A highly experienced woodwind / brass repairer in
Colliers Wood
LONDON

• Overhauls are left to settle and then readjusted before collection

Other services on offer

• Sleeve loose tenons
• Replace tenons
• Bush tone holes
• Glue crack
• Pin crack

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FLUTE  SERVICE

• Strip and clean instrument
• Clean keywork as allowed with pads still present
• Adjust and fit head joint/ as necessary
• Clean and regulate padding replacing up to 3 if broken ( if more need replacing, a small charge will be added )
• Replace any missing corks or felts
• ​Oil mechanism

FLUTE OVERHAUL

• Strip and clean instrument
• De-pin keywork and clean
• Adjust to good working order
• Adjust and fit head joint / foot joint as necessary
• Replace all pads
• Replace all corks
• ​Replace all felts
• ​Oil mechanism
• Set to good playing order

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CLARINET SERVICE

• Strip instrument
• Wash body if plastic. If wooden, clean and oil bore
• Clean keywork as allowed  with pads still present
• Replace any missing corks or felts
• Replace joint corks if necessary
• Replace any broken pads ( anymore than 3, a small extra charge will be made)
• ​Clean and adjust padding to good playing order

CLARINET OVERHAUL

• Strip   instrument
• Wash  body if plastic. If wooden, clean and oil bore
• Clean key work and rods of old oil
• Remove  play-in mechanism
• Replace all pads
• Replace all corks 
• Replace all felts                                                                                                                    

SAXOPHONE SERVICE

• Strip instrument
• Wash  body and crook
• Clean keywork as allowed with pads still present
• Clean and regulate padding, replacing up to 6 if too old or broken (if more need replacing, a small charge will be added)
• Replace any missing corks or felts
• Oil mechanism

SAXOPHONE OVERHAUL

• Strip  instrument
• Wash body and keywork
• Remove  dents in body and crook
• Level  toneholes (with minimal filing)
• Tighten keywork ( when possible, I always replace rods when keywork is loose rather than using pliers to swedge barrel tubing)
• Replace broken or rusted springs
• ​Replace all pads
• Replace  all corks 
• Replace  all felts
• Oil  mechanism                                                                                                                                      

 OBOE SERVICE

• ​Strip  instrument
• Wash body if plastic. If wooden, clean and oil bore
• Remove and clean octave boxes
• Clean keywork as allowed with pads still present
• Replace any broken pads with cork or skin pads as necessary (any more than 3,  a small extra charge will be made)
• Clean and adjust padding to good playing order

OBOE OVERHAUL

• ​Strip instrument
• Wash body if plastic. If wooden, clean and oil bore
• Remove and clean octave boxes
• Replace all corks
• Replace all felts
• Replace all pads ( for full cork padding, an extra charge will be made)​                                                                                                                                    

 SERVICE & OVERHAULS

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• As for clarinets and oboes
• Attention  paid to loose pillars