Benchnotes: Spring 2020

SHOW UPDATES, DEALER UPDATES, AFTERMARKET NECKS & MORE! SHOW UPDATE: What a busy trade show season! MusicMedic goes to The NAVY SAX SYMPOSIUM, Wins Best In Show @NAMM 2020 & heads to NASA & the NAPBIRT Conference! January was a busy time for trade shows at MusicMedic! Rich and Ryan headed to the Navy Saxophone […]

MusicMedic @NAMM2020

I am so energized from the great time we had at the NAMM show!  We had a dream team working the MusicMedic booth this year, with Jeff, Rich, Matt, and myself showing our line of instruments, tools, and supplies; many of which were designed and manufactured in-house in Wilmington, North Carolina. This year I had […]

BenchNotes July 2019

MusicMedic Comes To ClarinetFest 2019 And Booth 314 is the Place To Be! We are excited to be heading off to Knoxville, TN for ClarinetFest 2019! We’ll be showcasing our Wilmington Line of Clarinets as well as our New Low C Bass Clarinet! This instrument features our hybrid body and all solid nickel key work […]

Curt is headed to the UK!

We’re excited to be sending Curt off to the UK for a week of clinics, school visits, shop visits and maybe even a trip to Stonehenge, just to check in with the saxophone maker spirit! His first stop will be a clinic for the Annual General Meeting for NAMIR, (National Association of Musical Instrument Repairers) […]

Swedging Woodwind Keys 101

What is Swedging? In a world where skills and craftsmanship are all but lost to replacement and disposability, the Music Industry is holding its ground. Instruments needed to perform to a very high level and consistently must be smooth running, well-oiled machines. In woodwind repair, key fitting is literally the pivotal point between greatness and […]

Technician Spotlight: Dominique Morier

Tell us about how you got started, where do you work and how long have you worked there? Well, I got started really early. I was only 17. I was often in Musicstop, my local music store in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I was usually there buying reeds and mouthpieces and saxophones and saxophone related stuff. […]

Technician Spotlight: Tyrone Fredericks Jr.

We first learned about Tyrone Fredericks Jr. from Scott Brodt at Nazareth Music, who praised his young technician for being an outstanding saxophonist and musician, as well as a talented and competent technician. Upon hearing such high praise from his former boss, we had to learn more! After speaking with Tyrone we are excited to […]