Angelo Catalano

Transformation -
This is one of the things I’ve been looking forward to the most going to repair school. Restoring a crushed, buckled bell to its proper shape.

The first 5 pictures are the “before”
Swipe to see the “after”

This was my first attempt at this but it came out pretty good. This silver-plated trombone bell was pretty heavy and a little tough to work with, but I think I was able to do a good job for my first try.

The tools I used included dent rollers (pictured), a bell iron (an anvil-like object), mallets, burnishers, and I even made a custom bell flare mold.