's amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Very satisfying to watch a master at work
Fantastic dent job for this poor sousa ! I would not have thought it was possible without removing the reinforcing strip/wire... you proved me wrong.
hallucinant, incroyable résultat: de la magie, vraiment!!! Bravo, quel art!!!!!
extremely underrated! Wow, this work, it looks amazing!
The man is an absolute master!! amazing work!! Thanks for bringing us.
This is such an amazing and entertaining process to watch.
I love to watch a skilled craftsman and you sir, are a skilled craftsman! Thanks for sharing your time and talent! KANSAS
AMAZING Work!!
The work you do is incredible! Keep it up we love to see it 🙏
Your ability go for metal is absolutely incredible👏🏻👍🏆
I have done this kind of work before. Its physically exhausting. Much respect to you, sir!
Great job.
...grande abilità e pazienza di questo raro Maestro ❤🙏
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WOW!!! Those tools of yours got a work out on that instrument. Watched the video 2 times. A great repair was well worth it. I hope we get to hear You Blow some of the 1st notes through it.
Wow, beautiful work! It looks like it spent more time in the school's auto shop than the band room.
Wow! This puts emphasis on one “putting lots of effort” into the job!
Have been looking forward to this. Not disappointed. 😁
Fantastic!
Good work. From France.
It's wonderful work as well as the art that the instruments produce an artist is needed to make and restore them. Now i'm sure if this guy opened the coconut with just one hand.
Skill and patience - superhero level.
Good evening sir, if I had not seen this repair I would not have believed it. My next issue is why would someone do this to fine musical instrument. They are damn lucky someone like you can pull their fat out of the fire. Thanks for sharing your skills and expertise. Truly a craftsman. You take care and good luck.
They are damn lucky to have a conn sousaphone in the first place
WOW! You work magic!!!
I wouldn’t have believed it was possible to resurrect that horn! Loved the closeup shots while you were working.
Thank you. As the assistant and wife I am given many jobs.
A true master craftsman
master craftsman at work. enough said!
The school system in your area is so lucky to have you, Wes. You more than give back to the community. That instrument looked like it should be hung on a wall at a pizza joint never to be played again. Some lucky kid is going to reap the rewards of your hard generous work!
👍👍👍 metalworking at its finest !
Bravo...! Maestro...!
Tnx for your work, master, tnx
Boa noite mestre.! Esse deu muito trabalho.Parabens nota 1000.
Amazing
IMO you put 10X the work into fixing it than what it took to make it in the first place. Master Craftsman!!
You are like Magneto from XMen, with metal. Awesome.
I remember being in band in high school during the 80's. Back then we had the budget to get all the instruments fixed each year so they always looked and sounded their best... Sad that they are cutting back on funding for music programs nowadays...
Nothing short of magic. Most shops would use this Sousaphone as a wall hanger…….”Kids, show some love to our school instruments!”
Way back in the dark ages, I was in Junior High* band. I attended three schools, and all three had instruments in the same condition as that poor Sousaphone was when you started. My young self thought "Those are done. There's no repairing that much damage." It's cough cough years later, and I'm happy to learn my young self was incorrect. Also, I remember the tuba player was dismayed because someone stepped on the bell of her tuba. If only we'd had someone like Mr. Lee to take care of it. (* Now "Middle School." that gives you an indication of how long ago it was.)
😂 I know exactly what you mean. South Park Junior High School, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Grades. ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Those were the days!
Amazing skill. Wonderful to watch. Was wondering if you could add a little background on how such beautiful instruments were neglected or abused. Keep up the great work.
I'm surprised the guards weren't broken. Good job for shaking too.
Wow ,that thing was fubar (f@#ked up beyond ANY recognition ) I'm definitely bringing my holten TR 395 Superbone down to you to restore , my bell is good , it just has a little damage around the brace, and needs a re lacquer job . I actually called your shop last week but I'll get in touch with you again .awesome work .
Nice cap!
Amazing to watch! I wonder if one could build a balloon strong enough to inflate inside the tube and push some of the worst dents out?
there are probably air compressors that could at least help with dent pulling probably nothing that could totally fix it
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Now that’s laying pipe all night long😝You just needed the tune to complement your work👍🏻
Wow! That got it's butt handed to it at some point! Poor instrument. Glad you were able to resurrect it!
