Adolphe Sax #36-Body & Dent Work This is what the bow looked like before we did anything to it. We weren’t quite sure what to expect to find underneath it. As you can see, it turned out that someone poured a lot of solder on the horn to “fix” the cracks that were underneath the bow guard. We carefully removed the solder and cleaned up the bow. We are ultimately going to fix the cracks, but want to research which method would be best first. We may use a brass welder or more traditional silver soldering. For now, we have finished straightening the rest of the horn and removing all the dents. For now, we have finished straightening the rest of the horn and removing all the dents. Once we removed the guard, we found that the bow was too thin to keep it the way it was. Instead, we decided to replace the original guard with a larger one that will greatly reinforce the bow.