The New England Flute Shop - Dartmouth, Massachusetts
"We take great pride in our experience, expertise and professionalism."
"Our goal is your complete satisfaction." Jeffrey P. Schmalz - Manager
Flute Repairs
Oil and Adjust - $75.00 to $135.00
Annual Clean, Oil and Adjust - $140.00 to $290.00
Flute Overhaul with premium felt pads - $865.00
Flute Overhaul with Straubinger Pads – $990.00
Piccolo Repairs
Oil and Adjust - $65 to $125.00
Annual Clean, Oil and Adjust - $130.00 to $270.00
Piccolo Overhaul with premium felt pads - $685.00
Piccolo Overhaul with Straubinger Pads – $795.00
To arrange a repair please call 508.991.5185 or Email
Prices do not include the cost of shipping.
The New England Flute Shop is an authorized Straubinger Flute & Piccolo Pad Service Center
Installation of High E Facilitator - $80.00 (Flutes Only) Money back guarantee.
Key extensions and other custom work is also available.
- Your flute must be insured before you ship it to us! Our insurance does not cover your instrument.
- Our charges reflect the time it takes to do the repair. We schedule work by appointment.
- When we see your flute or piccolo we will give you a repair estimate.
- All Clean, Oil and Adjust have a warranty of 3 months, overhauls 6 months.
- Most warranty work can be done while you wait.
- Except for emergencies, most flute and piccolo repairs can be scheduled in 1 to 3 weeks.
- We will need to keep your flute about 2 to 5 business days for a clean, oil and adjust and 7 to 9 business days for overhauls.
Payment is due upon receipt of the instrument and may be made by check or credit card (2% surcharge for credit card payments).
Free flute clinics Available to teachers (groups of 5 to15 students work best).
- Sound and Substance - explores how the sound of the flute can be manipulated
- Trouble Shooting Flute Problems - how to tell when your flute is playing below its potential. (Classes crafted for advanced High School or College age students.)
Steps of a Full Flute Overhaul – The New England Flute Shop
May 2009
Mechanical problems, or bent mechanisms are repaired. (Remarkable damage may require a surcharge arranged with the customer in advance.)
Soldered toneholes are checked for leaks.
Flute Mechanism is refit (swedged) to tolerances of less than .001 (one, one thousandths) of an inch. This repairs the "side play" of keys on the hinge rod resulting from silver wearing away.
The keys and tubes are washed, and sanitized, tarnish is removed. All flute tubes and keys are hand polished to remove deep scratches and tarnish. (No machine polishing of any kind is done on a New England Flute Shop overhaul.)
The pad retaining rings and springs are replaced. The toneholes are leveled.
The mechanism is completely taken apart, and the hinge rods, and hinge tubes (inside and out) are cleaned and polished to a high sheen.
All silencers and regulation shims are replaced with felt silencers, leather and cork as dictated by individual keys.
All pads are replaced using only the highest quality treated, double skin bladder pad or Straubinger Pads. Keys are vented properly. Shimming to tolerances of less than .001 of an inch is the standard.
All accessible dents are removed. A new headjoint cork is installed.
The embouchure hole is cleaned and polished. Tenon fit is checked and adjusted if needed.
The flute is play tested, and checked for exceptional tone, resonance, response, pitch, and evenness throughout the registers.
Your flute will look like new and play better than when it was new. We guarantee it !
Telephone: 508-991-5185 or Email |
