Bass Sax Neck Patch.

Gross. 

This is the neck off of a pat. 1914 conn, Satin gold, bass sax. The horn belongs to one of the mummers bands from Philadelphia and it was beat.  I knew going in that this wouldn't be the most glamorous repair in the world. I just wanted it to be solid and stand up to another 50 years of string band music.

I started out by popping off all of the old patches and cleaning up the tube.

I also found more holes to patch. Fun.

Before I could form patches, I had to remove dents. On this old brittle brass, It wasn't easy. I used a combination of dent rods and MDRS.

Forms were made from epoxy putty. I used them to form patches from annealed 0.012'' brass stock.

Before I finished fitting patches I wanted to trim out the cracks to prevent them from spreading.

Next step was to finish fitting the patches and solder them on. 

Last step was to do a little cleanup.

Like I said, It wasn't going to be a beautiful repair. I do hope it will make it a few decades though.