Using the saxophone as the focus, the student will learn techniques of disassembly and assembly, neck corking, tenon fitting, key fitting, hinge rod making, key corking, padding, regulation, lubrication, and play testing the instrument. Body straightening tone hole leveling, post and key alignment, soft and silver soldering will also be included. It is recommended that the student have playing skills on the instrument prior to enrolling, as a playing proficiency is required for completion of this course. As a project for the course, the student will perform a complete repad on the saxophone including record keeping and invoicing requirements. Grading is based on project evaluation and written tests. (Prerequisites: BIRT1100 and BIRT1104 or field experience commensurate with course content as determined by instructor) (5 Credits)

Course Outline

The following list of course goals will be addressed in the course. (*designates a CRUCIAL goal)

1. *Identify BIR Program rules and policies
2. * Identify general shop safety rules and procedures
3. * Apply BIR Program rules and policies
4. *Apply general shop safety rules and procedures
5. * Identify HMIS safety labeling and associated rules
6. * Apply HMIS safety labeling and rules
7. * Identify location and use of safety equipment
8. * Exhibit professional band instrument repair technician behavior
9. * Perform assembly procedure
10. * Identify BIR glossary of terms
11. Perform inspection
12. * Demonstrate safe hand tool use
13. Manufacture pad tucker
14. Identify nomenclature
15. Identify disassembly sequence
16. * Perform disassembly procedure
17. Identify assembly sequence
18. Identify key action faults
19. Identify pivot screw types
20. * Identify wanted lost motion points
21. Perform neck tenon joint fitting
22. Describe instrument deficiancies
23. Identify venting requirements
24. Describe metal cleaning process
25. Manufacture plastic saxophone leveling tools
26. Describe body-cleaning process
27. Perform key straightening
28. * Perform body and key cleaning
29. Identify spring types and sizes
30. Identify body composition types
31. Describe body straightening
32. Perform soft soldering
33. * Perform silver soldering
34. * Describe regulation procedure
35. Perform tone hole leveling
36. * Demonstrate acetylene gas use
37. Describe adhesive uses
38. Describe pad types and styles
39. Identify pad sizes
40. Demonstrate adhesive selection and use
41. * Perform pad installation
42. * Perform leak light technique
43. Demonstrate pad selection and use
44. Identify key composition types
45. Identify instrument family
46. Identify platings and applications
47. Describe hollow hinge tube key fitting procedures
48. Perform hollow hinge tube key fitting
49. Describe solid hinge tube key fitting procedures
50. Perform solid hinge key fitting
51. Describe key straightening methods
52. Perform pad cup alignment
53. Perform key and post alignment
54. Perform hinge rod straightening procedures
55. * Perform vacuum test
56. Identify cork sizes and types
57. Identify key silencer types
58. * Perform key cork application
59. * Perform foot cork contouring
60. Describe repad, overhaul, play condition (PC) differences
61. * Perform hinge rod making
62. * Perform neck cork replacement
63. * Perform combination key regulation
64. * Adjust venting and pad travel
65. * Adjust wanted lost motion points
66. * Perform lost motion removal
67. Describe lubricant applications
68. Perform key mechanism lubrication
69. * Perform play testing procedure
70. Perform case cleaning and repair
71. * Prepare invoice

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