LEARN TO MAKE SAXOPHONE NECKS FROM THE INDUSTRY LEADER
SAXOPHONE NECK MAKING WORKSHOP AT MusicMedic.com’s SAX PROSHOP
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA JULY 8TH -12TH
BEGIN OR INCREASE YOUR SAX REPAIR KNOWLEDGE & EDUCATION
May 30, 2019 – Wilmington, North Carolina – MusicMedic.com , your online resource for
Woodwinds repair service, is proud to offer a one-week Saxophone Neck Making Workshop in
our world-renowned Sax ProShop located in beautiful Wilmington, NC July 8 to 12 .
The MusicMedic Sax ProShop is taking a week off our normal schedule of Uberhauls,
modifications, manufacturing necks, and merriment to help you begin or build upon your journey
into saxophone repair.
The saxophone neck is the most influential and important part of the instrument regarding
intonation and tone. At the MusicMedic Sax ProShop, we spent many years modifying necks for
players around the world to improve tone and intonation on their instruments, before we
designed and set up a neck manufacturing facility. There are many aftermarket necks sold as
upgrades for a particular make and model of saxophone, but the reality is that many times these
are necks made as parts to an instrument and sold as a replacement part for many types of
instruments.
At the Sax ProShop, we understand how the diameter, taper, shape, and length of a neck affect
tone and intonation, and use that information to design and manufacture necks for specific
instruments with specific goals in mind. We have also developed techniques for manufacturing
necks which give incredibly accurate and consistent results. You will learn the concepts
necessary to make and evaluate necks as well as adjust intonation using the neck. In this tell-all
course, participants will have a never before offered chance to dive into neck making from sheet
brass all the way to play-testing.
Schedule
Day 1: Discuss neck basics, materials, tools, processes, philosophy of manufacture, taper and
tone.
Day 2: Cut out templates, anneal brass, form tubes, solder.
Day 3: Draw neck, fill with pitch, bend, empty pitch, hydroform.
Day 4: Trim neck, and fit/ solder on tenons, keys, and brace.
Day 5: Sandblast or buff, finishing work, play-testing, and wrap-up party.
Throughout the entire process, we will spare no details and keep no secrets. To our knowledge,
we are the first neck makers to ever open up their manufacturing process and share technical
and philosophical ideas and processes.
Due to the intensity and the intimate hands-on nature of making necks, class space is incredibly
limited. Participants will make their own MKVI Tenor neck during the course. Soldering skills and
proficiency in saxophone playing are encouraged but not mandatory, and we can offer help to
those who need it.
To register and for more information CLICK HERE
call (910) 667-0270
or email: SaxProShop@MusicMedic.com
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