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It’s All In The Spring
Spring replacement: Spring replacement can be approached in many ways as springs make a massive difference to the feel and response of the mechanism. Mostly spring replacement is a repair,Read More
Assembling your Clarinet
Your Clarinet has 6 parts: The Bell, Lower Joint, Upper Joint, Barrel, Ligature and Mouthpiece. (Plus, the reed…makes 7 parts) Important to remember: 1. Your clarinet is not a toyRead More
Oiling the Bore of Wooden Instruments
Many clarinets and Oboes are made of a rare and very dense timber often known as Grenadilla or African Blackwood, with a botanical name of Dalbergia melanoxylon. This timber isRead More
D’Addario Saxophone Survival Guide
D’Addario Saxophone Survival Guide
D’Addario Clarinet Survival Guide
D’Addario Clarinet Survival Guide
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Legere – All you need to know
Légère reeds are engineered to sound and act like moist cane but with all the advantages and benefits of a synthetic. Never need to be soaked – they instantly respondRead More
Basic Instrument Care Guide
General advice on maintaining your wind instrument in-between services: ALL wind instruments need some attention from time to time, so regular servicing is a great idea. About once a yearRead More
Which BG Jazz Ligature works with your mouthpiece?
What BG Jazz Ligature, goes with with Mouthpiece
Assembling your Flute
Your Flute has 3 parts: The Headjoint, The Body and The Footjoint. When assembling your flute, it is important to assemble the joints together in the correct way and neverRead More
Cork grease ain’t cork grease!
La Tromba Cork Grease (3g or 15g) The lip stick style cork grease is always a popular (but not good) option for greasing the cork/tenon joints of the clarinet, oboe,Read More
SCHMIDT GOLD FLUTE PADS
SCHMIDT GOLD FLUTE PADS These New Flute pads are the most innovative design idea that we have seen for a long time! Jim Schmidt has replaced the skin of traditionalRead More
Flute Repairs/Servicing
FLUTE REPAIRS Our repair services range from simple adjustments to complete overhauls. Our process for padding is to use the incredibly detailed and time intensive technique called “shimming”, as thisRead More
Bite-Plate Replacement
This is one of those types of work that not many people know we do for saxophone mouthpieces. This is actually a Guadala mouthpiece from Noel’s own collection. The biteRead More
Saxophone Neck Receiver Fabrication
Conn 6M Baritone Saxophone This Conn 6M baritone sax was brought to us, with the neck receiver cracking and split, non-concentric and leaking. The result of the damage meant theRead More
FLUTE G# KEY EXTENSION REVERSAL
Here’s a small alteration that was made to a Cooper-Brennan flute by Noel. The flute has already previously been modified to extend the G# key. The owner of the fluteRead More
French Horn Bell Stem Replacement
Here’s the downside to having a detachable bell on your French Horn. One-Piece French Horns can make transport of the instrument cumbersome and many people come to see Noel toRead More
