Remove all pads and bumper corks, polish instrument, oil wood if necessary. Buff keys, replace pads and bumper felts and corks, reassemble and play test. This is the most extensive repair. Contact for price.

Flute headjoints should be snug but not tight. Using the proper tools to make the fit just right. Headjoint corks should be changed yearly, and adjusted to the right placement. Dent removal and Crack Repair, Flutes can be dented or have slight bends in the headjoint or body, these can be removed. Cracks in wooden instruments can be pinned, glued or carbon banded.

Includes re-seating existing pads and/or correcting the linkage relations with the keys.

Includes some new pads, correcting the mechanism so that the keys move freely with little to no extra motion and the screws fit properly.

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Custom key extensions can be fabricated out of various metals and other materials. There are many options for customizing for short fingers other reasons.

Tone hole repair is a common process with woodwinds. Wood can become chipped or not have the proper seat for a pad to cover correctly. Metal tone holes can be uneven, not level, or have the wrong face or taper. All of these things can cause an instrument to not play to its potential.

Ryan Simmons is Straubinger certified, having attended the rigorous certification training. Ryan learned from Mr. Straubinger himself the correct process for setting up a flute for his precision pads.

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Can be done for certain notes on clarinets, oboes, bassoons. This is done with the customer as a collaborative effort. No tuning will be done without the player present, and only with their consent.

Not many bassoons are perfectly in tune from the factory. Voicing is usually done after the instrument is repaired and sealed to very high tolerances. There are many ways to adjust the the tendencies of notes a bassoon, and to make sure that it is even and responsive. All makes of bassoons, even brand new Heckels can need a little bit of work.