FUBAR FRIDAY... On thursday....

Fubar Friday is upon us!

In honor of the BEST day of the week for any repair technician (Being that fridays generally result in the most F'D of repairs, along with the "I need it for the parade tomorrow" things) I would like to present you with BY far the most FUBAR thing I have ever tried to take on...

Only this time, It's my horn.

This is my beautiful Miraphone 1291 CC
(Okay I lied, It's not)
THIS IS MY 1291:

Before you make any ASSUMPTIONS:

I did not cause this damage.

I got it like this.

So the story on this horn, is that it was dropped from a loading dock, fell 20 feet, hit a retaining wall, then fell another 10 feet. Basically, It was destroyed in a not-so-graceful-or-ordinary way. 

This horn, at the time of it's unfortunate accident, was BRAND NEW. Probably had less than a few hours of play on it. 

THEN BAM.

Anyway, I've decided to take this on as my next big project. This horn, brand new, retails at around $10,000, so for me it is worth the time to repair what is supposedly and AMAZING horn. I've already taken the valve section out, and have taken off the outer slide tubes to allow easier dent removal. This will be a project that will take me a few months to finish,

SO TUNE IN NEXT TIME!

This has been, 

A confession of a Tuba Player.

11/13/2014