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My wealth of knowledge about flute playing and performance expectations helps in guiding my repair work. This means that tuning a flute and any other woodwind instrument by moving the mouthpiece inout of the body is a compromise. He first learned how to repair flute in 1997 at a flute repair shop, altus flute korea, while pursuing a degree on flute performance at sangmyung university in seoul. Clarinet, saxophone, and flute repair manual and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Boehm published an account of his research and accomplishments, a book which has come to be recognized as.
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My name is steve and i have been repairing woodwind instruments for over 15 years. When assembling the flute, never grip the keys and rods of the footjoint, but only the very end of the joint, the smooth part, where there are no keys. We specialize in brass, woodwind, orchestral strings, guitar, drums, and electronics. The adjustment warranty is voided if anyone other than powell or its authorized repair representatives works on the instrument. Galdieri flute repair fine flute and piccolo repair. Essential elements for band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. Instrument repairs chuck levins washington music center. This does not include refinishing or replating any surfaces. A make play repair is when the instrument needs minimal work to restore it to playing condition i. Woodwind instrument repair tool, steel spring hook repair maintenance tool for saxophone, clarinet, oboe, flute by vgeby currently unavailable.
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The following list of safety items should be on hand and easy to reach in an emergency. Clarinet, saxophone, and flute repair manual kindle edition by lawrence frank author format. In 1973 they began to specialize in professional quality flutes, and by 1992, lou was working on the flute of julius baker, former. Woodwind instrument repair general repair pricing the repair shop at hickeys music center is pleased to offer free estimates on services in addition to those listed on our repair price lists. From flute purchasing, to repair service, to selection of music and accessories, you will find only the highest quality products and service from flute pro shop. Now, to address your example, antique wood flute restoration is quite a specialty. Alto, and bass flute are accepted for repairs and the cost will be assessed at the time of the estimate. Flute pro shop is a full service flute specialty shop located in the sales tax free state of delaware, in the usa. If a flute was in physics terms a perfect double open ended oscillator then the second octave and in physics terms all harmonics would be affected in the same way.
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