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Saxophone Repair and Sales by Matt Stohrer. Saxophones are my passion. I repair, sell, and trade saxophones to make a living. Estimates and advice are free.
I take pride in my work, and I care deeply about what I do. I learned my craft in New York City, working for Sam Ash Music on the famed Music Row, 48th St. in Times Square, Manhattan where I started as a coffee-running apprentice and worked my way up to head woodwind repairman of their flagship store. After working for Sam Ash, I opened a small saxophone specialty shop in Brooklyn where I repaired
Saxophone Repair Topic: (Questionable) Method to straighten Early Selmer Bell-to-body Brace
This was actually just going to be a video message to Carlo Cennamo but I ended up at the last second introducing it like a youtube video in case it worked!
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com obviously just decided to turn the camera on at the last second in this latest and not-so-gre...
I am currently on sabbatical from saxophone repair, but I would like to note here that the policy of Stohrer Music is that Black Lives Matter.
If you're lucky enough to live a privileged life where you don't know what that means, a life where you aren't exhausted every day by the reasons we have to say that, it is your job to choose do the work of learning. It will hurt. It will make you feel shame. It will make you realize that you've started too late. It will make you realize you'll never really all the way understand, and the best you can do is listen and believe. Black Lives Matter.
Repairman's Overview: Conn 10M Prototype Tenor Saxophone
Conn 10M Prototype tenor overview
Saxophone repairman-on-a-sabbatical Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com finally gets around to making the overview video of an *incredibly* rare 1932...
Repairman's Show And Tell: Gold Plated Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com does some showing and as usual does some telling about this 1969 Selmer Mark VI alto saxophon...
Repairman's Overview: 1950 Conn 28M CONNstellation Alto Saxophone
First one of these in a long time! I am very out of practice.
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com is back after a long hiatus with another thrilling(?) installment of Repairman's Overview- th...
(Quick) Saxophone Repair Topic: Straightening Bent Hinge Tubes (Basic Example)
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer made this video to answer a question but ended up decided to just publish it because hey, its been a while. In this video, y...
Saxophone Repair Topic: Patching a Neck Pickup Hole
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shows one way to cleanly patch a hole left from a neck pickup. Neck pickups were semi-commonl...
Branford Marsalis Plays Ultra Rare Conn 10M Prototype
I rarely do sound samples, but when I do...
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com knew you'd be asking for a sound sample of the Conn 10M Prototype, so here you go. Quick Repa...
Saxophone Repair Topic: Fitting Hinge Rod/Pivot Combo
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com isn't quite sure what the preferred nomenclature is for the hinge rods that do double duty as...
whoops! youtube upload error. the video I posted earlier today on post fit cut off at the end. re-uploading and will re-share later.
Saxophone Repair Topic: How To Straighten Bent Threads on a Hinge Rod
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shows one way to correct a bent threaded portion of a saxophone hinge rod. Be enthralled! If ...
Saxophone Repair Topic: Removing Stuck Rollers Using Heat
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shows a method of using a soldering iron to impart heat to the rod of a stuck/frozen roller, ...
Saxophone Repair Topic: Cleaning Rusty Pivot Screws
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shows a method for removing rust from saxophone pivot screws. If you like this stuff, conside...
My Take-Home Tools - The Open Source Saxophone Project
opensourcesaxophoneproject.com Even though I work in a workshop about 50 feet from my front door, sometimes I work from a backup bench in my house- in inclement weather, or perhaps I am feeling lazy. I have an old toolbox where I keep my most-used tools, and over time I have honed it …
Dents example 4
Special guest vocals by a pack of coyotes
Saxophone Repair Topic: Dent Removal Example 3
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shows third example of how dents can be removed from a saxophone. This is not an instructiona...
Selmer Super (Balanced) Action Tenor: The Barn Find
stohrermusic.com This horn came to me after having lived as a wall decoration on the side of a barn for several decades. It was semi-protected from the weather, but was nevertheless completely rusted and seized
New post (End of 2017 catch-up post) has been published on Stohrer Music
Saxophone Repair Topic: How (and why!) To Set Up Side C, Side Bb, Side F# (nerd edition)
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com is just being lazy by answering the question of how to set up the side fingerings on a saxoph...
Saxophone Repair Topic: Pad Install With Buescher Snap-On Resonator
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com gets his big old dumb hands in the way as he shows AND tells how he installs regular saxophon...
