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Over the years I've learned a lot about maintaining and repairing percussion instruments. Sometimes instruments are discarded when they could be repaired instead of replaced. Please contact me if you have an instrument that seems to be past its prime. We might be able to save it!
My repair experience ranges from the basics such as replacing drum heads, regluing split birch mallet shafts, and general maintenance for all percussion instruments to re-roping mallet instruments and repairing split rails. I've even built a custom marimba frame.
Here is a sampling of some work I've done.
This tabletop xylophone had a broken end block. In the picture, the part on the left is all that was left of the end block. I cut a new end frame piece to size to replace the broken and missing pieces.
The end block on this school xylophone was split and severely damaged and needed to be replaced. The picture on the left is after the initial work ensuring everything lines up. The picture on the right shows the frame repaired and painted ready to be returned to the school.
This is the marimba in my studio, with the frame I built. I bought the Yamaha bars and was given the Yamaha resonators. The frame is made from walnut.
This is the drum set I've been using for the past 35 years or so. I started with unfinished Keller drum shells, then stained and lacquered them.
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