Dana Hofer Brass Repair

Dana Hofer Brass Repair Brass instrument repair I am pleased to offer you high quality brass repair at reasonable prices. My clients include musicians from Chicago and St.

I have over 20 years experience in brass repair and work on everything from piccolo trumpets to 6/4-size tubas. I enjoy working on all types of instruments, from custom-made professional models to school and rental instruments. Louis Symphonies, Lyric Opera of Chcago, the brass studios of
Northwestern, DePaul, Roosevelt, HarperCollege, NIU and NEIU, and the Salvation Army Staff Band of Chicago. I

'm also happy to be working with musicians from community ensembles and brass bands as well as public schools. On this website you'll find information about me and my staff, the shop location and hours, a price list and descriptions of various repair services.

Natural trumpet in serpentine shape, a copy of an original by Anton Schnitzer the Elder of Nuremberg, made in 1585 for t...
04/03/2026

Natural trumpet in serpentine shape, a copy of an original by Anton Schnitzer the Elder of Nuremberg, made in 1585 for the famous trumpeter Cesare Bendinelli di Verona 📯🎺

The second instrument is a copper serpent, a reproduction by Rob Stuart.

pBone party 🎉🎉🎉
02/14/2026

pBone party 🎉🎉🎉

02/10/2026

Have you ever seen stop motion trumpet bell repair? 🎺

02/02/2026

Have you ever seen brass repair stopmotion?

Before and after... Bear down!!
01/16/2026

Before and after... Bear down!!

Some pictures of the infamous 200 year Dragon Trombone/Buccin 🐉☄️📯
12/09/2025

Some pictures of the infamous 200 year Dragon Trombone/Buccin 🐉☄️📯

12/05/2025

Kicking of the Christmas season with a carol from Doug Yeo playing the 200 year old Dragon Trombone that we resurrected from the dead 🎵🎶📯☄️

11/29/2025

Some awesome jamming session while we work on these guys' horns 🎺🎵🎶

After working for hours on this trigger it still did not work well so I ended up rebuilding the whole thing... ...
11/01/2025

After working for hours on this trigger it still did not work well so I ended up rebuilding the whole thing...

Rare Boosey&Co echo cornet 📯Play test video coming soon 🎺
10/20/2025

Rare Boosey&Co echo cornet 📯
Play test video coming soon 🎺

Some interesting instruments we worked on lately...
10/06/2025

Some interesting instruments we worked on lately...

Address

1688 S River Road
Des Plaines, IL
60018

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

(847) 338-6649

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