Brass Instrument Repaires and Servicing
After your initial enquiry, your instrument will be booked in for a professional inspection. All workshop visits are by pre‑arranged appointment only, ensuring every customer receives dedicated time and attention.
Once your instrument arrives, a thorough assessment is carried out. You will then receive a verbal inspection report, clearly explaining any issues found, recommended repair options, estimated costs, and the expected turnaround time.
General
Guide prices for common valve‑related repairs. Final costs depend on the condition of the instrument and will be confirmed during your verbal inspection.
Solder joints (each)
From £45
Silver solder joints (each)
From £90
Replace water key spring
From £45
Replace trigger spring
From £45
Remove stuck slide (without unsoldering)
From £45
Remove severely stuck slide
(requiring unsoldering and rebuild)
From £95
Stuck mouthpiece
From £15
Hourly rate for all other work
£50.00 per hour
Valve & Rotary Work Pricing
Rectify intermittent sticky valve (per valve)
From £45
Straighten valve casing / remove dent from piston (per valve)
From £65
Precise valve port alignment and correction (set of 3 valves)
From £85
Hand‑finish valve with lapping paste (per valve)
From £30
Rebuild rotary valve, align ports and set lever or restring (per valve)
From £55
Trombone slides
Basic dent work and alignment from £60
Professional level slide alignment from £170
Dents to outer slide only from £60
Dent work
'Roughout' creases from bell from £70
Remove small dents from accessible parts from £50
All other dent work to be assessed and priced individually
Full Service
French Horn rotary valves before and after Ultrasonic cleaning
Deep clean
The instrument will be fully dismantled and cleaned using our state of the art ultrasonic cleaner where possible. Water key corks will be inspected and changed if required and valve caps, springs and valves will be checked, lapped in and lubricated. Slides will be inspected. Once ultrasonically cleaned then the whole instrument will then be reassembled oiled, greased and polished ready for collection.
Servicing does not include repairs such as severely stuck slide removal, damaged valves, broken solder joints and dent work.
After a full service, you can expect your instrument to feel and play noticeably better — and it will certainly be more hygienic. You would be amazed at what comes out of most instruments during a deep internal clean.
Cornet/Trumpet/Flugelhorn from £120
Tenor horn from £130
3 valve Euphonium/Baritone horn from £150
4 valve Euphonium/Baritone horn from £170
3 valve Tuba from £190
4 valve Tuba from £210
3 valve French horn from £160
4 valve French horn from £200
Trombone from £130
Trombone with single rotor trigger from £150
Trombone with double rotor trigger from £200
Contact Us
Based near Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Visits to the workshop are by pre-arranged appointment only.
Workshop opening hours
Monday-Friday: 9:30-5:30
Band room, school visits, and weekends by appointment only up to a 50-mile radius of Sleaford.