We’re really excited to welcome you to our Technical Training Sessions in the near future - we hope you find the sessions energizing, enlightening, engaging, and educational!
We want to tailor the sessions towards you, the attendees, in order to make the experience as useful and as interesting as possible.
Therefore we’re asking every technician to register here to give our team members who will be taking the sessions the best possible information about their audience, and to help us keep in touch in the future.
The sessions are:
Heritage Flute Restoration Part 1 – Structure - June 16th 2021 - 2pm ET - CLICK HERE TO WATCH RECORDING
Covering flutes made prior to the year 2000
This will cover the experience of getting an older flute in for repair and establishing expectations for the end result
Focus on the restoration of these flutes rather than a complete renovation
Detail of the tools and materials needed to work on the structure of these instruments (Solders etc.)
Heritage Flute Restoration Part 2 – Maintenance - June 23rd 2021 - 2pm ET - CLICK HERE TO WATCH RECORDING
Detail of materials needed for these flutes (Pads, oils)
Adjustments materials: Cork vs Felt
How to work with over polished flutes and how to spot when the body is too thin
Wide variety of pad sizes will be covered
Current Custom Flutes - July 14th 2021 - 2pm ET - CLICK HERE TO WATCH RECORDING
Covering flutes after 2000
Explanation of the Haynes pinless mech and the differences between it and the Broegger mechanism
Demo of steel fitting
Breakdown of the Haynes COA and Overhaul processes
Where to obtain the common tools and consumables Haynes uses
Haynes Q and Amadeus Models - July 21st 2021 - 2pm ET - CLICK HERE TO WATCH RECORDING
Explanation of these lines and how they are different from each other as well as the customs
Explanation of what repairs are possible and what repairs are not possible
How to obtain parts and materials to work with these flutes
See you soon!