Left-Handed Instruments

[davewerden]

Here is a really nice example of a talented instrument guy turning a standard euphonium into one for a left-handed player. Beautiful work.

[highpitch]

Dan is the same guy that restored my New Standard.

Dennis

[BrassedOn]

Okay, now that is cool. I have taken apart a horn, and can imagine most of the process
but one thing I can’t visualize, how did he reverse the valve cluster?

[davewerden]

Okay, now that is cool. I have taken apart a horn, and can imagine most of the process
but one thing I can’t visualize, how did he reverse the valve cluster?

My thoughts went down that same path! No clue.

[RickF]

I remembered reading something about how Dan Oberloh did that some years ago and searched for it. Not a lot of detail but on Dan’s website under ‘completed projects’ you can see a King 2268 project he did for a lefty. Under the second picture he described some of that project.

link: http://www.oberloh.com/gallery/Complete.htm

[John Morgan]

Okay, now that is cool. I have taken apart a horn, and can imagine most of the process
but one thing I can’t visualize, how did he reverse the valve cluster?

Maybe used the cluster upside down??

[BrassedOn]

From Rick’s link : “The important part that was salvageable was the valve section which is probably the best one available for such a conversion. The ports were removed, the forth valve cut off and refit and brazed to the first valve. The porting of the first and third valves are so close that with a bit of skill and a little care the block was able to be completely reversed to a mirror image of its original configuration. ”
That is amazing!