Musical Instrument Repairs
Services Provided
Guitars
Guitar restringing cost (excluding strings)
| Standard 6 string Guitar | £20.00 |
| Standard Guitars (including full body clean & fretboard lemon oil treatment) | £25.00 |
| 12 String Guitars | £25.00 |
| Guitars with Floyd Rose Tremolo Systems | £30.00 |
| Bass Guitars (4 String) | From: £20.00 |
Prices are for the work element only. Strings of your choice are additional.
Professional Guitar Setup by our Luthier
| Basic Setup | From £75.00 |
| Full Setup including restring | From £150 |
| Full re-fret for non-bound guitars | From £250.00 |
Other Guitar services (All £ P.O.A.)
Services include:
- Pickup Replacement
- Fretwork including full re-fret
- Replacing Inlays or Binding
- Fitting/replacing hardware (e.g. machine heads, knobs, selector switches etc)
- Damage repairs up to full Customisation
Brass & Woodwind
Flutes, Clarinets
| “Check over”* Service | From: £40.00 |
| Clarinet Cork Joint (per joint) | From: £15.00 |
| Complete instrument re-pad | From: 250.00 |
Alto, Tenor Saxophone
| Complete re-pad | £450.00 |
Brass Instruments
| Removal of Seized mouthpiece | £10.00 |
| “Annual” * Service | From: £45.00 |
The following items are all £POA:
- Damaged or stuck valves
- Stuck tuning slides
- Broken or bent parts/dents
- Spare parts,
- Specialist lubricant or materials
Regular maintenance on all instruments is recommended. Instead of waiting for an annual service allow us to pick up problems before they become more expensive to repair.
We have some video resources on maintenance you can see here.
Electronic's
We offer a repair service for electronic instruments including:
Digital Pianos, Keyboards, Amplifiers, Most Effects Pedals, Mixers, Speakers and large PA systems
Repairs on electronic equipment carries a minimum charge.
| Price Guide for Electronic repairs (1st hr) | Min fee |
| Digital Pianos, Synth and Keyboard repairs | £99.00 |
| Guitar/Instrument amplifiers | £65.00 |
| Amplifier Service (Clean & component check) | From: £75.00 |
Additional time per half hour
| All repair work per half hour | £30.00 |
| All prices are payable even if you choose not to proceed. | 2 month guarantee. |
With electronic repairs, the cost is the time involved in the strip down & re-assembly. The parts cost will be minimal compared to the overall cost. Non-guarantee repair work often involves time for the strip down work simply to access a small faulty component.
In the case of older instruments, especially amplifiers, replacing one faulty component can lead to further failures due to weaknesses of older components. A classic example is valves. These are recommended to be replaced in pairs rather than singly. Replacing one often causes the other to blow.
Always call us for advice before repair.
SPECIALIST REPAIRS
If we feel a product needs a luthier or a brass and woodwind specialist we will advise you and organise for the product to be seen. At this point we will give you a quote before and work is undertaken.
IN-HOUSE REPAIRS
We are able to take care of many problems in house for guitars and brass and woodwind. Guitar restrings, guitar setups, fine flute adjustments, stuck trumpet mouth pieces are very common.
How long will a guitar restring take?
Typically we would ask for 24 hours but if its urgent we may be able to turn it around quicker.
My Trumpet's mouth piece is stuck!
No problem! We have specialist tools in-house to remove the mouthpiece.
How long will my Clarinet be away for repair?
If we cannot carry out the repair in-house your instrument will need to be sent to a specialist. This will normally take a week to 10 days to turnaround
How often should i service my instrument?
It varies from instrument to instrument
My guitar is buzzing, can you fix it?
Absolutely, bring the guitar in and we can evaluate the problem.
How much will it cost to restring my guitar?
Acoustic, Electric and classical guitars will cost from £15 plus a set of strings
When can I bring my instrument in to be repaired?
Due to COVID19 please keep an eye on our opening times as they are changing frequently.
What more can I do to look after my instrument?
We off various maintenance kits for all instruments. You can also check out our maintenance videos trumpet and saxophone here or flute and clarinet
Where is the shop?
Our shop is in Bishops Stortford next to Waitrose.