Jay Wright
Repair Department Manager
Jay Wright is the manager of the repair department at The Music
Shoppe's Normal, IL location. He has held this position for 3 years, and has
been a repair technician for 6 ½ years, all with The Music
Shoppe. Jay's specialty is general woodwind repair.
He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education (Psychology minor)
from Western Illinois University in 1989, and went on to teach instrumental
music in the Putnam County, IL school district for seven years.
After developing an interest in repair Jay attended Red Wing Technical College
in Minnesota, graduating in June of 1997 with
a certificate in Band Instrument Repair. He has been a member of
NAPBIRT
since 1997.
e-mail Jay@themusicshoppe.com
Chris
Chambers
Orchestra Instrument Repair
Chris Chambers specializes in the repair and restoration of orchestral
instruments and their bows. He is a fully trained violinmaker
with over twenty years of professional experience working in violin
shops. He built his first violin in 1987 with Boyd Poulsen in
his shop in San Mateo, Ca. Mr. Poulsen was himself a student of
Hans Weisshaar of L.A Ca., who was an internationally recognized
expert in the field of restoration. During his time at Cremona
Violin Makers and Dealers of San Francisco from 1986 to 1993,
Chris was instructed in all types of repair and restoration procedures.
While there, he was also able to see many examples of the work
of some of the finest classical makers. Chris traveled to Cremona,
Italy in 1987 to see firsthand over 100 violins, violas and cellos
made by Stradivari that were brought together for an exhibit honoring
the 200th anniversary of his death. During this period Chris also
attended extensive restoration workshops in Oberlin, Ohio two
years running. In 1993 Chris built another violin with Thomas
Oliver Croen while working as an assistant in his Richmond Ca.
workshop. Tom has won medals for his work at Violin Society of
America competitions. To date, Chris has completed 6 violins.
Chris also has an interest in guitar building. He built a guitar
with well-known bay area guitar builder Ervin Somogyi during the
late 80’s, and just this year completed another, a steel
string cutaway of his own design.
Chris continues to pursue his craft; he is currently working on
a new violin, and developing plans for another guitar. e-mail:
Chris@themusicshoppe.com
Matt
Reich
Champaign-Urbana
Matt Reich is a South Dakota native and U.S. Army Veteran who
has worked for a number of retail music companies throughout Iowa,
Missouri, and Illinois since 1987. Matt graduated from South Dakota
State University in 1983 with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education,
and is a 1998 graduate of Minnesota State College Southeast Technical-Redwing
with a diploma in Band Instrument Repair. As a full line woodwind/brasswind
technician, Matt repairs instruments ranging from entry level
student line through high-end professional grade. Matt is a member
of the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair
Technicians (NAPBIRT).
e-mail: Matt@themusicshoppe.com
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Why
choose The Music Shoppe for your repairs?
1) We do 99.5% of our repairs on-sight by our qualified
staff.
2) Outstanding customer service.
3) Most repairs are completed in 1 week or less.
4) Loaner instruments are available for customers who have
purchased their instrument from us.
5) We use only high quality factory/replacement parts.
6) Service contracts are available for qualified instruments
7) We give a preferred customer discount for any instrument
purchased from The Music Shoppe.
8) We pull stuck brass mouthpieces FREE.
9) Too far from Normal or Champaign? Our educational
reps service schools all over Central Illinois. We
also have weekly deliveries to our 6 conveniently
located affiliates.
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