We never know what exactly is going to come through the door, and each case is a little different. Repairing instruments keeps life interesting here. Here’s a rundown on what’s typically involved in setting up violins.Īnd if you call to discuss having your instrument entirely refinished, we’re pretty likely to talk you out of it. Violin work frequently involves bridge and soundpost replacement, pegs refitted or replaced, peg bushings, glued seams, crack repairs, and occasionally more complex repairs. We install pickups, most often Fishman products, which we carry in stock.īanjo repairs include replacing heads, including calfskin heads, and spikes installed. We also replace missing wood, replace missing braces, and replace bridge plates. More extensive guitar repairs include bridge resets and replacements, neck resets, cracks repaired, braces reglued, refretting, and headstock crack repairs. Nuts and saddle adjustment/replacement, fret-dressing and intonation issues are all common set-up tasks. Set-ups go beyond truss rod adjustment, which is only one part of the equation. Sooner or later, instruments need some standard adjustments so that they play easily, accurately and sound great. We specialize in repairs involving structural and playability issues, which means everything from set-ups to neck resets. Be sure to contact us before automatically sending an instrument. If you live at a distance and have an instrument that needs more than routine work, or an older instrument that needs restoration, we can still likely help. We regularly receive instruments that have been shipped to us for repair. Once we see your instrument we’ll be able to explain in detail what your instrument needs, and then give you an estimate of repair cost and timeline. We’re open six days a week, and can usually evaluate your instrument when you come in. We try to give you a good idea of how quickly we can do your instrument, and we try to accommodate your needs to have your instrument repaired on a timeline. Smaller jobs are fit in between steps in a more major repair. This means that we are often working on several instruments almost simultaneously. Many repair jobs involve multiple steps that can’t be done all at once (such as gluing, or touching up a finish). Instruments needing more involved work will depend on staff availability and the backlog of other repairs. Most set-ups are done in a week, plus or minus a couple of days, depending on the current backlog. Here’s a description on what’s involved in a guitar set-up. We can discuss set-ups that can address most playability issues but also help to minimize the cost. We’re sensitive to musicians with basic instruments or who are on limited budgets. Our set-ups are not “one size fits all.” We’ll look at your instrument and tell you what we see. The higher end of the cost is for instruments that need a fair amount of fret-dressing. They typically range from roughly $50 to $90, plus the cost of the strings. The most common inquiry we get involves set-ups for fretted instruments. We’ll need to see your instrument before we can give you a real estimate. This includes acoustic and electric guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos, harps, ukuleles…. We repair most stringed and fretted instruments.
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