Brass Clinic Tours & Educational Lectures
One of the services we offer is mobile repairs in the form of brass clinic tours. The basics are that we drive to a college location, set up our equipment or plug in our mobile repair truck & perform on-site repairs & cleanings for said brass studio. We value the opportunity to talk to students about their equipment to try and raise the competency level of proper instrument maintenance as well as discussing the field of instrument repair as a career option.
Such tours are scheduled about 4 times a year & are typically 1 week each, during which time we visit between 3-4 university brass studios, all which have been arranged in advance. Currently we offer this service to colleges between Potsdam, NY & Columbia, SC and out to western Pennsylvania. While we try to limit the range of these tours within an 8 hour drive of the mid-atlantic region we are always open to expanding where we travel based on availability & financial feasability so please feel free to contact us regardless of your location. Below are the specifics of what is offered and the logistical details of this mobile service:
• On-site repairs for basic to moderate instrument damage such as soldering, most dent work & installation of simple options such as water keys, finger rings, & leadpipes.
• On-site Ultrasonic Cleanings. We bring with us a portable 9 gallon unit with a capacity to clean most brass instruments maxing out in size with Euphonium.
• Sales of accessories; Oils, Greases, trumpet mouthpieces, MB cases (upon request) & usually a selection of instruments for sale.
• We only need a level place to park our mobile repair truck that is in close proximity to the music building & access to TWO (2) 120V receptacles on separate breakers for us to plug into to power our equipment inside the truck. With this set-up we bring our own water with us & are completely self-contained. In the rare case the appropriate power receptacles are not available we do have a generator we can use if it is permissible to use within the area we are staged.
If it is preferred that we set-up inside your facility we would require a room to work in that is available for an entire day, has access to a power supply & is a minimum of 10'X12'. We also require access to a water supply within a reasonable distance of our work space to fill about 40 gallons.
• 45-60 minute lecture on subjects ranging from rudimentary brass repair for band directors, instrument maintenance & damage prevention, brass design as well as discussion of instrument repair as a career. While the lecture is offered at no cost for a repair clinic stop we are also available for such lectures as an à la carte service for a fee of $200.00 plus travel expenses.
