Professional Repair, Repads and Overhauls
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Clarinets: Clarinet repads include new Premium quality Ferree Dejur double skin pads or Premium Ferree white leather pads or premium corks, body and oiling (wood only) and regulating.  Please see our Clarinet Questions and General Questions on our Q&A page.  Below Prices exclude $20 shipping charge for USPS Priority Mailing or $8.00 for Fedex Ground.

Each and every Clarinet, Student to Professional, is inspected top to bottom, inside and out for any imperfections and can be corrected if they cause any issues with tone or playability.  Your clarinet is then meticulously worked on to bring it to top playing condition.

But having an instrument look great is not the only end product.  We will play your clarinet for 2-6 hours meticulously tweaking everything to make it the most beautiful sounding and smooth feeling that it can possibly be.  Initial test includes all extended scales, 3rd, 5th, 7ths, various trills, we then play through a repertoire which is recorded and reviewed for tonal irregularities.  If you have a particular piece you are fond of send it along and you can review the recording yourself before we carefully package it and ship it back to you for your enjoyment.

We only work on a couple instruments at a time to make sure each one gets the appropriate care and attention to bring them to optimum playing capability. We are not a repair house that churns out hundreds of repairs per month, so please contact us for a potential time slot.  We do cater to professionals and from time to time an Emergency repair may come in which may require all of our attention to turn around quickly.

Overall, the value you receive far exceeds the price you pay.  The individual attention given to your instrument is extraordinary and we believe you will believe the same when you receive your clarinet back into your hands.

Bb soprano Clarinet Premium Repad
Our Premium Overhaul has all the high quality materials you would find on other top-notch professional overhauls at a much more affordable price.  We replace all pads and necessary corks and felts. Additionally, each instrument is played for 2-6 hours to perfect the keywork; and the clarity and tone; and tonal transitions.  You can expect your clarinet to be better than it ever sounded and felt in your hands.  Each clarinet is not sent out until it passes all of our quality control.

Please ask for a quote for your preference for pad variations. Please contact Steve for more information.

• Body & tonehole check & cleaning
• Oiling of the body, bore and toneholes (wood body only).  3-5 day treatment using Cold Pressed Almond Oil, Olive Oil or synthetic - your choice and no price difference.
• Keywork Cleaning (no polishing / buffing)
• Pivot screw & rod cleaning and oiling
• Keywork quieting & minimized slop
• custom fitted teflon inserts for pinned spatula keys
• custom fitted teflon slider for A key
• New tenon corks from AAAA+ quality cork (where necessary)
• New mechanisms AAAA+ quality cork (where necessary)
• Spring tensioning (replacement when necessary)
• Key swedging (where necessary)
• Key Oiling
• Tenon ring tightening (where necessary)
• Intonation corrections
• Extensive play testing & voicing
• 2 Year limited warranty

Bb Clarinet Professional Artist Repad

The "Professional Artist" Overhaul provides the high caliber artist with a clarinet that not only plays in better-than-new-condition but also looks as good as new.  If there are any major issues the customer will be contacted. Additionally, each instrument is played for 2-6 hours to perfect the keywork; and the clarity and tone; and tonal transitions.  You can expect your clarinet to be better than it ever sounded and felt in your hands.  Each clarinet is not sent out until it passes all of our quality control. Please contact Steve for more information.

• Body & tonehole check & cleaning (magnified review and correction of minor tonehole issues)
• Oiling of the body, bore and toneholes (wood body only).  3-5 day treatment using Cold Pressed Almond Oil, Olive Oil or synthetic - your choice and no price difference.
• Keywork Cleaning (polishing and buffing)
• Pivot screw & rod cleaning and oiling
• Keywork quieting
• custom fitted teflon inserts for pinned spatula keys
• custom fitted teflon slider for A key
• New tenon corks from AAAA+ quality cork
• New mechanisms AAAA+ quality cork
• Spring tensioning (replacement when necessary)
• Key swedging (where necessary)
• Key Oiling
• Tenon ring tightening (where necessary)
• Logo restoration
• Intonation Corrections
• Extensive play testing & voicing
• 2 Year limited warranty

Bb Clarinet Professional Artist Overhaul

A Professional Artist overhaul takes the Professional Artist Repad to the next level. In addition to all the steps in the Professional Artist Repad we replace all corks including all tenon corks. For cork on mechanisms we may use strictly a lining of felt, or felt over cork, to reduce any extra noise that we deem inappropriate.  Upon customer request we can use other materials, such as leather instead of felt (though leather in some instances may make more noise though it is considered more durable).  We can use synthetic corks throughout (may cost extra) except for tenon joints. Please contact Steve for more information.

Other Repairs & Options

• Socket - Tenon matching
• Intonation Corrections
• Soldering broken keys
• crack repairs
• tenon ring fitting
• Synthetic cork available
• Ring Height
• Cork grease or Vaseline
• Almond Oil, Olive Oil, Synthetic or other products for wood conditioning are available.  Please contact us for care conditions and options.

Overhauls for Eb sopranino, C clarinets and others are also available

Please contact Steve for more information.

Additional services available such as tenon replacement and undercut toneholes are available.  Undercutting toneholes s not recommended unless you clarinet plays sharp along all registers as it increases the volume of the instrument, thus making it play flatter.

All wood clarinets are stabilized in temperature and humidity at approximately 65-70 degrees and 45-55% humidity for several days after receiving.  Humidity may be increased if the wood is fairly dry before body oiling.

We will not ship an instrument in weather under 30 degrees at shipping or receiving locations.

Certified Clarinets - we no longer sell certified clarinets

(we no longer sell certified clarinets.  All clarinets bought for resale will get one of our professional repads/overhauls.  We feel that a certified clarinet, though extremely good, no longer meets our quality requirements.)

Certified clarinets are being offered to provide you with the highest quality clarinet without a full overhaul. Certified clarinets may be shop clarinets or a customer option on their clarinet.  Prices may vary, ask Steve for a quote.

Certified clarinets will go through the following process:

• Body & tonehole cleaning
• Intonation corrections
• Wood oiling
• New replacement double bladder Premium Ferree pads when necessary (or leather or cork for like padding)
• Full Regulation and keywork quieting
• Custom fitted teflon inserts for pinned spatula keys
• Custom fitted teflon slider for A key
• New tenon cork when necessary
• New mechanism corks when necessary
• Key swedging when necessary
• Tenon ring tightening (where necessary)
• Extensive playtesting
• 15 day money back guarantee
• 20% off future overhaul for certified clarinet

Please contact Steve for more information.

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