Repairs

Directors: Discounts are available for multiple instruments.
Music Stores: Please e-mail us at [email protected]
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Information about repair seminars at bottom of page.

Please note: Minimum bench charge is $25.
General repair turn-around time is less than 2 days.

Sales

Here you can browse our inventory of instruments, mouthpieces and everything else we offer here at Fresh Winds Repair

Flutes:

Clarinets:

Saxes:

Brass:

Repair Seminars

Repair seminars are where you can learn how to effectively repair instruments to a basic level. We will come to you for these seminars. You will learn basic techniques that will keep your instruments out of the shop longer and save you money. Each seminar will have lecture-style teaching followed by hands-on learning where you will get to: replace pads or corks, adjust key heights, fix stuck screws/keys and more. We will bring instruments with us that you can repair and possibly work on your own instruments (depending on the condition) as our examples. Lastly you will learn what to look for when unseen issues arise and maintenance that will help keep your instrument out of the shop. These seminars last roughly 1-2 hours.

Seminar choices include separate flute, clarinet, saxophone, and brass courses.$250 for the day.
Single instrument courses will focus on only one instrument and it's specific issues. 
Family courses are overview courses that will cover all woodwinds and briefly cover specific issues for each instrument.
After our seminars, we will look at your instrument inventory and give you estimates for free.

All schools that purchase a seminar will receive a discount on their repairs for the entire school year.

Director Repair Course

These courses are for directors and band staff only. This course is $500 and will take place at our shop. We will work with you on scheduling this course. You will bring in your school's woodwind instruments and we will teach you the basics of repair and maintenance by fixing (and having you fix) them. All repairs receive a 15% discount. Included in the class fee is a basic set of tools. Pleas e-mail us at [email protected] for details.

Interesting Repairs:

Before: tarnishing on the silver plated flute. Previous user played this flute for about 10 years. They took good care of it, but they have a natural oil in their skin that tarnishes silver very quickly. This Gemeinhardt intermediate flute still plays decently, just doesn't look that great!

After: Using multiple polishing compounds and about 28 gallons of elbow-grease we have a shiny flute! We found in multiple spots that the silver had actually been eaten away by the oils and other chemicals from the skin of the previous user. Now it is clean, the pads are sealed, it plays MUCH better, and it is ready to go. Come by today and try it out!