Back to work after wrist surgery!
March 5th, 2021- Just short of 6 weeks after my wrist surgery. I am a little slow, a little limited, but I am making a start. Been working my P.T. hard and nearly constantly.
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A little bit of physical therapy
I have been encouraged to move my wrist if I can, and I am taking that to heart. I learned to reface mouthpieces a long time ago, and I am dusting off the old memory banks and polishing up my skills, since most of it is done with the right hand.
Broken Wrist!
In mid-January 2021, I sustained a crushing injury to my left wrist and badly shattered it. I got very lucky considering the nature of the accident that I was not injured much more severely, and I am happy to report that surgery went well (there was worry I would need a much more invasive surgery …
Pre-war Conn 10M
Spent a while trying to track down a rattling noise on this 1937 Conn 10M overhaul I just completed and finally figured out it was the window in front of me! These are such fantastic horns. A shot of the keys and pad seats during the overhaul. I’ve started doing a bit more disassembly after …
Stohrer Music News: June 2019
Howdy! It has been a while. I am still here, still working full time+ on basically only the best saxophones for super awesome people, and still booked solid. I’ve been busy at work but also busy with life: I’ve traveled a few times, fixed a couple of cars, fixed up an old tractor I found, …
Selmer Super (Balanced) Action Tenor
This horn came to me after having lived as a wall decoration for several decades. It was completely rusted and seized up in a way that I have only seen in other saxes that were exposed to the weather or submerged at one point. The kicker was it had original pads in it, so it …
End of 2017 catch-up post
It has been a hell of a year. Stayed really busy, and remembered to take a few photos of some of the stuff that came across my bench. I saw an unusual number of early Mark VIs, Conn 30Ms, Conn 26Ms, and original pads horns of all types, and several horns I had never had …