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Paul Abel - Repair Technician / Owner
I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about my background. I am a 1981 graduate of Greece Arcadia High School. I hold a B.M from Ithaca College having graduated in 1985. I began my formal instrument repair training at Allied Music in Elkhorn, Wisconsin in the summer of 1985. After leaving Allied, I served as an apprentice at Wendell Harrison Music in Rochester working with Lenny “Mac” McKee and Dotty Frizell. While pursuing a Masters Degree in trombone performance at The University of North Texas, I continued to do repair work for my musician friends and for Brook Mays Music in Irving Texas. In 1988, I was offered a position in the engineering and quality control department at United Musical Instruments. (Now C.G.Conn Selmer) Following my stint at UMI, I was head repair technician for Biviano Music in Niles, Ohio for 1 year. From there, I spent the next 7 years as a repair tech for Volkwein’s Music in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where I received intense training from Leroy Abbott, former flute maker at the Haynes Flute Company in Boston. In 1999, I had the chance to return to my roots here in Rochester. I served two “tours of duty” with American Music in Pittsford, between which I established Abel Brass Clinic. Once again free from American Music, I have come full circle with the opening of Brass & Woodwind Shop.
I am extending an open invitation to all musicians, band directors and private instrumental teachers to stop by and see my shop at 226 West Commercial Street in East Rochester. Bring along your personal instruments for a free evaluation or just have a cup of coffee and chat. Let’s talk about how I can be a benefit to you personally, or your school or community band program. My phone number is 585-385-4227, and my email address is pbob63@frontiernet.net. I look forward to establishing a professional relationship with you and with your school or community band program.
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