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hwp New Member
Joined: 03 Aug 2020 Posts: 2 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:16 am Post subject: Quality Repair Shop - Virginia |
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Not long ago I had my 1972 lacquer Strad restored by Charlie Melk. Beautiful work! Sadly, a mouthpiece dropped off my music stand and hit the bell of my Strad while it was in the trumpet stand. I'd like to see if anyone knows of a trustworthy shop in Virginia or Metropolitan Washington, DC, that could help out by softening the appearance of the ding. It doesn't seem practical to ship it back/forth to Charlie. I travel around Tidewater, Richmond, and Northern Virginia enough to make it practical for me to drop it off at a shop in one of those areas for the repair.
Any suggestions on a good repair shop in those areas? _________________ HWP
1972 Strad, Lacquer
1962 Ambassador, All Original
1954 Olds Super, All Original (My favorite!) |
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theslawdawg Heavyweight Member
Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 843 Location: Waikiki, Hawaii
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:35 am Post subject: |
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Grew up in NoVA.
Try CMC.... contemporary music center. They've been around for a LONG time. They might have to send it out, but they know people. _________________ My go-to Trumpet and Flugel: Thane.
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Arbanator Veteran Member
Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 115 Location: McLean VA
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Jeff Bonk, MusicRepairWorks, in Lorton has done a lot of work for musicians in the U.S. Army's Pershing's Own as well as some emergency work for the Cory Band just before a concert and many others in the area. He does great work, but he's sometimes very busy. |
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oliver king Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 1742
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:35 am Post subject: |
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I would reach out to Randy Mueller.
https://randyjmueller.com/contact/
He's a good guy, full of knowledge on all things trumpet. I am playing one of his mod's today. It's a great horn. _________________ LB Bel Canto #59
Holton B47
Frankenhorn projects 1-5
Adams F1
Olds Super Tenor Trombone
Alesis QS8
B2MS3, B2GS3, |
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mbauer Regular Member
Joined: 31 Aug 2017 Posts: 14 Location: New Orleans
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:44 am Post subject: |
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L and L Music in Gaithersburg, MD (DC suburb) has a great team of repair people as well if you're up that way. They just do brass and woodwinds. |
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cgaiii Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 Jun 2017 Posts: 1548 Location: Virginia USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like you have gotten some great names here, but I would just note that I would not hesitate to send it to Charlie either. The shipping is expensive, but you know the work you will get. _________________ Bb: Schilke X3L AS SP, Yamaha YTR-6335S
C: Schilke CXL, Kanstul 1510-2
Picc: Kanstul 920
Bb Bugle: Kanstul
Bb Pocket: Manchester Brass
Flugel: Taylor Standard
Bass Trumpet: BAC Custom
Natural Tr: Custom Haas replica by Nikolai Mänttäri Morales |
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rjbirnbaum New Member
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 10 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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If you live in Richmond, I would just go to Music & Arts on West Broad St. I’ve taken several horns there including my restored 1972 Strad. The bell had a big crease and they fixed it perfectly. They’ve done a great job on all my horns. Other players I know also take there horns there. |
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hwp New Member
Joined: 03 Aug 2020 Posts: 2 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:47 pm Post subject: My Update |
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Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I decided to take my horn to Randy Mueller in Washington DC (NE). He's a super guy and he did a nice job with the repair. I got a lot of additional helpful information too. I'd be happy to go to him again if I have a similar need in the future. _________________ HWP
1972 Strad, Lacquer
1962 Ambassador, All Original
1954 Olds Super, All Original (My favorite!) |
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Phoenix864 Veteran Member
Joined: 20 May 2019 Posts: 223 Location: Washington DC, US
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: My Update |
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hwp wrote: | Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I decided to take my horn to Randy Mueller in Washington DC (NE). He's a super guy and he did a nice job with the repair. I got a lot of additional helpful information too. I'd be happy to go to him again if I have a similar need in the future. |
100% agree - Randy is super knowledgeable and friendly and does great work. I would absolutely recommend him to anyone in the area who's looking to have a horn worked on. |
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