Overhauls of vintage saxophones at This Old Horn are performed by either our in-house shop, an outside shop with whom we have a close and symbiotic relationship or, in the case of Selmer horns, by Hollis & Germann in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Jim Germann is renowned as perhaps the finest Mark VI technician in the country and enjoys that reputation with the tough and hard to satisfy New York professional music crowd.

Jim personally overhauls our horns and the resulting feel and perfect intonation we and our customers have enjoyed make us happy and proud to label our Selmers as Germann overhauled.

Our VINTAGE  overhaul consists of the following:

• Complete strip down and chemical cleaning of the body and bell.

• Removal of any dents.

• Re-fitting of the neck tenon as needed.

• Complete re-fitting of the key work.

• Straightening rods and correcting  the action as necessary.

• Installation of new pads and original resonators as appropriate to the instrument.

• Installation of new corks using modern materials and adhesives.

• Re-assembly of the horn and extensive test playing.

The thing that differentiates our VINTAGE overhaul from others is that we use the correct pads and resonators for the horn type to maintain the originality of its sound. For example, all Conn horns are padded with proper Conn Reso-Pads and resonators.