Woodwind & Brass Repair in Los Angeles
Precision repair, maintenance, restoration, and custom work for students, educators, and professional musicians.
By appointment • Los Angeles, CA • Most instruments require an in-person assessment
Starting Prices for Services
General Repairs and Adjustments
$80/hour + parts
Hourly rate for repair services. Can include dents, solders, custom work, basic adjustments, etc.
Clarinet COA
$350
A Clarinet Clean, Oil, and Adjust (COA) keeps your instrument playing smoothly and sealing tight across every register. Max fully disassembles the clarinet, flushes out old oils, hand-cleans every pad and tone hole, and re-lubricates the keywork with fresh grease. Bore oiling for wooden clarinets and key polishing are available for an extra charge.
Clarinet Full Repad
$500
Upgrade your clarinet with a complete pad overhaul. Max meticulously seats each pad under spring tension and leak-tests under true playing pressure for air-tight security across all registers. Using ultra-shallow pad seats, Max dials in a firm, simultaneous seal that yields a crisp, drum-like response tailored to your unique touch.
Clarinet Overhaul
$800
A Clarinet Overhaul is a complete top-to-bottom restoration that brings your instrument back to factory condition—or better. Combining a full COA and complete repad, Max strips down the clarinet, replaces all lubricants, and installs your choice of pads and material for an airtight seal and effortless response. Upgraded modern corks and felts ensure lasting durability, making your clarinet look, seal, and play at its absolute peak.
Individual Pad Replacement
$30/pad
Replace a worn, leaking, or torn pad that no longer seats properly.
Flute or Piccolo COA
$500
A Flute & Piccolo COA restores precise response and a light, effortless key action. Max disassembles the instrument, cleans the headjoint, body, and mechanism, and replaces worn lubricants with fresh, high-grade oils. Every pad is individually cleaned to ensure an airtight seal. Body polishing and wooden bore oiling can be added for an extra charge.
Flute or Piccolo Full Repad
$700
Give your flute or piccolo maximum resonance with a total repad. Every pad is precision-seated with springs engaged and tested in real playing conditions to ensure perfect sealing. Max sets minimal impression depths for an effortless, instant closure that delivers a snappy, tactile seal customized to your natural playing pressure.
Flute or Piccolo Overhaul
$1000
A Flute & Piccolo Overhaul gives your instrument new life with total precision and mechanical perfection. Max completely disassembles and deep-cleans every section, replaces old oils, and installs fresh pads tailored to your preference for optimal resonance. With upgraded high-durability adjustment materials throughout the action, this total restoration gives you effortless response, flawless key balance, and maximum tonal projection.
Cork replacement
$40/cork
Replace neck, tenon, or headjoint cork on saxophones, clarinets, flutes, or piccolos
Saxophone COA
$600
A Saxophone COA eliminates sticky keys and restores peak playing response. Max strips down the saxophone, cleans buildup from the body and neck, flushes degraded grease from rods and posts, and re-lubricates for fast, fluid action. Pads and tone holes are thoroughly cleaned by hand to protect seal integrity. Full hand-polishing is available for an extra charge.
Saxophone Full Repad
$800
Eliminate leaks and boost your saxophone’s punch with a full pad replacement. Max hand-seats every pad under full key tension and tests them rigorously to guarantee an airtight seal from top to bottom. With shallow pad seats set for simultaneous closure, you get a firm, drum-like pop and a custom feel that adapts to your playing style.
Saxophone Overhaul
$1200
A Flute & Piccolo Overhaul gives your instrument new life with total precision and mechanical perfection. Max completely disassembles and deep-cleans every section, replaces old oils, and installs fresh pads tailored to your preference for optimal resonance. With upgraded high-durability adjustment materials throughout the action, this total restoration gives you effortless response, flawless key balance, and maximum tonal projection.
Prices are estimates and vary according to the instrument’s type, condition, parts, and required labor.
Maximum Winds will provide an assessment and estimate before beginning substantial work.
Common Repair Services
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Playing-condition assessments
Mechanical adjustments
Leak detection and correction
Key fitting and regulation
Spring tension adjustment
Cleaning and lubrication
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Individual pad replacement
Full repads
Neck and tenon cork replacements
Key cork, felt, and bumper replacement
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Chemical cleaning
Dent removal
Soldering
Valve and slide service
Mechanical adjustments
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Instrument overhauls
Vintage-instrument restoration
Custom fabrication
Ergonomic modifications
Engraving
Replacement-part fabrication
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