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Re: Where to get Overhaul?

Author: am0032
Date: 2006-08-22 12:10

Check out your local repair shop. Find out what you are getting by talking to the repair person. A lot of places interchange the terms "overhaul" and "repad". A repad to me includes all new pads, corks(tenons too), eliminates key play and lost motion at most repair shops. Some places define an overhaul as a repad plus relaquering/replating keys. If you are paying for a repad, make sure every cork and pad are replaced. Some guys work on the cheap and just do the "necessary" pads and corks. They should do all of them. You pay for it so why not get it the whole deal. Play the instrument before you leave the shop. That way if they miss something it can be corrected right then. Most local repair shops will do the job for a third of the price of the big name guys.

Adam

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