Repairs

All Local repairs must be picked up by the musician that plays the instrument. No under 18-year-old students are allowed to pick up or drop off instruments without their parents. 

Instrument drop offs by adult family members is fully acceptable. We need the player to play test the instrument during pickup to allow us to do any quick adjustments that is requested by the customer.

$70 | Hourly rate for any services not mentioned below and $35 for each additional 30 minutes of labor.

Brass - Trumpets, Trombones, French Horns, Cornets, Baritones, Euphoniums and Tubas

$90 – Disassemble the horn, full chemical flush and brushing of all tubes, valves are cleaned separately and slides are descaled. All slides are greased, valves are oiled and all cap threads are oiled on reassembly

$50 – Replace all valve top felt, stem washers, springs, and up to 3 new spit valve pads

Stuck slides and any solder or resoldering work is priced upon inspection of the instrument

Woodwind – C.O.A. (Clean, Oil, and Adjust) w/full disassembly 

Flute & Piccolo

$140 | Student with Silver plated Head Joint, Body Tube, & Keys with Closed holes

$225 | Intermediate Step-Up with Sterling Silver Head Joint, Open Holes

$300 Professional with Sterling Silver or Solid Nickel Silver Head Joint, Body Tube, & Keys with Open Holes

Saxophone (Level of Instrument verified via the manufacturers website)

$140 Student and Step up models such as: Yamaha YAS-23, 200-AD, CONN 20M, Jupiter 667, Mendini, Cecilio, Eastman 200 series, Selmer 300 among others

$300 Professional models such as: Selmer Paris, Cannonball, P. Muriat, Yanigisawa, Yamaha 62, 82Z, 875 among others

Clarinet

$140 Student models with plastic body such as:  Yamaha 20,25, & 200 series, Buffet B11 & B12, Vito & Bundy among others

$300 Step up & Professional models with Wood or Wood composite body and solid Nickel or Sterling Silver key work such as: Buffet R13, Buffet E series,  Backun, Normandy, Leblanc, Eastman among others

Instrument is inspected for damage and missing or damaged components. Instrument is completely disassembled. Dents, bent keys, cracks and other potential body damage are assessed & quoted separately and are repaired is approved by the customer. The Instrument body is chemically cleaned with environmentally safe products. Pads are examined and replaced as needed (priced separately below). Corks, felts and other adjustment/silencing materials are inspected and replaced as needed. The instrument is reassembled; moving parts are oiled and or greased with high quality woodwind  and regulated. All pads are adjusted as needed to seal effectively.

Missing or damaged components will be replaced with manufacturers’ original parts when possible and priced separately. When original parts are not available, we will discuss if a universal part is available and if it will work well. Otherwise, we will discuss options such as manually manufacturing the part if possible. All prices are discussed with the customer in advance.

$85 – Play Condition Service for all Brass & Woodwind Instruments

$75-Restring French Horn w/3 rotors/levers

$100-Restring Double French Horn w/4 Rotors/levers

Stuck brass slides, valve alignments/stuck valves and any solder work are at an additional charge and priced by quote.

New woodwind pads (traditional pads) (including labor) - $20 per pad - Flute, Clarinet, Piccolo, Oboe & $25 per pad – Saxophone – specialty pads such as Kangaroo leather, Valentino Master or other high end are priced seperately

$200.00 - Saxophone Play Condition with up to 6 pads replaced and a new neck cork

Other Services

All Dent Work is priced by quote only

$25 | Replace 1 Clarinet or Oboe tenon cork ($70 if all 3 are replaced at the same time)

$30 | Replace saxophone neck cork ($20 if included with another service)

$325 | Complete repad of student closed-hole flute or clarinet including new head joint cork (flute) or student Clarinet

$375 Complete repad of semi-Professional Open hole flute with Solid Silver Head Joint

$425 | Complete repad of professional open-hole flute (Solid silver Head Joint and body tubes) or wood clarinet

$400 | Complete repad of student alto saxophone

$450 | Complete repad of student tenor saxophone

$550 | Complete repad of professional alto saxophone

$600 | Complete repad of professional tenor saxophone

Full mechanical rebuilds are priced by quote after the instrument is visually inspected.

PLEASE NOTE:

Shipping costs to our shop and back to the customer are not included in the above prices. Local drop off from customers in and around Omaha, Nebraska is always recommended and is scheduled by appointment on our website.

All repair work via mail to us will be invoiced to the customer when the repair is complete. The price will include the repair costs & shipping cost of the instrument back to the customer.

All payments must be received before the instrument is resent back to the customer. Pictures of repair will be sent to the customer via email or Facebook messenger upon completion.

Call us to discuss any repair questions:
(402) 259-0888