Flip Oakes total enhancement

yambra · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:02 pm Post subject: Flip Oakes total enhancement

I have a couple questions about the Total Enhancement Service. The first question is. How much difference can the enhancement service provide over just a valve alignment alone? The second question. Do other people offer the same service or is flip Oakes the only one doing this?

Thanks!

Brad

Shaft · Heavyweight Member Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 984

Close as you live to Flip I would go visit him at his shop. I was curious about the same thing myself. Having a wild thing for about 15 years I have not had it done yet.
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shofarguy · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:56 pm Post subject:

The difference depends on how far off the horn is originally. If there are many things that need adjustment, the horn can go from pretty dodgy to exceptional. I've had two Wild Thing instruments that changed that way. The first trumpet I owned was said to require just about every trick in Flip's repertoire. I didn't play it before the work was done, but it became what Flip called, "one of two exceptional trumpets that have come through my shop."

The other is the flugelhorn I have now. I did play that before it was set up. I was thinking I had gotten a bum steer of a horn that would be only good for demonstrating the nano-tech coating I was working with at the time. Flip told me to send it back to him and he would perform his Total Enhancement, as usual. The horn came back completely different. It is the now best playing brass instrument I've ever owned and there is only one WT short cornet that I found to be even more magical.

On the other hand, I had a Kanstul 1025 flugelhorn and a Benge 5X that were only a little better when Flip was finished with them. The flugelhorn didn't need a valve alignment. The Benge had a 2nd valve stem that was too short, but I had already fashioned a thin leather pad for it to bring the down-stroke close to where it needed to be. Flip machined the top cap so it would accept his standard pad.
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sounds7 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:00 pm Post subject:

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yambra · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:05 pm Post subject:

Yeah he's not too far from me. I was just curious if anyone else offered to same kind of service. I have only read about Flip doing it.

LittleRusty · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:23 pm Post subject:

Osmun does a blueprinting service that I suspect does similar types of things. Since both are proprietary we really won't know how similar. Both have gotten rave reviews here.

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shofarguy · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:53 pm Post subject:

yambra · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:18 pm Post subject:

I have a Benge 3x+ and planning to get a Kanstul 1070 soon.

21trumpet · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:46 pm Post subject:

Shaft · Heavyweight Member Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 984

Thanks for sharing it
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shofarguy · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:47 pm Post subject:

yambra · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:07 pm Post subject:

Flip Oakes · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:15 pm Post subject:

Ever since, April 22, 1999, Every Flip Oakes Wild Thing Trumpet, Flip Oakes 'C' Trumpet, Flip Oakes Wild Thing Cornet's Both American Model and Short Model, Flip Oakes Wild Thing Flugels, have all had the Total Enhancement performed on them. And many of the Wild Thing Trumpets prior to this date have come back and have had been upgraded by the Total Enhancement as well.

http://flipoakes.com/accessories-services/total-enhancement-service/

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shofarguy · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:56 am Post subject:

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Brad361 · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:10 pm Post subject:

I had Flip do his total enhancement on my LA Benge. In this case, the difference after was not dramatic, but the horn felt a bit more "even" and slightly more open. I believe the reason that the difference was not night and day was because my particular Benge was a "good one" to begin with. That being said, I think the enhancement Flip did was definitely worth the cost.

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