But no matter how much care goes into them, sometimes accidents happen.
Luckily, there are specialized shops dedicated to restoring these beautiful instruments, whatever their level of damage.
The result is a sparkling instrument that looks almost brand new.
The team at J. Landress Brass captured a mesmerizingvideoto chronicle the repair process.
The fact that the instrument has long lost its shine is the lesser of its problems.
The bellthe wide, speaker-like partwas so severely bent that it looks like a wilted flower.
The process is far from smooth, and it looks nearly experimental.
This particular bell had sustained severe damage, resulting in work-hardening of the metal, the teamexplains.
Subsequently, the metal will reharden as we work out the ridges and dents from the bell.
After a deep clean and buffering on many scales, the trombone is ready.
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