Musical Instrument Repairs WA

Musical Instrument Repairs WA "Let us keep you in tune with your instrument" Our philosophy is simple - "Let us keep you in tune with your instrument".

We are a
Musical Instrument Repair business located in Perth "Western Australia". We service and
overhaul all Woodwind and Brass Instruments / Pianos / Guitars / Violins etc at more than reasonable prices. We care for your instrument so that you can have many more years of quality playing time. We also offer a small select range of second hand quality brand name instruments. Fully overhauled or ju

st serviced....your choice!!!. If your handy we also offer the same instruments as a package DIY deal for you


If you are a music teacher or you own a music shop and sell instruments contact us for special group discount on repairs. We offer a pick up and delivery service for music stores north of the river.

That is not how you seperate the bassoon joints.Booked in for next week to repair, to much on this week to even start it
13/05/2026

That is not how you seperate the bassoon joints.

Booked in for next week to repair, to much on this week to even start it

Making a french horn switching lever, Just some sanding and polishing to goThe Owner lost the lever a long time ago and ...
11/05/2026

Making a french horn switching lever, Just some sanding and polishing to go

The Owner lost the lever a long time ago and has learnt to play without it.

No aftermarket one fitted or original could be sourced as she is an old french horn so we got the task of making one, I like to make sure it works before doing sanding/polishing/plating

Quite a complicated geometry to design/work with on this one, but she plays really nice and lever functions flawless

Solid silver is one of the nicest materials to work withThis key needs a new touch point, so we fabricate the touch poin...
07/05/2026

Solid silver is one of the nicest materials to work with

This key needs a new touch point, so we fabricate the touch point then graft it to the key

Process
Fabricate key part
Prep key for fitment
Hard solder parts together
File and smooth to desired shape
Buff to shiny
Refit pad
Fit key to instrument

So busy, so little time to do much elseInteresting one for the day.Bassoon with boot rot, we have carved away all the de...
04/05/2026

So busy, so little time to do much else

Interesting one for the day.

Bassoon with boot rot, we have carved away all the dead wood and now reshaping some new wood to make it functional again

Allow to dry, ream and shape up and then some wood treatment

Polishing a tuba, dirty hot work
13/04/2026

Polishing a tuba, dirty hot work

We fabricate most parts in house, not practical but with shipping times from America or Italy being in the weeks to mont...
10/04/2026

We fabricate most parts in house, not practical but with shipping times from America or Italy being in the weeks to months one has very little choice.

Making resonator lugs for saxophones

Here I have rough cut some brass lugs on the lathe and then facing them all down to an exact 0.5mm thickness on the head, this way they sit under a saxophone pad without affecting its height in the key

No phones, no customers means buffing and painting day. Its hard to paint when your trying to a thousand other things at...
03/04/2026

No phones, no customers means buffing and painting day. Its hard to paint when your trying to a thousand other things at the same time

Before buffing, after lacquering

stuck slides.When you have a really stuck slide on a brass instrument be it from a dented inner and outer tube (this one...
02/04/2026

stuck slides.

When you have a really stuck slide on a brass instrument be it from a dented inner and outer tube (this one) or corroded in place you have a couple of repair options

First do not try and hammer it out with some fancy shaped piece of wood or what have you, you will crush the u section

1. Heat and soak oil into the gap, see if it comes free, if not let it sit for a couple of days and repeat each day
2. If step one fails then you have to unsolder the slide and its reciever
3. Solder one side of the reciever pipe onto a brass pipe bolted to a bench vise
4. Do a side to side work of the u section to break the join, always works
5 Repeat for the other stuck side
6. Repair the reason why it was stuck

This one was stuck because its taken a small hit which has bent inner and outer sldies, add a bit of corrosiion and it was never coming off

Repair. take out dents from inner and outers

Nothing exciting but had to take a photo to send to customer, so will repost hereWhen a register mech or any key struggl...
31/03/2026

Nothing exciting but had to take a photo to send to customer, so will repost here

When a register mech or any key struggles to move smoothly, first test is remove the key, remove the rod, then fit the key to the rod and hold it at 90 degrees, if it doesn’t fall under its own weight, then the rod or the key is bent

Case and point

1st photo holding key at 90 degrees and key doesn’t rotate under its own weight
2nd photo, whilst only small you can see the lever arm is actually out of alignment to the hinge tubing

Pad inventory for me is literally in the thousands of pads, but even I still dont have every size on hand, Alto flute ne...
24/03/2026

Pad inventory for me is literally in the thousands of pads, but even I still dont have every size on hand,

Alto flute needs 3 new pads, got to make them unfortunatley, I do a yellow skin wrap and then a clear skin wrap,

Sax neck fitment can easily take a couple of hrs to get air tight, little expanding here little shrinking there, i use b...
19/03/2026

Sax neck fitment can easily take a couple of hrs to get air tight, little expanding here little shrinking there, i use black marker to witness the high spots during fitment for a leak free tenon

Purple series 62 tenor on final stages of repad, going out tomorrow ideally

Address

2/37 Boranup Avenue
Clarkson, WA
6030

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 12:01pm
Tuesday 9am - 12:01pm
Thursday 9am - 12:01pm
Friday 9am - 12:01pm

Telephone

+61894085762

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