Trombone Repair
Jeremy Smith
During my high school years (1990-95), I was very dedicated to playing
the trombone. I played a Bach 42B. After leaving for college I only
played sporadically, then not at all after the trigger became detached
from the bell. It was too hard to play with that trigger dangling
around, plus the valve to the F-attachment would open up at the
slightest movement. I never got this problem fixed, and the 'bone has
been collecting dust since then.
Now I'd like to pick it up again, but of course still need to fix the
trigger. Also the slide is probably not in the best shape with 6 year
old lubricant gunked up on there. I would like to take the trombone
to a shop and have them bring it back to life, so to speak.
I live in Chicago. Can any of you recommend a good shop? At the
moment I'm considering taking it to Sherry Brener on Michigan Ave.
They are primarily a classical guitar shop, but repair all sorts of
instruments. I thought it prudent to first check this list and see if
any of you know any specialists I should consult.
Thanks!
Jeremy Smith
Actikid
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> I live in Chicago. Can any of you recommend a good shop? At the
> moment I'm considering taking it to Sherry Brener on Michigan Ave.
> They are primarily a classical guitar shop, but repair all sorts of
> instruments. I thought it prudent to first check this list and see if
> any of you know any specialists I should consult.
>
There is the Brass Bow, of course. They are a world class shop. That
will be expensive and probably a long wait.
Papagrizbone
Between Orland Park & Tinley Park, along 159th street, THE TREBLE CLEF is a
music-store that can do some heavy repairs, or there's Ouinlan & Fabish Music
Co., in Burr Ridge, off of rt. 83, near I-55.
Quinlan has a repair-plant/school, training appretices, so there methods are
"per factory standards", but they're not very fast.
Your repair-job needs to be done by someone with factory knowledge, so I
would probably choose Quinlan,
qandf.com
They're not real cheap, but this is probably a
special repair.
Michael Shoshani
<acti...@netzero.net>'s message with Folger's Crystals. Let's see if
anyone notices:
I didn't think they were all that expensive. I took in a 1940 King
2-B last January and got a small dent (a 'catch') taken out of the
outer slide, a slide alignment, a few very minor dents taken out of
the tuning slide and bell, and had the whole thing ultrasonically
cleaned, all for just UNDER $100. I was pretty pleased.
I would NOT recomment Evanston band and orchestra. They ARE expensive
and, in my opinion, inept.
Michael Shoshani
Chicago
RWSzabo
The Brass Bow in Arlington Heights is top shelf!
http://www.thebrassbow.com