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Author: as9934
Date: 2013-11-02 18:43
I am looking at buying a Selmer Signet Special that may need some refurbishing. To completely refurbish the instrument (new pads & cork, keys buffed, wood treated) how do you think that would cost?
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Author: kdk
Date: 2013-11-02 19:43
Depends almost entirely on who is doing the work. Your only sure way to find this out will be to ask the repair people in your area what they charge for this. Could be in a range from a couple of hundred dollars to a thousand or more. You might also need to have pad seats smoothed out and almost certainly have the key actions regulated (especially the long lever keys on the bottom joint). To do a good job takes several hours of work.
Karl
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Author: BobD
Date: 2013-11-02 20:13
$100 to $250. If you get an estimate over that for a SSS forget it.
Bob Draznik
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Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2013-11-03 00:26
BobD wrote:
> $100 to $250. If you get an estimate over that for a SSS
> forget it.
Should there be a (three tier) pricing system for instrument repair (overhaul)? One for each level: entry, intermediate, and pro line instruments if the work is the same?
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2013-11-03 04:14
In the real world, repair technicians live on their reputation and repeat business. A reputable technician will try to avoid putting a bigger investment into repairing an instrument than the instrument is worth. Having a tiered pricing system would tend to make that process easier. Of course, what you get for that price depends, to a large extent, on the skill and pride of the technician doing the work. There is a "repair shop" in my area from which I have never seen a functioning woodwind emerge. A friend took his flute in to get one cork bumper replaced. It was returned to him in pieces with several severely bent keys. I repaired a sax that had been returned to the owner after a repad with eight badly leaking pads. Another friend bought a new guitar from them and took it back because the amp plug in the body was loose. They required two technicians armed with vice grips to correct the problem. Before you go to a repair shop with which you are not familiar, ask for references.
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2013-11-03 05:55
jbutler wrote:
> Should there be a (three tier) pricing system for instrument
> repair (overhaul)? One for each level: entry, intermediate, and
> pro line instruments if the work is the same?
No, but I think the intent of the comment was that it wouldn't be worth spending more than that on a Selmer Signet Special that most likely would not be worth much more than that $250 even after the work was done.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2013-11-03 12:44
jbutler: I guess that would be up to the shop owner, just like drop-ins.
Bob Draznik
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