Hi.
I'm in a jam (situation, not session unfortunately....)
I am in Venezuela for the entire winter, on an island where very little sax-wise or even hardware-wise is available.
I keep an old Antigua Winds soprano here to play- my only horn here. It's my "traveling horn". I won't be back for months.
The octave pad fell off the octave mechanism on the neck. I found (and have) the pad.
I am not a technician. I want to replace the pad myself since there is nobody else here to do it, and the availability of anything, including any kind of specialty glues, etc, is likely very very limited.
If I don't fix this I have nothing to play for months. I can't expect an expert job but I want to be able to fix it simply with simple materials that will allow me to get back to playing as soon as possible.
Any suggestions as to how to do it?
Can I just use any glue, like superglue or some such thing?
Is there anything I need to be extra careful about so as not to screw it up?
And what products might be acceptable vs what to avoid so as to not screw up my sax?
I seriously question if anything approximating hot glue or a glue gun or torch would be available.
Thanks for your help.
Desperately,
anitje.
I'm in a jam (situation, not session unfortunately....)
I am in Venezuela for the entire winter, on an island where very little sax-wise or even hardware-wise is available.
I keep an old Antigua Winds soprano here to play- my only horn here. It's my "traveling horn". I won't be back for months.
The octave pad fell off the octave mechanism on the neck. I found (and have) the pad.
I am not a technician. I want to replace the pad myself since there is nobody else here to do it, and the availability of anything, including any kind of specialty glues, etc, is likely very very limited.
If I don't fix this I have nothing to play for months. I can't expect an expert job but I want to be able to fix it simply with simple materials that will allow me to get back to playing as soon as possible.
Any suggestions as to how to do it?
Can I just use any glue, like superglue or some such thing?
Is there anything I need to be extra careful about so as not to screw it up?
And what products might be acceptable vs what to avoid so as to not screw up my sax?
I seriously question if anything approximating hot glue or a glue gun or torch would be available.
Thanks for your help.
Desperately,
anitje.