Saxophone Repair Services

At our Saxophone Specialty Shop we have a team of the most highly trained and incredibly skilled saxophone repair artisans in the industry. We take great pride in our work and have built a shop dedicated to properly done repairs with a truly relentless obsession with quality.

Repair estimates and are always 100% free of charge and can be done on the spot during our Open hours:

Mon - Friday 12PM-7PM

Saturday 2PM-5PM

For “Quick Fixes” we have a bench minimum charge of $45 for small repairs that are approximately 20 minutes in duration. The repairs that take longer than expected will then be billed at the normal shop rate.

Playing condition repairs can be booked by appointment and done “While you Wait” (Monday - Friday 2PM -7PM) or dropped off with us, and are bulled hourly at the shop rate of $125 per hour.

Want to mail us your Saxophone for an Overhaul / Repairs?

JL Woodwinds can help you get World Class Saxophone Repairs done no matter where you live!

Email us at: [email protected] with the following basic information:

your name, address, phone number, instrument make model and serial number, as well as a description of what you would like done to it. Please include a few pictures of your saxophone if you are able to. A saxophone repair expert will respond back to your email shortly with instructions and next steps.

Economy Re-Pads (don’t include washing the instrument or lots of soldering/ Dent work) Replaces all the pads for Alto Tenor and Soprano start at $1,100

Re-pads (Which includes some dent work or additional soldering and washing the instrument) Replaces all pads for Alto tenor, and Soprano saxophone start at $1,500.

Full Pro Level Overhauls for soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone range in price from $1800-$2,200

Full Pro Overhauls for Baritone Saxophones start at $2,500

Additional costs will be incurred only if there is additional body tube bends, dents, cracks re-soldering etc. All of these things can be assessed beforehand in person.

Our saxophone repairs and overhauls are done to the very highest level of precision, and use nothing but the finest repair materials available in the industry. We offer many different custom options of resonators, and choice of pads. We are extremely dedicated to doing the highest level of repair possible to your instrument and we not satisfied until your instrument is practically playing itself!

Our Overhauls Include:

Straightening of the saxophone body
Full disassembly
Re-soldering of any loose or missing braces or posts
Removal of all pads, corks, felts, and old adhesive
Ultra Sonic cleaning of all parts, keys, body, and neck
Expert dent removal throughout body tube, bottom bow, and neck
Refitting of the neck to make airtight seal with the body tenon
Fitting of the rods to the internal dimensions of the Posts.
Complete key-fitting of the horn making sure that none of the keys have any key binding, side to side, or rotational key play.
Dry fitting of the pads to each cup to insure a snug fit and no undersized pads
Installation of customers choice of resonator
Installation and pad work of all new high quality pads
Installation of all new corks and felts and teflon for low friction
Precision regulations done with very high quality materials ensuring that your horn stays in adjustment.
Setup and adjustment for optimal playability and feel for each horn.
Extensive play testing by a professional saxophone player including testing for key height venting and precision spring tension balancing throughout the instrument.
Re-corking of the neck and fitting it to the customers choice of mouthpiece.
1 Year Warranty

For musicians that need very fast turn around or same day "drop everything" emergency repair we bill an additional $175 rush fee on top of our normal hourly rate shown above.