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I'm all for Do-It-Yourselfers. I'm one of them. I've put a new roof on my house, installed new windows, put linoleum down, etc. But I also know when to call in the professionals. So it's interesting to me to see some of the things that come in the shop that were...
Posted 1/11/2008 @ 8:32:00 AM | Band Instrument Repair | Read more
Below are pictures of some pads in clarinet keys. Notice the chunks that are missing out of the pads. Where did the missing chunks of these pads go? They were eaten by bugs! We call them "pad bugs" in the band instrument repair trade. They are...
Posted 3/22/2007 @ 5:05:00 PM | Band Instrument Repair | Read more
The repair trade can be fairly difficult to break into. Unless you are willing to go to one of only four repair schools in North America, are very diligent and self-motivated to learn on your own, or happen to fall into an apprenticeship situation, there is really no place...
Posted 1/4/2006 @ 8:36:00 AM | Band Instrument Repair | Read more
On flute repads and overhauls we ALWAYS disassemble the key groups. For example the right hand stack keys are actually a group of 4 individual keys plus spacers, pins, and a rod that can be disassembled and cleaned. In fact they SHOULD be disassembled and cleaned...
Posted 9/29/2005 @ 10:42:00 AM | Band Instrument Repair | Read more
Recently a link to our webcams was posted on a musicians' forum. A discussion followed about a variety of things ranging from, "Watching band instrument repair is like watching paint dry" to comments about the shop cleanliness and organization. I had to...
Posted 9/25/2005 @ 5:52:00 PM | Band Instrument Repair | Read more
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