[Trombone-l] king lacquer?

[Bonemaster]

The guys at the factory in Eastlake told me (while taking a tour) that there
was a time, maybe as early as '73, that they applied the finish
'electrostatically. My repairman, Charles Fail (charlesfailmusic.com) told
me that a special and very strong solvent is needed to remove it. Perhaps??

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu]On Behalf Of Moran,
Doug
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] king laquer?


On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:34 PM, dslide13 at aol.com wrote:

> The newest addition to my King collection is a 4B from around 1969.  It
> is a beautiful color of rosey orange.  Frequently, saxophonists will
> remark at what an interesting hue the bell is colored.  I recently had
> some dents taken out of the bell and asked the repairman, who formerly
> worked in Eastlake at the King factory, what kind of laquer was used.
> He said it wasn't a laquer, but a varnish.  He also said that when the
> horn was made, it would have looked like any other brass horn.  But,
> this varnish is sensitive to UV light and starts to turn brown after
> prolonged exposure.  Had the horn been in its case for the past 35
> years, it would still look like brass.
>
> Is this true?  Does anyone know more about this than I've already
> heard?
>
> David Gibson
> trombonist/educator
> www.jazzbone.org

I had a late 1930's King Liberty that I bought from a guy who played it
in high school and put it in the closet/attic for 40 years.  The finish
was not cracked or spider webbed, but the entire horn had a dark color
to it.  More dark brass than orange.  This horn should have never had
UV light on it since it was always in the case - which looked new.

Did the repairman give an indication of when the varnish was used (from
what year to what year)?  I have a 1973 King 3B w/f attachment (brass
finish) in high school that I dropped.  It cost more to pay the special
courier to bring the solvent (used to remove the finish) to the repair
shop than the solvent cost.

Doug

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