Good News and Bad news
I took apart this horn today. Some good things and bad things I've noticed:
Good:
It came apart. I actually had bought some penetrating oil for this thing thinking that I would have more trouble. Luckily, all the screws came loose with just about no issue at all.
It still has the Buescher snaps.
This horn has what is called "Snap-In Pads. The pads were designed to snap in with a metal resonator snap. You lift out the snap and take out the pad.
Bad:
A couple of rods are seriously bent, but that's really no big deal. Just means an excuse to buy another piece of equipment. Maybe I can find a used bench motor.
Worse:
Somebody in their infinite wisdom used an enormous amount of shellac on the pads. So, when I heated it up to get the shellac loose, the snap came out with the pad. It looks to have been re-soldered at some point, so I think someone just did a bad solder job. I'm heating pad cups up with a mini-butane torch, I wouldn't think it's enough to make those come un-done. I think I'm going to drop a line to another tech and see if perhaps I should have it silver soldered back in.
These pads should have little to no glue. Ideally none, but perhaps just a tack to keep it from spinning around. These have a TON of glue in them. It won't be pretty.
