Things are buzzing around here at MusicMedic.com, and that’s because we’re getting ready for the NAPBIRT annual conference in Normal, IL. On Wednesday, April 8, Jeff Massa (General Manager), Leah Sweeney (Shipping Manager / Customer Service), and I head off Illinois to set up our booth. The conference takes place from Friday-Sunday and we’re looking […]
MusicMedic.com’s own Matt Hess is a wanted man! We want him, customers want him, students want him, and now the public wants him! Well ask, and ye shall receive… Matt is one of our lead instrument repair technicians. His skills keep him busy all week long here at the Sax ProShop where he sets up and tunes saxophones […]
This past weekend I had the honor of talking with the students in the instrument repair program at Renton Technical College in Renton, Washington. If you’re reading this little industry blurb, you no doubt know the instructor, Dan Bainbridge. Every time I go to Renton, I’m reminded what a forward-thinking, kindhearted, cool dude Dan Bainbridge is. His […]
We recently had the pleasure of Uberhauling a horn for a special person: general manager Jeff Massa’s mother, Janet. Of course, we all think Jeff is great and were excited to do the honor of bringing a treasured saxophone in his family back to life. The 65 year old instrument came into the Sax ProShop […]
Spring is here, and I’m preparing for a number of exciting trips! On Thursday, I’m heading south to give clinics, visit shops, and bum around with my good friend Steve Goodson. On Friday, March 20, Steve and I will be teaming up to give a clinic at Loyola University New Orleans. Tony Dagradi has […]
Every year I make the trek to snowy Minnesota. It seems like with the cold and the snow and the driving, I should probably dread this trip. I mean why would anyone go to Minnesota at this time a year? Well, the truth is, this trip to Redwing is one of my favorite trips of […]
We’ve been hard at work updating our new website at MusicMedic.com. One of our focuses is to make a video for each product we offer, so you can see it in action. Each video will show tips on our favorite uses for the tool or supply, in addition to showing its various features that allow […]
As usual, the NAMM show was a whirlwind of fun, lots of new ideas, and exciting news to report! This was General Manager Jeff Massa’s first time at the NAMM show, and boy was he sure impressed! But before I get ahead of myself, the first stop on this trip sent me northward up the […]
We had an absolutely killer year here at MusicMedic.com and all of us hope that you did too! January kicks off our first big show of the year: NAMM! Along with an array of new tools to show you, we have a few surprises tucked up our sleeves. NAMM will mark the unveiling of new lines […]
February 1st is approaching. The last day to sign up for Smackdown. If you don’t sign up by then you can’t go. Not only you, but your friends can’t go. In fact, the fate of the entire repair world hinges on this one very important decision which you will make. You click the blue pill, the […]
The International Saxophone Symposium, hosted by the United States Navy Band, returns Jan. 9-10, 2015, and the Sax ProShop is packing up for the road trip to Winchester, Virginia! We were bummed last year when it was cancelled due to budget issues, so we are revving up for this year by bringing the whole team […]
Earlier this year, MusicMedic.com hired a new high-powered, mostly all-knowing, General Manager, Jeff Massa. Jeff came to us as a saxophonist working in our Sax ProShop, and we soon discovered his secret passion he tried to keep quiet from the ProShop: the clarinet. Hailing from Rhode Island, where so many clarinet players, including his parents, fled from the […]
Wild Pad R&D, custom pad making, new products, ProShop courses, UberU, Adolphe’s 200th, another SMACKDOWN, TheoWanne’s horns… uhh yeah, it’s been more than busy here at MusicMedic.com! I can’t tell you all the ways, it’s too much, but I can share with you some of the cool ways the boys and girls at MusicMedic.com […]
Art Sherrod Jr. stopped by the shop on Friday to pick up his newly Uberhauled horns. We were thrilled to have him in-house, and we walked him through the ProShop, explaining each of the stations his horns went through during the Uberhauls. We also showed Art some basic repair techniques that he can use while he’s […]
It’s back! SAXOPHONE SMACKDOWN III! This year, it’s going to be hell! Join us for a week of immersion into Saxophone repair. The ProShop opens their doors to a maximum of 12 people for intense, all day sessions. With special guests Theo Wanne and Steve Goodson, it’s an event the can’t be missed. Best part…EVERYTHING IS […]
Get some insight into the UberCourse experience.
The past few weeks we’ve had our second and third UberCourse participants in the ProShop. Go and Daniel joined us all the way from South Korea, flying over with horns in tow for a few weeks of Uberhaul immersion. Go went to school with Jeff at Redwing and Curt had met Go several times at trade […]
I recently returned from a productive trip to China. I was expecting to see some cool things on this trip but was surprised at how a trip like that causes one to rethink assumptions. The first thing I did once I arrived in Shanghai was the MUSIC CHINA trade show. I worked worked with my […]
Sometimes it’s the little things that life that make one happy. As a repair tech, there’s so many little things! little bits to glue, little parts to file and alter, and little things to cut. Just as this tiny world of precision can bring me great joy it can bring frustration when it doesn’t go […]