Wind & Brass Instrument Servicing Sunshine Coast

Christensen's Music

Wind & Brass Musical Instrument Servicing and Repairs Sunshine Coast

Specialising in all service work and repairs for your Wind or Brass Instrument.

Your service technician is Rod Christensen who also plays and teaches wind and brass instruments. This means after he completes work on an instrument he plays all the notes throughout to fully ensure it is in optimum playing condition. Furthermore Rod gives 3 months guarantee on his instrument service work so you have the added piece of mind knowing that the job has been done properly. He also does free assessments on instruments and can provide a cost estimate prior to proceeding with any work. Whether it’s just a minor repair or a full service that you require, Rod’s the right man for the job !

Contact Rod now .. 0407 131215

If you have a saxophone check out his Video on Caring For Your saxophone

In addition to routine service and repair work Rod also does complete overhauls and repadding on older good brand instruments. If you’re unsure as to whether your instrument would be worthy of an overhaul, Rod would be happy to assess the instrument and advise in this regard. (see saxophone overhaul below)

We have drop-off and pick-up locations at Buderim and Mooloolah. Days and times vary at each so please phone or email to arrange.

3 months guarantee on all service work !

A Routine Wind Instrument Service includes:

cleaning around all mechanisms
cleaning corrosion from sound holes to ensure good pad seating
loosening and oiling all mechanism screws and shafts to prevent corrosion and seizing of mechanisms
loosening and oiling all screws to the body and cover plates to prevent seizing
checking and adjusting pad cup venting (opening)
assessing pads and pad seating with a leak light and repairing or replacing if necessary
checking all key corks and felts and repairing or replacing to ensure correct function of mechanisms
checking and repairing (if necessary) gooseneck cork (saxophones), or joiner corks (clarinets)
buffing tenons (connections) and adjusting if excessively tight or loose
ensuring the octave mechanism is functioning correctly (very critical)
reducing excessive key noise on mechanisms if necessary
giving attention to spring tensions throughout and adjusting if necessary
repairing bent or damaged mechanisms if necessary
play and test all notes to make sure the instrument is in spot-on playing condition !
sterilizing the mouthpiece (if required), and instrument body (if required)

A Routine Brass Instrument Service includes:

freeing seized valves and slides (if necessary)
freeing seized mouthpiece from body (if necessary)
disassembling all valves and slides and checking components
cleaning and buffing all slides, valves and valve chambers
sterilizing the instrument throughout
applying slide grease to all slides
applying valve oil to all valves
re-assembling all valves and slides
checking the water key cork and replacing (if necessary)
playing and testing to insure all is good !

Assessing wind instrument pads is an important part of a service to ensure notes play easily and without restriction. Rod uses a special leak light for this purpose.

Check Out This 60 Year Old Saxophone Overhaul

At Commencement

This old King saxophone was in very poor condition with pads badly worn and mechanisms malfunctioning.

Pad Replacement Necessary

The saxophone needed to be completely disassembled, all the old pads taken out and replaced with new pads, plus lot’s of other repair work.

Overhaul Complete

In addition to the overhaul the sax had a complete polish and now it looks almost like new. It certainly plays like new .. in fact it plays even better than some new saxophones these days !

Caring For Your Saxophone

Contact: Rod mobile 0407 131215

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