Dustin Woodwind Repair

The shop is rolling right along and I’ve been too busy to post for a long time. Thank you to everyone who has been keeping me busy with work! I just added a new page to the website as I’m beginning to sell some good quality pre-owned instruments. They’re all tuned up and ready to play. Follow the links or contact for more info if interested. 🎷🙏🏻

Dustin Woodwind Repair | Instruments for Sale Saxophones, clarinets, and flutes for sale

These palm key risers turned out great. Cork layers with epoxy coating. 🤌

New chair, who dis? I love this chair, I love this store.

Bass sax workstation

I don’t do brass instrument work (much anymore) but I had to get this vintage mouthpiece puller because it’s rad and I’ve never seen a stuck mouthpiece it can’t pull. Pretty happy I found this one in mint condition with the original packaging.

Polished up this Yamaha YAS-62S alto. Quite the satisfying result but it is some tedious work- whole lotta nooks and crannies on a saxophone! Lookin good now and plays even better.

Continuing to set up the shop and organize as I go- it’s really coming together nicely.

~1927 Buescher True Tone Alto Saxophone mechanical overhaul. I quite like working with the snap-in pads. Originally I believe the concept was so that the player could replace pads themselves. The pads were dry-fit and held in with the resonator which snaps onto the spud. Normally, saxophone pads are glued into the key cup with a hot-melt adhesive such as shellac. With these Bueschers I like to apply a thin layer of shellac to the back of the pad before snapping it in. Super stable!

Whew! It’s been a busy summer and back-to-school season. I’m super grateful for all of the musicians and teachers who continue to entrust me with their instruments.

I am really enjoying wearing so many hats- repairing, scheduling, emailing, parts ordering, organizing, invoicing, delivering to local schools, working on the physical space- but it’s been a challenge to find time for social media posting! More to come.

Satisfying tool organization

This LeBlanc contra bass clarinet register mechanism is not for the faint of heart.

Summer repair season has begun!