| Instruments hand selected and setup by Woodwind Repair Master Craftsman.All instruments are hand selected, serviced, and play-tested before leaving weinermusic.com by Mark Kasten I am one of the lucky ones. 25 years ago, I started my career in NYC working for one of the original woodwind repair shops: Charles Ponte Music. I studied repair work from some of the great masters of instrument repair. Today, I have a following for repair work across the country, and I am known for helping musicians find the perfect instrument.
Please contact me for:
Custom key work,silver and gold plating options on all saxophones and clarinets.
Custom saxophone pads and resonators for Selmer, Yamaha and Keilwerth.
Buffet R13 setup with cork pads on the top joint and Gortex pads on the bottom joint for the "perfect and precise clarinet player". Please email me direct with your questions, problems or concerns. mark@weinermusic.com Professional Bb and A clarinet overhaul $250.00 - Only Glotin-Buffet Double Skin Pads used.
- Undercutting of toneholes if necessary.
- Rods and screws honed and lapped. Replaced if necessary.
- Keys are polished to a high buff special white buffing rouge.
- Springs are rust proofed, greased and replaced if necessary.
- Wood is carefully inspected for imperfections and cracks.
- Rings are tightened by an arbor press ring machine if needed.
- New tenon corks.
- Swedging of keys to eliminate lost motion and key noise.
ADDITIONAL COST ITEMS: - Cork pads on top joint using imported cross grained cork: add $100.00
- Overhaul with Gortex Pads: $395.00
- Professional Crack pinning through one side of the body with no visibility of crack pin work: $10.00 each crack pin
- Plating of keys - Triple silver or nickel plating: Call
- Tenon replacement : Call
Professional Saxophone overhaul: $450.00 - Body cleaned with Mr. Weiner's special non-acid solution - no damage to metal or toneholes.
- Each sax is hand buffed and polished.
- Metal or Plastic Resonator Pads are used - please specify.
- Leveling of toneholes if needed.
- Only blue steel english springs or stainless steel springs used.
- Swedging of keys to eliminate lost motion and key noise.
- Minor body dents removed at no extra charge.
- New Neck Cork and Neck Swedging into body socket.
Soprano/Alto $450.00
Tenor $475.00
Baritone $850.00
Professional Bassoon overhaul: $450.00 - Pads are hand stitched and treated with Paraffin and Non Porous sealer.
- Special cross grained cork or neoprene pads or wing joint.
- Staining and Spray lacquer of worn areas of wood.
- Set screws added to eliminate movement of posts.
- Keys are polished to a high buff with special white buffing rouge.
- Springs are rust proofed and greased - replaced if necessary.
- New tenon corks
- Hand refacing of toneholed with special refacing tools.
- Swedging of keys as well as teflon washers used to eliminate lost key motion and key noise.
- High A,C, and D keys speaker tubes removed as necessary to insure perfect suction.
- Rods and screws are honed and lapped - replaced if necessary.
- Minor bocal dents removed at no extra charge.
Professional Flute and Piccolo overhaul: $250.00 - Finest yellow skin treated pads.
- New head joint cork.
- Swedging of keys and head joint.
- Each flute is sonically cleaned.
- Spring wire used.
- Rods and screws are honed and lapped - replaced if necessary.
ADDITIONAL COST ITEMS: Hand cut Embouchere: $60.00 Professional Oboe overhaul: $400.00 - Special cross grained cork pads throughout instrument.
- Keys are polished to a high buff with special white buffing rouge.
- Springs rust proofed and greased - replaced if necessary.
- New Tenon Corks.
- Wood is inspected for imperfections and cracks.
- Bore reamed as necessary - 10 check points are used to determine proper bore dimensions.
- Rods and Screws are honed and lapped - replaced if necessary.
ADDITIONAL COST ITEMS: - Plating - Triple silver or nickel plating.
- Crack Pinning.
- Hard rubber toneholes inserts.
Call for more info and prices. | 
