Specialist large-bore brass repairs for Eb, BBb, F, and CC Tubas. Our workshop is equipped to handle the unique scale of tuba maintenance, including rotary valve servicing, piston rebuilding, and significant dent work on the large flares and bottom bows.
We needed to reinforce the workbench for this one! 😅🏗️ This poor Sovereign EEb Bass dragged itself into the workshop looking like it had been at the bottom of the ocean. The brass was pitted, it was covered in dents, and the tuning slides were stuck fast (we’re talking “welded by time” stuck). It was […]
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The instrument that arrived at the Elliott Brass workshop was perhaps one of the most structurally compromised brass instruments we have encountered recently: a Besson Sovereign EEb Bass. This powerhouse of the low brass section had clearly endured severe neglect, manifesting in advanced external pitting and heavy corrosion across the entire surface. The initial assessment
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