Footnote: This site is not a tutorial on how to repair wind instruments. Some equipment and methods have purposely been kept from view, in order to avoid handyman disasters which are inevitable when too much information is given out. Please also read notes at the bottom of this page
Hello and welcome,
We'd like to show you a bit about what happens when your instrument doesn't work:
To see a Detailed Pictorial Description of what happens to your sax while it's here, simply click ona word fromthe Sax menu below. For the complete range of wind instrument care, please use the menu on the left.
Sax menu, developed from your questions:
Hey, what happens when I get my sax :
For pricesClick Here
For guarantee info Click Here
School or Band instruments for regular maintenance Click Here
For Questions, or to contact us Click Here
To get work done, please either:
1, if you are on the Sunshine Coast or surrounding areas,Click Hereand we can make arrangements for your instrument to get to us.
Or 2, if you are anywhere else, please put your name, return address and ph# / email address on a piece of paper inside the instrument case(s), and Click Here.
In either case, your instrument(s) will generally be done in 7 days of being here, except during our annual leave. If you are getting a quote, turn-around times are from when you give the go-ahead.
CLICK ON THE PICS BELOW to see more on MODIFIED KEYWORK
And below are some interesting horns which were in recently
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an A. Sax sax,a Selmer Paris "Cigar-cutter", an English plastic Grafton alto, a Selmer Paris "Ref 54" tenor. And I keep having twins ! (below), 2 Silver Selmer Paris MK VItenors, and 2 Silver SML altos)
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1, A 12 month guarantee is issued for work carried out, except with some very cheap entry-level instruments, or where the instrument's case is not suitable, is damaged, or missing. back to top
2, We will contact you if your job will exceed $250, or if we believe the instrument is not worth the expense of repair. Please always supply phone number / email / mailing address.
3, Where handy-man attempts need rectifying, price is double.
4, we do not do "courses"; if you want to watch: coststwice as much, if you want to help: costs 3 times as much!
5, Any instruments not paid for in full by six months after notification of completion will be sold to recover costs. (Please see next point).
6, We do not retail (buy & sell) but occasionally instruments are sold under some circumstances, such as to recover unpaid repair costs, or where a customer swaps an instrument to pay for another instrument's repairs, and so on. Anything available nowis listed Here. Also, if you have an instrument which is beyond repair, We might be interested in buying it for parts, please ask.
7, Jobs which involve major work will not be undertaken during December, January or Februaryeach year because of the extra workload from yearly maintenance ofschool instruments. The good news is that we have nine other months available to us for these special instruments!!
8, In all the years we have worked on musical instruments, none have ever gone missing on our watch, or been lost in the post etc. However, if you are concerned about your instrument, we suggest you arrange your own insurance before it leaves your possession. Please see next point.
9, For security reasons, the land-line phone number and workshop address is never given out. The workshop is not open to the public; if no-one knows where it is, it won't be a target ! If you want to get hold of us, click here