Dear Friends, The 2011 Musik Messe in Frankfurt is approaching and we are very excited to make the trip to Germany! As many of you take time from your schedule to attend the show and visit our booth, we would like to give you something extra! For those attending the Messe, we would like to […]
One of the problems that we continue to experience during the overhaul of vintage Selmers (and some other vintage saxophones) is adjustment screw wobble. I think some technicians bung-up the threads to make these screws fit with some drag; rather than rattle out of adjustment. This eventually damages the threads on both sides and results […]
Red Wing Advisory Committee I just got back from a great time at the Red Wing Repair School, the NAPBIRT regional clinics, and the advisory committee meeting, of which I am a member. As usual, it was a jam packed 4 days with lots of learning, discussions, and new ideas. Being part of a connection […]
Dear friends of MusicMedic.com, Our phone server has died and we are working hard to fix it as soon as possible, but as of right now, we are uncertain when the phones will be back on. Please email Questions@MusicMedic.com if you have any questions, order concerns, or to get ahold of anyone at MusicMedic.com: we will be […]
Kellie Everett, woodwind repairer and rockstar! Every year I go to Red Wing to see clinics, give clinics, and attend the advisory committee meeting for the Red Wing Instrument repair school. It’s one of the great highlights of my year. Our newest addition to the Team at MusicMedic.com is Kellie Everett; who I ‘discovered’ last […]
Tenor you love her, tell your bow Shout from the mountains of Altissimo The Golden Tones will Resonate When love Sparks fly from your TorchMate. Don’t Conn your Naked Lady Don’t beat round the Buesch’, ‘er you might lose the one you love If she Felt like you pushed her. Tell your Bow to Guard […]
One cool thing about getting (and being) a little older is the joy of watching others travel through their life’s journey. This is certainly the case with my friend Jonathan Wintringham! All of us at MusicMedic.com have enjoyed working with, hearing from and listening to Jonathan’s wonderful music! Jonathan Wintringham I first met Jonathan when […]
After our recent visit from Mike Mortaratti, of the MANA Quartet, I received this nice letter about the horn and Mike’s Visit. I’ve also heard from at least one player, who tried Mikes Alto, that “It’s the nicest Alto, I’ve ever played.” At the ProShop, we set out to do the finest work imaginable and produce […]
Rich Zimmmermam, Wayne Leechford, Curt Altarac Next week we’re expecting a cool visit from RooPad endorsing Artist Wayne Leechford. You might remember that Wayne had his Keilworth Bari tricked out by the ProShop a couple of years ago. We like to believe that this had something to do with Wayne’s decision to give a solo […]
What a great time we had yesterday at the 2011 NAMM show! I hope some of you can come visit us at the show throughout the rest of the week. From the moment the show started, we were in the booth full of great old friends and many new. As a company, MusicMedic.com is young […]
Wow, 2011 has been a whirlwind of travel, shows, work, repairs and gigs for all of us at MusicMedic.com! We’re really excited about the NAMM show this year, we have some great new products including the finest leak light in the universe! As usual Rich and I will be there to talk about our products […]
Lunch with Ken and the MusicMedic.com gang. From Left to Right: Curt, Jen, Rich (in the back), Ken, Mitch (peeking around Kellie),Kellie, Matt, Buck, Dan… Marvin is around the corner and missed the photo op! Almost every year around Christmas time we get a visit in the shop from our good friend Kenneth Coon of the Rascher Saxophone Quartet. One […]
I want to thank all my new friends in and around Renton and at Central Washington University for their kindness and hospitality this weekend! On Thursday, I talked to the students of Joseph Brooks at CWU. These kids are awesome. Even though my flight was delayed and I showed up a little frazzled, the ‘kids’ […]
You are very cordially invited to one of three repair clinics in Washington State this weekend. Thursday Dec. 9th 2 hour repair clinic, “Tuning and Toning the Saxophone.” A brief discussion of why the saxophone is what it is and how to improve on it. Friday, I will be at Renton Technical College talking to the Students […]
On Thursday December 9th, I’m making a trip to talk to the students at Central Washington University about Saxophones, saxophone repair and tuning saxophone. I’m really excited to get out to Washington and do this clinic. I’ve heard great things about the program at CWU and I can’t wait to experience it myself. This clinic […]
Over the weekend I taught a full day clinic in Tempe Arizona about saxophone overhauls, modifications, and tuning. The clinic was presented by NAPBIRT and hosted by my good friend Mike Nye, ofMike Nye’s Instrument repair. NAPBIRT is a wonderful organization where learning seems to be the only goal. For any of you that are considering joining, […]
We almost never repair horns to sell at the Sax ProShop… This is an exception, if any of you are looking for a really great Buescher Tenor, this is your horn. Call me at the shop if you have any questions. (910)667-0270 This instrument is for sale at Ebay here: Thanks for looking! -Curt
Clinic Date: Saturday Nov, 13. Time:8:00-4:30 Location: Tempe Nazarene Church Youth Center 3929 S. Rural Rd. Tempe, AZ 85282 What to Bring: Any Saxophone! Cost: $80.00 (to benefit NAPBIRT) Who can come?: anyone, you need not be a NAPBIRT member Dear Clinic goers, I am posting this letter here on my blog so that others who have not […]
Friends this one is short notice but maybe some of you will be in the area… I’ve been asked to talk to the saxophone studio at The University Of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) about saxophone intonation. I’m going to talk to the students about some things that can be done to improve the intonation of […]
Can your saxophone, the one you once loved, ever be as good or reliable as a new saxophone? If you like your horn, the MusicMedic ProShop overhaul it will make it a better than a new horn. No matter what condition an instrument is in when it comes to the ProShop, it leaves in better […]