Band Repair Services

This list summarizes available services per instrument family.

Please contact your local Shoppe for your free band instrument estimate!

Piccolo

• Level and Adjust
• Repad (metal, plastic, or wood)
• Cleaning (silver and all piccolos)
• Crown cork replacement
• Joint refit
• Straighten body
• Pinning and crack repair
• Carbon fiber banding
• Silver solder keys
• Replace spring
• Service contract available

Flute

• Level and Adjust
• Repad (standard or open hole)
• Cleaning (silver or nickel)
• Joint refit
• Crown cork replacement
• Straighten body
• Replace spring
• Soft solder joint repair
• Pull stuck slides/mouthpieces
• Service contract available

Oboe

• Level and Adjust
• Repad (plastic, modified conservatory, or full conservatory)
• Cleaning (silver oboes)
• Replace pads (skin or cork)
• Replace spring
• Pinning and crack repair
• Silver solder keys
• Adjustment cork replacement
• Service contract available

English Horn

• Level and Adjust
• Repad
• Cleaning (silver)
• Pinning and crack repair
• Silver solder keys
• Service contract available

Bassoon

• Level and Adjust (plastic or wood)
• Repad
• Cleaning (bassoon and bass clarinet)
• Replace pads
• Replace spring
• Crack repair
• Carbon fiber banding
• Service contract available

Clarinet Family (Soprano, Alto, Bass, Contra)

• Level and Adjust (plastic or wood)
• Repad (student through low C bass)
• Cleaning (silver clarinets, bass clarinets)
• Replace pads
• Replace corks (tenon, neck)
• Replace spring
• Pinning and crack repair
• Silver solder keys
• Pull stuck mouthpiece
• Service contract available

Saxophone Family (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone)

• Level and Adjust
• Repad (student or professional; overhauls by estimate)
• Flush & Chemical Clean (FCC)
• FCC & Polish (silver saxes)
• Mold remediation
• Replace needle spring
• Neck cork replacement
• FCC of sax bow
• Joint refit
• Silver solder keys
• Pull stuck mouthpiece
• Dent repair (by quote)
• Service contract available

Trumpet / Cornet / Flugelhorn

• Ultrasonic Cleaning (lacquer or silver)
• Repair piston, rotor, or casing
• Pull stuck slides or mouthpieces
• Dent repair (by quote)
• Solder joint repair (soft or silver)
• Service contract available

Trombone Family (Straight, Rotor, Bass, Valve)

• Ultrasonic Cleaning
• FCC and repair of slide
• Repair of slide (post-clean)
• Repair rotor or casing
• Dent repair
• Solder joints
• Pull stuck slides/mouthpieces
• Service contract available

Baritone / Euphonium

• Ultrasonic Cleaning (lacquer or silver; 3- or 4-valve)
• Repair pistons, rotors, or casings
• Pull stuck slides/mouthpieces
• Solder joints
• Dent repair
• Service contract available

French Horn

• Ultrasonic Cleaning (single or double)
• Repair rotors and linkages
• Pull stuck slides
• Dent repair
• Solder joints
• Service contract available

Tuba

• Ultrasonic Cleaning (piston, rotary, or combination)
• Repair pistons or rotors
• Pull stuck slides/mouthpieces
• Solder joints
• Dent repair
• Service contract available

Sousaphone

• Ultrasonic Cleaning (brass, silver, or fiberglass)
• Section cleaning (brass only)
• Dent repair (by quote)
• Pull stuck slides/mouthpieces
• Service contract available

Marching Brass

• Ultrasonic Cleaning (lacquer or silver)
• Repair pistons and rotors
• Pull stuck slides/mouthpieces
• Dent repair
• Service contract available

Terms & Notes

• Professional-level woodwind repads/overhauls are by estimate only.
• Minimum shop charge applies to labor-only work.
• Service contracts available upon inspection/approval by The Music Shoppe.