Merits to soldering the bell to bow on my tenor? Pros/cons?
You HAVE gone quite a ways in making some very bold statements, though.As a newcomer to the field it is not my intention to step on the toes....
Initially it appeared under the guise of one who was professionally established, yet later on you revealed that you are a newcomer and 'our shop' refers to the shop belonging to another, more experienced tech. Simso's point was that perhaps you should reconsider some of your bold and, honestly, overreaching comments which you back up by "what you have gleaned from others".I would like to point out that if you use the right equipment and have experience you will not damage the lacquer. We do this procedure all the time at our shop and its never been a problem. I also due this to all of my personal horns.
Then you take personally Simso's response which challenges your statement and intimation that lacquer damage will only result if the tech had done it "wrong". And posit that techs in N. America or AU use different kinds of torches than elsewhere ???Hey Simso, if you are calling into question what experience I can and cannot envision than you are doubting my teachers and colleagues who I have learned from and watched in person. So you are calling into question the technique of my Boss and Mentor Aaron Barnard of Barnard Instrument Repair and his teacher Randy Jones of Tenor Madness.