Musical Instrument Repair Shop Salinas Near Me

Ashley: World class instruments!

Nick Huezo: Really good person, gives plenty of tips and best reeds.

Mathew Miller: I just walked in and was welcomed by Kurt, would love to spend more time and a few drinks w this gentleman.He’s very intelligent on making instruments play their best and adapting them to do so.

Sierra Findley: instrument with Kurt to "freshen up" as well. He understands the instrument more than modern makers and corrected an ongoing issue other specialists couldn't. He gets the physics involved in the instrument - it's insane!I also decided to take lessons with Kurt, since I'd played for a little over 20 years, but felt like I had plateaued. My first lesson was eye-opening. In the first two measures, he'd stopped me with suggestions on interpretation I'd never been able to think of on my own. Kurt doesn't just teach how to play music, but how to interpret and portray music to an audience. He has completely lived up to my expectations, blown me away, and more!Lastly, Kurt's pricing is old school in the best possible way. My "half-hour" lesson is really the time it takes - some weeks, an hour; other weeks, two and a half hours.Kurt cares about supporting up and coming musicians with the lessons of accomplished musicians. I not only get his guidance, but the guidance of those astounding musicians Kurt has had the honor and pleasure of working with. I am forever grateful for his knowledge and experience!Thank you, Kurt!

Joseph Sample: Best lessons.

L8bro: We loved this shop. The owner was very helpful and knowledgeable about many kinds of music. An accomplished flutist, he also gave our daughter a tutorial lesson on the flute. We bought our daughter's latest flute from this shop.

Tom Oliver: We had a great time talking with Kurt.

JON PRICE: Kurt is flute knowledgeable and that is remarkable. His experience lies in Saxophones as he is an experienced player.

Debbie J.: Kurt did a great job of overhauling the Selmer Series 9 clarinet I purchased on eBay. I had gotten a great deal on the horn, but it had been terribly neglected by the previous owner, and arrived in an unplayable state. I had hoped to at least be able to get a note out of it to see if it had a decent tone, so I could decide if it would be worth the money to fix it. Unfortunately, the horn was in such bad shape it wouldn't even stay together. Since I'd had Kurt work on another clarinet in the past, and he'd done a good job, I decided to take a leap of faith and see if he could do anything with this one. I suspect he fixed it better than it was when new because at one point he'd completed most of it, and asked me to give it a try. It sounded fine, but he thought he could improve the tone by making some adjustments to the tone holes. He asked for my approval for the procedure since this wasn't something we'd talked about beforehand, and he would need to physically remove a small amount of the wood to do this. When I returned to pick it up after he completed the procedure, the tone had improved significantly, and I didn't need to blow as hard to achieve it. This was several years ago, and he's fixed a few minor issues since at very reasonable cost- usually while I wait. I'm writing this review now because I only just found it was possible to write a review.I'd like to add that Kurt and I play in band together. I knew he was a good player, but last semester I found out how good. He ordinarily plays bari sax in band, but last semester he was a featured soloist on alto sax. The kind of piece where the soloist plays at the front of the stage, and the band is merely the accompaniment. I told him after the concert that it was the sweetest sound I'd ever heard from a saxophone.

K: I find this to be a gem of the Bay Area. The owner is extremely personable, knowledgeable and is a business I have no problem supporting by patronage.

shilohrenovation: . Kurt rubs shoulders with people who SOLO with major symphonies. Steve Adelstein is perhaps the finest oboe player of all time, major symphony soloist, auditioned the Fullbright Scholars, Professor Emeritus of Berkeley College of Music, etc. Well, Steve called Kurt, "The greatest music teacher in the America, perhaps the world." Kurt had my fifth grade students playing college-level etudes! After only a few weeks on the clarinet, one of my college band mates called me 'amazing!' Kurt's instruments and lessons are a bit more pricey