Just uploaded a few photos of the 3 main instruments I plan to build with pupils in school. I've had quite a lot of discussion with a number of people and I feel it is best to keep the instruments as simple as possible so that they are easy to build and play. Removing the valves and turning them into simple bugles is the simplest way to do it.
I have a few close up shots of the actually joints that have been soldered etc so you can make out the fine detail on each instrument.
The French Horn:
The trumpet:
The tuba:
It is ridiculously hard to solder the parts together subtly without big lumps solder collecting at the bottom of the joints but I think I can safely say my soldering has improved since I began. Hear are a few photos of the first french horn I soldered a few weeks ago. I had difficulty melting the solder at the right heat and it so it melted in big clumps thus really messy joints but after a talk with John he showed me how to fix this problem.
Remember the manual I mentioned John had put together over the years? Well here are a few photos of it. There is a lot of useful information in this book it just needs to be broken down and designed into something more efficient and eye catching.
A little something I can work on while I'm in London, I am also starting to consider promotion ideas to get children to sign up to this class in the first place. Posters around the school are going to be a heavy influence in capturing the pupils attention and also the school website is heavily used by the pupils and their parents so I need to consider some graphics for the web.
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