Brass Repair Prices
Good Playing Condition Chem Clean & Service
| Small Marching Horns | Good Playing Condition | Chemical 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 Horns | Good Playing Condition | Chemical 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 Condition | Chemical 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 Slide | From $15.00 |   |
| Restore Basic Trombone Slide Action | $40.00 |   |
| Complete Slide job / Student | $55.00 |   |
| Complete Slide job / PRo | From $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 Instruments | Good Playing Condition | Repad | OVerhaul |
| 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/Pining | From $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.
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