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Some months ago I made my first attempt at an overhaul of a silver-plated Ida Maria Grassi, Export model from 1974 that I won on eBay.
The overhaul included:
- washing and polishing of th ebody and keys;
- replating lost silver-plate with an electroplating brush;
- tonehole leveling;
- repad;
- upgrading the plastic key inlays and rollers with custom build jade/nephrite ones;
- new felts, corks and adjustment.
All done by watching youtube and reading forums. I invested in some tools, but mostly it was done with diy mindset
In the end, it turned out not bad. No problems so far apart from a couple of places where the plating came off, but I guess it is because I lost some patience and lost track of the brush timing.
The hardest part was adjusting the LH pinky table. I still have a feel it is not optimal in terms of lightness and comfort. The transition between low B and Bb is somewhat clumsy and my finger can't easily roll down to Bb.
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The overhaul included:
- washing and polishing of th ebody and keys;
- replating lost silver-plate with an electroplating brush;
- tonehole leveling;
- repad;
- upgrading the plastic key inlays and rollers with custom build jade/nephrite ones;
- new felts, corks and adjustment.
All done by watching youtube and reading forums. I invested in some tools, but mostly it was done with diy mindset
In the end, it turned out not bad. No problems so far apart from a couple of places where the plating came off, but I guess it is because I lost some patience and lost track of the brush timing.
The hardest part was adjusting the LH pinky table. I still have a feel it is not optimal in terms of lightness and comfort. The transition between low B and Bb is somewhat clumsy and my finger can't easily roll down to Bb.
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