Education
The most experienced and renowned technicians and repair experts are right at you fingertips with videos, how-to guides, reference books and classes with the ProShop at MusicMedic.com.
If you are a hobbyist, these references are a great place to start your learning. If you're an experienced Tech, get ready to dig into the some of the finer points of instrument theory, construction and acoustics!
- Saxophone Part II Advanced Repair Techniques: A 4-Day Intensive In-Person Learning ExperienceSpecial Price $580.00 Regular Price $730.25
Dates: March 6th-9th, 2023
The MusicMedic Sax ProShop is taking a week off our normal schedule of Uberhauls, modifications and manufacturing necks to help you build upon your journey into saxophone repair. Join us for this action-packed, intensive course of learning, improving, and doing.
Learn More - Saxophone Dent Work 1 Day Course April 20th, 2023$225.00In this one day virtual course we will go over all aspects of saxophone dent repair! This course covers the different areas of the instrument that can receive dents and how to fix them. We will address dents in the saxophone bell, bell flare, bow, body, tone holes, pad cups, neck, as well as all techniques, tools and supplies needed to succeed with these advanced repairs. Learn More
- Saxophone Modification 1 Day Course March 2nd, 2023Special Price $179.40 Regular Price $224.25
- 3 Day Engraving Class October 16th-18th, 2023$835.00
Come take a break from your normal week and start learning the craft of engraving! Spend 3 days at MusicMedic.com with a group of your peers studying engraving with Ryan Walker.
Learn More - Saxophone Basics Done Right: A 4-Day Intensive In-Person Learning Experience$730.25
Dates: June 26th-29th, 2023
The MusicMedic Sax ProShop is taking a week off our normal schedule of Uberhauls, modifications and manufacturing necks to help you begin or build upon your journey into saxophone repair. Join us for this action-packed, intensive course of learning, improving, and doing.
Learn More - Clarinet Basics Done Right: A 4-Day Intensive In-Person Learning Experience$725.00
Dates: July 17th-20th, 2023
MusicMedic is pleased to offer Basics Done Right courses for Saxophone, Flute, and Clarinet. These courses are designed to teach basic fundamental repair skills that the participant can build upon long after taking the course. Participants need not have any prior repair experience.
Learn More - Saxophone Key Fitting One Day Course February 15th, 2023Special Price $179.40 Regular Price $224.25
Dates: February 15th, 2023
Step up your key fitting game with this one day virtual key fitting course. This one day lecture style course will delve deep into the lost art of key fitting!
Learn More - 3 Day One-on-one Engraving Course$1,840.00
Spend 3 days with Ryan Walker learning about the incredible art of engraving. No experience necessary, but this course would be best suited for those with an eye for detail and skill at drawing. Note that the nature of engraving involves handling very sharp tools, so there is some mild inherent risk associated.
Learn More - 10 Day MusicMedic ProShop Immersion Program$6,900.00The Sax ProShop technicians are happy to invite you to come to the shop, sit at our benches, and learn each aspect of the repair from technicians that do that job every day. Learn More
- 5 Day MusicMedic ProShop Immersion Program$2,875.00The Sax ProShop technicians are happy to invite you to come to the shop, sit at our benches, and learn each aspect of the repair from technicians that do that job every day. Learn More
- MusicMedic SaxProshop Live Video Lessons$103.50 As low as $70.00
Here at the Sax ProShop we know that repairing a saxophone is difficult and requires a large variety of skills. To make sure that all of our customers get the very best service, we run our repair shop assembly line style. That means that each technician is a highly trained professional and a master at their particular aspect of saxophone repair.
Learn More - Basic Clarinet Repair and Maintenance$91.94Out of stock
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Tom Ridenour’s Basic Clarinet Repair and Maintenance videos spare you the tedium of reading thousands of words and pouring over diagrams and drawings. Tom teaches you how to keep your clarinet in top playing shape and perform the most critical clarinet repairs by the tried and trusted learning method of show and tell.
Learn More - The Steve Goodson Saxophone Repair Video$63.25Out of stockTwo hours of intensive instruction on the secrets to a great overhaul! Tools and techniques are clearly illustrated in a comprehensive, step by step approach. Topics covered include:
- pad selection and installation
- resonator installation
- spring removal and replacement
- dent removal
- and much, much more!
- Alternative Saxophone Repair Techniques Video - DVD$57.50This 45 minute video is full of great repair tricks and tips and is the perfect companion to Steve's previous video 'Saxophone Repair with Steve Goodson'. Learn More
- 100+1 Saxen: The Collection of Leo Van Oostrom$72.39This book provides excellent photographic documentation of the beginning and the evolution of the saxophone. Leo Van Oostrom's collection of saxophones and their ancestors as photographed by Peter Cox. Learn More