Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? The redesigned Sax ProShop is running like a well oiled machine. New tools and procedures are making our work better than it’s ever been! Walk through the new shop with Curt and see how we did it. Saxophone Timbre Modifications Even when a saxophone is set up […]
Curt’s Sax repair clinic 11:00- 12:30. October 16th. UNCG. My friend Dr. Steve Stusek has asked me to talk to participants of the UNC Greensboro Sax Day. I am going use this time to dispel some myths about saxophone intonation and tone, give participants a clear understanding of why the saxophone is designed the way […]
In a traditional musical instrument repair shop, one technician works on an instrument from start to finish. For a shop to be great, each technician must be an expert in every aspect of repair. The only way a shop can grow is to retain more technicians with the required level of expertise. The problem with […]
When a part breaks or arrives broken we are given a choice. Replace it with an original style part (AKA, create a part that looks and functions like an original) or replace it with an improved part or design. Here’s a cool repair that came from the shop today. One of the rounded parts that […]
We just finished a few more videos for some of our products. I’m also hoping to do more detailed instructional videos on YouTube as we get better at this. All the editing for these videos (the real work) is being done by our own Buck White who also answers the phone when you call. If […]
The Sax ProShop has sent out a bunch of really beautiful horns lately. I’ve been so busy fixing these horns that I’ve barely had time to tell anyone about them. So here’s my quick Monday morning post about a horn that we finished up last Friday; A Series III Alto Saxophone. This one happened to […]
RooPad endorsing artists, the Mana Quartet are heading to Phoenix to play a series of concerts. If you’re anywhere near Phoenix in mid July, don’t miss these guys! I’m not sure if the RooPads they use are what make them sound so great or not but they certainly are a wonderful group! For more info, […]
Sometimes I have to admit I was wrong. Usually I that’s not so easy, this time it’s a piece of cake. I was wrong about the Vortex Air Torch™ that’s for sale at MusicMedic.com. I’ve shown this tool around at various trade shows and to many-many technicians who were hoping to that this tool would replace the overly […]
Shortly after I posted to this blog about my friend Wally West, he wrote me a letter. Remember I said Wally is a super-great guy? Check out this letter, I mean really folks, this is why I love my job. If you ask me, Wally’s stories are best enjoyed over a good meal and libations… […]
When Wally West comes to town, everything stops and the MusicMedic.com Sax-Pro Shop becomes Wally-World. Everyone comes out of the woodwork, office doors open and stations where folks were working become quiet and empty. If you know Wally, you know what I’m talking about. Wally West is not only an inspiring saxophonist, and RooPad endorsing […]
A totally new approach to saxophone overhauls…. Imagine working at, or bringing your horn to, a repair shop that only tries to do the best work, regardless of the time or money spent. A shop that is constantly improving even when that improvement leads to uncharted territory and hours of creative innovating. That’s what we […]
If you’ve ever lugged a Bass Sax around you know two things: 1. Bass Sax gigs are the most fun and lowest pay a saxophonist can get and 2. The bass, in it’s case, is a heavy beast! Even with the scarcity of Bass gigs out there, when someone asks me to play I find […]
I guess it’s re-introducing really…. At the NAMM show in Anaheim CA, we introduced the Vortex Air Torch™ to the public after a long testing period. During the show we took so many orders for this tool that we ran out completely. By the time I returned home, they were gone…All gone. So, now we […]
I just got an Email from my favorite classical tenor player ever… John Moore. John wrote to let me know about the Workshop he is putting on this summer. I’m going to do everything I can to make it this year. I used to go when this workshop was in Louisville and had an excellent […]
I have very few possessions that I cherish. I mean, if my office was on fire, and I had just one trip in, what would I save? My Bari and my Bass are what I would grab. But, if my reed case was sitting on my desk, I would grab it and slide it in […]
You may know that we set up an entirely new shop at MusicMedic.com and it’s completely different than anything you’ve seen. We’ve taken the idea of specialization to a huge new level. The new shop has material specialists, key fitting experts, body work gurus, tone hole finishers, padders, finishers, set-up experts and, my favorite tuning […]
I shouldn’t be here writing this blog. I ought to be in one of two places; either in a Hotel room sleeping off the late, and great, night I had or somewhere talking to someone about something-to-do with instrument repair, business, life or the future. The largest instrument repair convention and thus the largest gathering […]
When I walked in the door from my trip to Messe in Germany, with only one day to get ready for the NAPBIRT convention, I thought I would come back to the shop and tell the guys everything I had done and put out a BUNCH of fires. To my delight, the guys already had […]
The Mana Saxophone Quartet sporting their RooPads! MusicMedic.com, and specifically RooPads, are stoked to introduce our newest endorsing artists! The Mana Saxophone Quartet; -we call the them MSQ for short. Like all of the Endorsers for RooPads, the Mana Quartet found RooPads and us on their own. It’s super cool that they (yeah all of […]
The Musikmesse in Frankfurt is a four day event with it’s own life and development. For me, it goes like this: Day one: Excitement and introductions. Excitement and hustle abound.. Day two: is day one light. People are very excited and the weekend Messe-goers are coming in. It’s a great day to meet people. Day three: This […]