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Professional Saxophone Repair Service
by
Kessler & Sons Music
Kessler &
Sons Music opened in 1989 as a
professional repair shop. Over the years,
we have become known through the country
as a saxophone specialty store handling
only the best saxophone products
available. We have customers from all over
the country send in their professional
saxophones for our overhaul services.
There are several reasons for this:
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Quality - We take great
pride in the quality of our work. We realize how difficult it has become to
find great repair work. We want to make sure that any and every experience
with our store is a positive one. Our repair shop is overseen by Chuck
Kessler who has over 30 years of professional repair experience.
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Materials - We know that
the best way to get the most out of your horn is to use only the best
materials. We offer multiple pad options including our own custom made
Kangaroo skin leather pads.
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Modernization - We have
found that one of the biggest problems with many saxophones has been their
tone holes. Small imperfections to tone hole surfaces can lead to large
performance issues that may techs can miss. In our “Pro Shop Overhaul, we
add in diamond leveling of the saxophone tone holes. This allows use to use
higher end pads like the Kangaroo skin and Pisoni Pro pads yielding better
pad seal, improved stability, firmer feel and a more responsive horn.
Kessler & Sons Music would rather restore and overhaul
your professional saxophone than sell you a new one!
Please call Dave Kessler via our toll free
number (or email) to discuss restoring your saxophone to the best level that it
can be. If you would like to schedule a repair, please call us.
We offer 2 levels of
overhauls. Our overhauls are a complete rebuild
of your horn to professional new levels (leaving
original lacquer in place). For Selmer Paris
saxophones as well as any other true handmade
pro sax, we recommend our "Pro Overhaul".
Standard
Saxophone Overhaul
Our
standard overhaul is the job done on most
saxophones. This overhaul is what we recommend
for student, intermediate & basic professional
saxophones. This overhaul includes:
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Complete disassembly and removal of pads, felts
& corks
· Complete chemical
cleaning of all mechanical parts (body & keys)
removing all old oils and lubricants
· Refitting of all keys
for tighter mechanical tolerances & performance
· Lubricating all
mechanical pieces with new lubricants
· Complete re-padding of
saxophone using standard leather pads and domed
plastic resonators
· Each pad custom fit and
seated to tone holes one at a time
· New corks and felts
throughout the whole instrument
· Adjustment of all
articulated key mechanisms to eliminate lost
motion and give a solid and quick mechanism
· Minor dent removal &
soldering (as needed)
· After the instrument is
overhauled, it is allowed to sit for a period of
time and is checked and rechecked multiple times
throughout this "adjustment period".
This
overhaul includes a one year warranty on all
pads & adjustments. The end result is a horn
that in many cases plays better then it did when
it was brand new. Shipping fees are not
included.
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Alto Sax |
Tenor Sax |
Soprano Sax |
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$600.00 |
$600.00 |
$630.00 |
| Bari
Sax Price Upon Request |
"Professional Shop" Professional Saxophone
Overhaul
Our pro shop overhaul is
the job that we recommend for all true
professional horns as well as all Selmer Paris
saxophones. This overhaul includes all of the
work from the standard overhaul with the several
major upgrades:
Diamond Tone Hole
Resurfacing
Many saxophones have tone
holes that are not perfectly level. With our Pro
Overhaul, we use our diamond tone hole leveling
equipment to make sure that all tone holes are
perfectly flat throughout the sax. With a
perfectly flat tone hole, we are able to use a
higher end, firmer pad. The firmer pads allow
for more solid key action & response and
typically allow for better projection.
Premium Pad
Selection
With our Pro Overhaul, you
can choose between several different pad and
resonator options.
· Pisoni Pro Leather (same
pad that Selmer Paris uses) metal or
plastic resonators (other resonator options
available for additional cost)
· Kangaroo Skin Pads -
available in Tan with Metal Domed resonators or
Black with Black Plastic resonators (other
resonator options available for additional cost)
Kessler & Sons Music
has a special Kangaroo pad made for our Pro Shop
Overhauls. Shown below are our Kangaroo Black
(with black resos) and Tan (with metal resos)
pads.
 
Mechanism Refit
All rods & key mechanisms
are refit to their key posts. This improves the
mechanical action of your older sax to the level
of a brand new, precision fit.
The end result of our Pro
Shop Overhaul is a whole new horn with
improved feel, action, performance and a bigger
sound than ever before! Shipping
fees are not included.
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Alto Sax |
Tenor Sax |
Soprano Sax |
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$900.00 |
$900.00 |
$930.00 |
| Bari
Sax Price Upon Request |
©1998-2012 Kessler & Sons Music, Inc. Las
Vegas, Nevada USA.
All Rights Reserved. Webmaster:
David Kessler Last Updated:
February 07, 2012
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