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         Roger Price Brass & Woodwind Repairs

        Chirk, Wrexham

        UK

        Tel: 01691 774350

         Email: male@rogerprice.co.uk  (will need to be copied manually)

                  

 

 

 

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Repairs and Prices .....

The majority of Roger's work comes by personal recommendation. He takes real pride in his work, but as an efficient craftsman in a very well equipped workshop his charges are surprisingly affordable.

Repair Work Undertaken:

Essentially most things from minor repairs and adjustments to full restoration projects. The variety of brass musical instrument repairs and woodwind musical instrument repairs carried out is too large to possibly itemise it all but a look at the Interesting Projects page will give an idea of the scope of some of the work undertaken. There are not many woodwind and brass instruments that are totally beyond repair but of course whether or not their repair is worth it from an economic viewpoint is a different question though often it usually is.

Woodwind:     Checkovers, servicing, repadding, recorking, respringing, crack pinning, broken tenon repairs, saxophone bodywork (dents and resoldering), keywork repairs and modifications etc

Brass:    Servicing, dent removal, resoldering, brazing, making and fitting patches/guards/tubing, valve work (piston and rotary), trombone slide dents and re-alignment, special modifications such as trigger fitting to euphoniums and cornets etc.

A Special Note on Magnetic Dent Removal - contrary to some of the impressions given, in my experience its not suitable for the removal of all dents but where appropriate it can give good results. Unfortunately its usefulness is mainly limited to the larger instruments but its a technique that I have now been using and exploring its capabilities and limitations for more than 3 years. It is particularly useful for the removal of dents from tubas because it enables some dent removal to be done without the usual costly unsoldering/re-soldering needed to the bottom bow/side tube etc areas for conventional dent removal techniques. Although it rarely achieves 100% dent removal it is very effective at  improving the appearance of many used tubas/basses in a very cost effective way - in many cases £150 worth of work will provide quite an improvement in the appearance of the average band bass tuba. It is especially useful for the more modern Besson International and Sovereign bass tubas which have proven more prone to dents than their earlier counterparts.

 

Prices:

The best thing is to get in contact and a rough guide price can often be given by email of over the phone. An actual examination of the instrument will usually be required for an accurate estimate, but once given this is rarely exceeded and then only after prior consultation with the customer. Prices are calculated on the basis of a workshop rate of £20 per hour plus cost of parts. With woodwind instruments the price also depends upon the type of any new pads fitted. Please note that there is a minimum charge of £20 per instrument for all repairs.

 

 

                                                                        Examples of Charges

   

Flute, full overhaul including repad* and recork £90
Bb Clarinet, full overhaul including repad* and recork       £96
Alto Saxophone, full overhaul including repad* and recork      £235
Fitting a thumb trigger to a euphonium to operate the main tuning slide (Imperial, Sovereign and similar models)       £425
Cornet, cure sticking valves       £30
Trombone slide, remove dents and re-align for super-slick action       £45
Trumpet, straighten crumpled bell       £45
Flute, fit extension to G# to help small fingers       £30
Clarinet, repair broken tenon by fitting insert and precision machining insert to match original bore       £85
Making 3 new undersize valve caps to match undersize threads on Sovereign tuba       £160
Vintage Tenor Saxophone, restoration to near original condition involving freeing rusted keywork, dent removal, relacquering, respringing, recorking and repadding*.      £540
Alto Saxophone, resoldering broken-off key post involving realigning pad cup and fitting new pad       £36

 

* These prices for full repads are based upon basic good quality pads being fitted. There is an ever growing range of pads coming on the market and I although I will fit almost any type of pad specified by a customer there may well be additional charges and I will not fit pads that I do not consider to be of adequate quality!