Valve work

icos · Regular Member Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Posts: 17

Now that Anderson has stopped doing valve rebuilds, who do you guys use? I heard Kanstul has also stopped.
Thanks,
Sammy

Richard A · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:23 pm Post subject: Valve Overhaul

Jim Becker at Osmun Music.
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Speed · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:30 pm Post subject:

Steve Winans at Doctor Valve has done valve jobs on two trumpets for me. The results were superb. I sent him a third one, fully expecting him to advise me that it needed a complete valve job. Instead, he advised some fitting work that solved the problem at a significant cost savings over a full valve job. That told me a lot about his integrity.

Take care,
Marc Speed

icos · Regular Member Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Posts: 17

Steve Winans does do great work. However, he had Anderson’s to do the plating. He then did the honing and fitting.
Sammy

ProAm · Heavyweight Member Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 949

I believe Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works can perform all the steps of valve rebuilds.

Sharkbaitboi · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:23 pm Post subject:

The vandenplass favorite, vim cream on valves

dr_trumpet · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Valve work

LittleRusty · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Valve work

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Brad361 · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:22 am Post subject:

Manuel de los Campos · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:43 am Post subject:

Charlie Melk did one horn for me. Excellent work, trumpet returned technically like new
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cbtj51 · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:13 am Post subject:

Jim Becker at Osmun did a total Replate in-house on my 1971 Benge this past January.

Replay of earlier pic post:

The valves are at least as good as when new (it's been a long time since I first played this horn in '71, so hard to remember, but I think better even compared to my Yamaha and Bach experiences on new horns). This point bears repeating: all In-House work and well worth the relatively fast turn-around and cost (much, much less than a new, similar horn such as a Burbank 5* and a known quantity, at that!). I play my post valve job Benge everyday with joy, much like when I was 40 years younger and crazy about this horn!

Jim will get my business again!

Mike
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trombahonker · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:15 am Post subject:

Steve Winans, http://doctorvalve.com/
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Evinerate · Veteran Member Joined: 15 Nov 2016 Posts: 154

I heard Josh Landress is tooling up for valve work, just something to note if you are are within the NYC area.

vandenplass · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:24 am Post subject: Valves cleaning

No more oils on my valves. I only use Warburton valves cleaner.
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Sharkbaitboi · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:54 am Post subject: Re: Valves cleaning

vandenplass · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:48 am Post subject: Re: Valves cleaning

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DCOberloh · New Member Joined: 21 Aug 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Seattle

Yeah, I do valve rebuilding often enough. We do the structural plating and all the machine work here in seattle.

Here is the URL to my web site's valve rebuild page. I still have a little more to do on it but its pretty much finished.http://www.oberloh.com/valverebuild.HTML

If you have questions on the service, feel free to give me a shout.

Daniel Oberloh
Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works
www.oberloh.com