(Questionable) Saxophone Repair Topic: My Chosen Pad Treatment
I get this question a LOT, so here is a video I can now link to. Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shares his chosen pad treatm...
Airstream Sax Workshop: NEW, Upgraded Wood Stove for Heat
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com has gone and upgraded his wood stove and wants to share it with you all. The previous video i...
Saxophone Repair Topic: How To Fit That Weird G# Rod/Pivot Combo on Selmer BA/SBA
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com manages to make a short video for once with this quick demonstration of how to quickly and re...
The Open Source Saxophone Project
Many of you already know about this, but I hope by having on my homepage for a while I can spread the word a bit, because I still get a lot of questions from folks that have answers on the OSSP and they have not heard of it even if they have seen a lot of my youtube videos.
stohrermusic.com If you are a frequent visitor to this site or follow me on Facebook or YouTube, you may already know about the Open Source Saxophone Project, my other website dedicated to technical information about
Saxophone Repair Topic: Hard Rubber Mouthpiece Dent Removal
The forbidden secrets of hard rubber mouthpiece dent/ding removal await you!
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com goes to the dark side of the art of mouthpiece repair with shaking hands and shows you one we...
Stohrer Music News, Late 2017 Edition « Stohrer Music
Its the long-overdue news post for 2017.
stohrermusic.com Man, where to begin? I’ve been putting this off for too long, so what the hell, I’ll just write it and post it.
Saxophone Repair Topic: Dent Removal Example 1
This is a demonstration, not an instructional.
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com shows an example of how dents can be removed from a saxophone. This is not an instructional v...
It is amazing to see how many old horns with mostly original pads have a few leaks *only in the pads that were replaced at some point*. To me, this speaks to the superiority of knowing your geometry and using as little floating of pads as necessary. At the factory, they have the benefit of a controlled environment where they know everything about the horn, and they can say "ok, when this comes off the line, add a little bit of adhesive and put a .165"(or whatever they choose) pad in there, heat it, maybe bend it L/R if necessary, clamp it, and it will seat". Down the road us repairers lack the knowledge of the exact original intended measurements and also have to deal with the ravages of time (and other repairers, professional and non). Getting the horn back to a geometry that is friendly to pad installation is a huge part of a long-lasting pad job, and unfortunately is both fairly invisible to the customer (at least in the short term) and seems to be something that can only be learned through time, experience, and quite possibly having a knack for it.
Related: some modern makers of recent origin see the original setup on old saxes and think ah! ok! so we don't need much adhesive. However they do not control their geometry as well (indeed rather than designing from clean sheet they are usually copying saxes they have purchased, and inevitably something gets lost in translation if nothing else) and the toneholes are not level and the pads are low quality etc. etc. and you end up with pads that do not seal and cannot be corrected easily.
Saxophone Repair Tip: Making Pad Prick Holes Go Away
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com gives a quick hand-me-down tip on how to make the tiny holes in the sides of pads sometimes left by pad pricks/pin vises go away. Now of course its best not to put holes in the sides of pads, but sometimes, as Sam said to Mister Frodo, there's nothing for it. Except this tip of course, so you run and tell THAT your old gaffer, Samwise Gamgee.
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Repairman's Overview: Selmer (USA) Padless Saxophone
Saxophone repairman Matt Stohrer of http://www.StohrerMusic.com makes a video with a glitch at the end about the Selmer Padless Saxophone, and rarely seen an...
Saxophone Repair Tip: Removing A Stuck Saxophone Roller
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For Sale: 1926 Conn New Wonder II Alto Saxophone, Burnished Gold Plate
"This is no meek beast. You don’t play a Conn from the 1920s with your frontal cortex alone. You will be muscling this horn around, and it will push back. These horns have ideas of their own, and not everyone can- or wants to- have a relationship like that with a saxophone. But for those who do, the rewards are a tone that will cause non-musicians in the back of the house to sit up and look to see where that sound is coming from. "
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Here is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship from 1926, a Conn New Wonder Series II alto saxophone in burnished gold plate with elaborate engraving.
Let’s just get down to the nuts and bolts here: when I am done restoring this horn, this will be a stunningly beautiful alto with power and ri...
Handmade in Wherever
New post (Handmade in Wherever) has been published on Stohrer Music
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A saxophone should be clear about its origin.
Note: this article rant is directed at new or inexperienced players who haven’t been around the saxophone scene very long.
One of the repeating questions I get from new saxophone consumers is a variation on the following:
“I& #82...
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