Saxophone repairs and servicing. For saxophonists, by a saxophonist.

  • Quick Repairs

    Sometimes things don’t go to plan - a spring snapping or a neck cork disintegrating days before a gig has happened to the best of us!

    Pricing starts as low as £15 for a spring replacement, £30 for a neck re-cork and quick pad reseating and regulation work is priced on a case-by-case basis.

    I am happy to perform quick repairs during my usual working hours (Monday and Tuesday 10:00 - 16:30) subject to booking the day before. In exceptional circumstances I may be able to complete emergency repairs outside of these times - if in doubt, please get in touch to check if I can help.

    I don’t perform dent-work at this time.

  • General Servicing

    I recommend every saxophone has a general service once every year or so.

    This includes changing pads that need it, replacing and adjusting regulation material, straightening any binding keywork and reseating any pads that aren’t quite seating. Prices for general servicing can range from £90-£360 depending on the condition of the instrument. Pricing is quoted on a case-by-case basis.

    Full re-pads are more involved and time consuming and usually cost in the region of £500 - £700. The instrument is stripped down, cleaned, all pads are replaced as is all the regulation material. Costly work, but it will ensure your saxophone will be set for the next 5-10 years with “maintenance” services every year or two in between.

My repairing history…

Ever since I bought my first alto sax, I had an innate curiosity about how it worked. I took it apart and figured out how to put it together again, learning the ins and outs of the elegant mechanics of these beautiful instruments.

Fast-forward a few years to my time studying saxophone performance at Guildhall, I started getting more involved with reseating pads on my own instruments and perfecting the action for my own performance.

After graduating from Guildhall, I spent a year as a learning repairer with a major London woodwind retailer; servicing or adjusting instruments for top London professionals including Tim Garland, Nick Moss and Huw Wiggin as well as the saxophones of the London Conservatoires and their students. In this time, I also used my experience as a performer to play-test the completed repairs on the many saxophones and clarinets worked on by other repairers in the company.

I now operate as an independent repairer in East London between my other musical engagements. My repair work is firmly routed in my experience as a player and each instrument is play-tested and adjusted until I would be happy using it in concert myself.