It’s the morning before the third day at the the show. My head is absolutely pounding from last night and I could use about 8 hours more sleep. We tore Germany up last night and I really enjoyed it! Jen and I went to dinner and drinks with our good friends at Theo Wanne Mouthpieces and Saxfoonwinkle. Now […]
-The first day of the Musik Messe was blast! As I sit here in the cafe again this morning, I have to admit that no matter how tough the show was and no matter how much my feet hurt at the end of the day this tiny little German coffee and huge German baked good […]
RooPads are all the rage in Europe! Although American saxophonists have known about and used RooPads from MusicMedic.com for years, the Europeans are now catching on! The flight to Germany was very relaxing I even had a little time to snap this photo and try my phone camera. This year, I forgot to bring the […]
Saxophone Smack Down This year MusicMedic.com was the host of the first ever Saxophone Smackdown! The Smackdown is series of clinics aimed at addressing advanced repair procedures of the saxophone. It’s also a rock’in good time where techs come from all over the world to party down and enjoy a great time with fellow NAPBIRT members; MusicMedic […]
If your kicking yourself for missing the Saxophone Smackdown at MusicMedic.com, you need to kick harder! To the Music Medic team: Thanks for everything! You guys have significantly raised the bar regarding what a regional clinic can be. – Jeff Peterson Yamaha This year MusicMedic.com was the host of the first ever, Saxophone Smackdown! The […]
Every year I make a pilgrimage to Red Wing Minnesota, home of the Red Wing Repair School and the location of a NAPBIRT Regional clinic. Every year it’s snowy and beautiful and I’m caught off guard by the program and the people in Red Wing. This year was no exception. I am just returning from […]
A customer of mine just sent me a link to this Blog where he is going through a saxophone overhaul using the MusicMedic.com saxophone repair kit. Pretty cool. Check it out! http://www.bridgesax.blogspot.com/
Curt Altarac, Wayne Leechford, Matt Scott The other day, I had a talk with a player while I was working on his horn. After a few hours of sitting there talking, the player said to me, “You should be taking notes on this…” Of course he was joking but it got me thinking. Maybe I […]
The Rascher Saxophone Quartet! Here’s a cool and unusual modification we did in the New MusicMedic.com sax-repair-facility. The Bari in question belongs to our good friend and RooPad endorser, Kenneth Coon of the Rascher Saxophone Quartet. When we overhauled Ken’s Bari we talked a lot about the wimpy brace that holds the bell and body […]
The Saxophone Smackdown was great! Clinicians came from as far away as Chile to be part of what may be the biggest, and certainly the best, saxophone repair clinic of all time! I’m completely amazed at how wonderful everyone was! If you’re not a NAPBIRT member already you should consider joining. NAPBIRT is a one […]
Here we are, the day before the big NAPBIRT regional clinic at MusicMedic.com and the weather is getting bad: The band is ready to play, the girls at Flaming Amy’s are ready with 50 Burritos, a case of wine is here waiting, some of the clinicians are already in town and the MusicMedic.com regional clinic […]
We’re here, set up and ready to rock. The NAMM show looks like it will be great! Thanks to all of you that helped get us here and a special thanks to the guys (and gal) at MusicMedic.com who are holding down the fort. You guys are the best! We arrived early and got set […]
Come see us at the NAMM show! MusicMedic.com Booth # D3012 Today is the day. Rich and I are headed out West to the NAMM show in Anaheim California! Every year that we prepare for the NAMM show, we reflect on the previous year(s) and consider what the following year(s) will be like. What an […]
Kellie, Dan, Mike, Curt, Matt Mana Quartet’s alto saxophonist, Michael Mortarotti just visited the repair shop to oversee the finishing touches on his silver Buescher Aristocrat alto. (This instrument is pictured in my January 10 post. Middle.) Michael had just come from giving a loaded concert in Clearwater, FL, including a premiere of a new quartet – NY […]
Although the old shop was ridiculously small it did have one great benefit; It could be made dark from the bench while working. Man, that was cool. You could drop a light into an instrument then dim the lights just as much as needed. The downside was that others working the shop had to cope […]
So this morning, Kellie came into my office asking me if I had any idea how many Silver Bueschers we were working on. I hadn’t thought about it but we do have a number of them right now. So we lined them (just the silver ones we’re actually overhauling) up and took a snap shop. […]
OK, here’s a cool and useful little modification that we did in the MusicMedic.com SaxProShop the other day. A picture tells a thousand words and you all know what a front F is. This Buescher Curved Soprano did not have the front F so we added one. We made the key with stock and a […]
Lots of people have been asking where to stay when they come to the Saxomania-NAPBIRT clinic here in February. This blog should answer those questions…. First off though, let me tell you the good news! You don’t have to worry about being the only one at the clinic. We got a call from Bill Mathews […]
Check out our New Digs! Building the largest saxophone repair shop in the country and the greatest instrument repair supply house anywhere is not an easy task, and there is no way we could have done it without you! The patience of our fine customers and repair clients around the world allowed us the time […]
After the mod, can you see what was done? It could also be argued that invisible modifications are the most wonderful! Well this little mod, done in the MusicMedic.com pro shop, may not look like much now that it’s done but, before it was done the horn was barely playable. Anyone that owns one of […]