Brass

• Dent removal
• Cork replacement
• Water key replacement
• Freeing stuck slides
• Removing stuck mouthpieces
• Soldering
• Valve refitting
• Internal cleaning
• Polishing
• Fabricating parts

Woodwind

• Pad replacement
• Cork replacement
• Spring replacement
• Straightening bent keys
• Soldering
• Oiling
• Internal cleaning
• Adjustments & regulation
• Crack pinning, filling, and seam repair
• Polishing
• Fabricating parts

String

• String replacement
• Peg replacement, shortening, and refitting
• Bridge replacement, adjusting, and refitting
• Soundpost replacement and refitting
• Tailgut replacement and adjustment
• Fingerboard removal, regluing, shimming, and replacement
• Nut replacement and adjustment
• Neck reset
• Tonal adjustment
• Bow rehairing and replacement

Percussion

• Head replacement
• Tuning
• Snare/throw repair and replacement
• Hardware part replacement
• Timpani tuning guage installation, repair, and replacement
• Mallet percussion key restringing
• Retrofitting

** Due to the time and labor involved, there is a $55 minimum charge for timpani, chimes, marimbas, xylophones, and vibraphones that are picked up at a school by an Ellis Music representative, whether or not the instrument is repaired.

Electronics

• General cleaning and checkup of keyboards
• Replacing keys, springs, and parts of most keyboard models
• Basic setup of electric guitars and basses
• Replacement of pots, jacks, switches, and pickups in electric guitars
• Re-stringing of electric guitars and basses

** There is a $55 minimum bench charge for electronics repairs, whether or not the instrument is repaired.