That’s good tv!
Do you have videos repairing sousaphone necks or tuning bits? Love the videos!
Great work!! Came out awesome! You ever come across brass instruments that lack focus on particular notes?? Is it just down to design or can it be little dents and things interfering? In this case its a US handmade trombone Martin Committee - Elkhart. I thought it would be better than a cheap Chinese horn but i think i did myself a disfavor.
I always hit like first. Great job.
Wow.
Respekt .
¿How much of a repair like this cost?
Wes, Amazing work as usual....BUT, to be honest, I am missing the Fedora....
4:17 Wes, you're just pulling our leg now.
Good
What was that old Souza made out of? You are a magic man.
Awesome stuff there, you sir, are a very talented craftsman!
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I can think of an appropriate song for the first piece of music that that instrument should play after being repaired like that: Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight".
I have built whole car bodies from nothing but sheet steel but I would not want to be the one to fix that damaged instrument. Getting it back in shape without thinning out the metal too much would be real difficult. I can't imagine the sound would ever be quite the same, there is no way to know if you got the shape exactly the same as it originally was. How the hell did it get so damaged anyway?
You do great work. But can you be more specific on what you exactly that that pneumatic hamer does for you? You look like using your hands to hit the instrument with it anyway. Do you used reduced force of the hit because of it? I am just a little confused about it's use.
I believe how the pneumatic hammer does is when you depress a part on the head of the hammer it activates the cylinder inside hitting it with a lot of force (probably more than his normal hammer hits)
The air hammer helps save hands, does some harder pounding when necessary.
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Does the metal ever get too fatigued to maintain its shape after it has been repaired?
Amazing work on how you repair these instruments Wes! I am curious just how do they get so many dents in them? Is it from kids that take out their frustrations on them?
I want to know how it got into that state to begin with.
If I send in my wife, can you get the dents and bumps out? As a young bey, I had the opportunity to watch two brothers in Pittsburgh. They repaired stringed instruments. So fascinating to watch them take violins and cellos apart and put them together again. I appreciate your talent and enjoy these videos.
If I send wife can I get bumps out? 0ut of wife?. My repair was a 20ith Century silver small bell trombone
so the pieces become work-hardened? Just wondering if they loose their malleability being re-shaped.
Being a autobody man of 28yrs straightening sheet metal virtually all my life, I can really appreciate this repair. Typically, in the automotive industry, something that was this bad would be sent to the junk yard and “totaled out”…..meaning it’s a total loss and it would be cheaper to replace it with a new one rather trying to fix it which would cost way more in labor hours. WOW! Your definitely very talented with metal work 👍 nice work 🙂
Watching a true CRAFTSMAN is captivating… Hopefully you have a couple apprentices so the art is not lost
the lesson to learn here is to never allow bad people to use a sousaphone if it ends up being destroyed but anyway nice work 👍
What is that you are using from 4:50-6:30? The object you are running back and forth over the instrument.
He is using magnetic dent balls. The magnet is in his hand with the handle attached and a heavy steel ball is inside the instrument. The magnetic attraction and the movement help remove dents. The small drum head acts as a barrier that makes movement easier and leaves less scarring on the surface.
@@kristimiller-lee2338 Thank you.
Where are you located? We have two sousaphones at our school that need dent, scratch, and other issues fixed and I would love to have that work be done by you
We are in Petal, Mississippi and currently so busy we can't entertain work outside of our area. Wes definitely has sousa talent.
Have you ever had an instrument that you’ve had to turn down or return unfixed?
Almost everything can be repaired (particularly on well made instruments, not always true on bottom-price shit), but sometimes the instrument is not worth the cost... for a sousa, it would require a freaking lot of damage, though, given the buying price.
What is that pneumatic hammer tool you are using?
He listed it in the description of the video.
@@kristimiller-lee2338 thank you. I definitely had a brain fart moment.
What happened to that poor sousaphone? It looks like it got dropped from the school bus on the freeway and got run over by a bunch of cars.
What did you spray on it?
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They do warn kids not to choose the sousaphone. I hope he survived.