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Brass and Woodwind Shop
2361 Dewey Ave.
Rochester, NY 14615
585-232-1790
Paul Abel - Owner/Repair Tech: Brass and Woodwind Shop - Rochester, NY

Brass Repair Prices Woodwind Repair Prices



Brass Repair Prices
Good Playing Condition Chem Clean & Service

Small Marching HornsGood Playing ConditionChemical Clean and Service
Trumpet, Coronet, Flugelhorn
$10.00-$50.00
$60.00
Trombone w/o F rotor
$10.00-$40.00
$50.00
Double Rotor Trombone
$10.00-$60.00
$75.00
Single French Horn
$10.00-$70.00
$80.00

Medium Marching HornsGood Playing ConditionChemical Clean and Service
Double French Horn
$10.00-$80.00
$110.00
3 Valve Baritone / Euphonium
$10.00-$50.00
$65.00
4 Valve Baritone / Euphonium
$10.00-$60.00
$75.00
Small Tuba
$10.00-$70.00
$85.00

Large Marching Horns Good Playing ConditionChemical Clean and Service
Large Tuba / Sousaphone
$10.00-$80.00
$125.00

Misc. Repair Prices

Pull Stuck Mouthpiece No Charge 
Solder Joint $15.00 each  
Silver Solder Joint $25.00 each  
Piston Valve Repair $30.00 each  
Rotar Valve Restring $10.00 each  
Pull Stuck Tuning SlideFrom $15.00  
Restore Basic Trombone Slide Action$40.00  
Complete Slide job / Student$55.00  
Complete Slide job / PRoFrom $60.00  

All major dent work is by estimate.


Additional Notes:

Call for prices on complete brass overhauls.

Job Descriptions

Good Playing Condition: If the instrument doesn't need a complete clean & service. Valves and slides pulled and cleaned as necessary. Up to 2 solder joints, no dent work. Pull stuck slides as necessary. Felts, corks, springs and strings replaced as necessary. Greased and oiled.

Chem clean & service: Instrument is completely disassembled. Easily accessible dents are removed. Instrument is cleaned, using non - toxic chemicals, brushed out and flushed with soapy then clean water. Valves and small parts are cleaned ultrasonically. All felts and corks are replaced. Springs are replaced as necessary. Tuning slides are polished and everything is greased and oiled.

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Woodwinds Repair Prices
Good Playing Condition Chem Clean & Service

Woodwind InstrumentsGood Playing ConditionRepadOVerhaul
Piccolo
$10.00-$150.00
$185.00
$225.00
Flute (Closed Hole)
$10.00-$150.00
$185.00
$225.00
Flute (Open Hole)
$10.00-$165.00
$200.00
$255.00
Clarinet (Plastic)
$10.00-$150.00
$180.00
$265.00
Clarinet (Wood)
$10.00-$150.00
$180.00
$265.00
Oboe (Student)
$10.00-$150.00
$225.00
$295.00
Oboe (Full Conservatory)
$10.00-$150.00
$285.00
$350.00
Alto Clarinet
$10.00-$180.00
$250.00
$325.00
Alto Sax
$10.00-$200.00
$275.00
$325.00
Tenor Sax
$10.00-$250.00
$385.00
$460.00
Baritone Sax
$10.00-$350.00
$425.00
By Estimate
Bassoon
$10.00-$250.00
$325.00
By Estimate
**All low background woodwind work by estimate.


Misc. Woodwind Repair Prices

Replace tenon joint cork$10.00 each  
Recork Sax Neck$15.00 
Solder Joint$15.00 Each 
Silver Braze Key$25.00 Each 
Reset Thumb Rest$30.00 
Crack Filling/PiningFrom $25.00[Estimate]
Broken Tenons Sockets
Woodwind Body Work
[Estimate] 
All Sax Work[Estimate] 

Woodwind Repair Job Descriptions

Good Playing Condition.
Instrument is cleaned as necessary. Pads, key corks and tenon corks are replaced as necessary. Instrument is adjusted and regulated to remove lost key motion. Keys are oiled and instrument is play tested. Prices do not include the cost of necessary replacement parts other than pads, corks and felts. Major dent work not included. Only dent work necessary to restore playability is included in P/C prices. Prices do not include case repairs. If an instrument is beyond a good P/C, a repad is recommended.

Repad
Instrument is completely disassembled. Body and keys are cleaned. Hinge rods and hinge tubes are cleaned. All pads are replaced. Tenon corks, key corks and felts are replaced as necessary. Instrument is reassembled, adjusted and regulated, oiled and play tested.

Overhaul
In addition to services performed in a repad, All key corks and tenon corks are replaced. Keys are buffed to a high luster. Wood bodies are oiled. Does not include relacquering of brass bodied instruments.

Major dent work on saxes by estimate.
Call for prices on relacquering work.

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All repair work is performed by myself, on premises. Certain jobs, beyond my expertise will be sent to specialists in the particular repair. Examples are: Large relacquering work, metal plating, tenon repairs, piston valve replate and refits.

If you have any questions, feel free to call Paul Abel anytime at 585-232-1790 or email me at pbob63@frontiernet.net.