Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-10-31 17:55
Interesting that you live in Atlanata. I could not for the life of me find a really reliable repair person in the entire Atlanta metropolitan area. I think the moral or the story is more that one cannot expect to find a reliable person in every major city or merely through the internet.
Even with strong recommendations from reliable peers, I still "send up a test balloon" by talking with the tech about key areas (for me) and how he/she addresses them. Then I also (not as a requirement but as a preference) ask about the flexibility of the tech to do work as requested (certain pads, certain teflon fittings etc) even if it's not what they normally do. Finally, if I still am a bit on the fence with a certain tech, I'll have them do some small (but significant to my criteria) repair and wait for the results of that.
I can honestly say there are only a handful of people today that I'd trust with my personal horns. Too many shops do, as you say, mostly student or school horns where volume (numbers of instruments turned over) and profit are the highest and don't even want to bother with detailed work. It's just the way it is today.
..................Paul Aviles
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