Musical Instrument Repairs WA

When you think you have seen it all you then get surprised again

A flute in for all new pads as it apparently doesn’t play well, gee I wonder why

For some reason someone thought it’s a good idea to file rolled flute tone hole edges flat….. it’s not a good idea, a rolled flute tone edge is typically thinner than a piece of a4 paper, so flattening that out is insanely stupid …..

For some reason someone thought scoring up the inside of the bore of the flute would improve the dynamics…. It doesn’t, honestly, sometimes it hurts ones soul seeing the stuff people have done

Got to make a phone call now and advise them to not spend any money on this flute

The bassoon with boot rot is now ready to resume its life back as a bassoon

Fresh wood grafted
Bore reamed and aligned
Bore treatment carried out
Make some pads to suit and another one leaves the bench

That is not how you seperate the bassoon joints.

Booked in for next week to repair, to much on this week to even start it