Brass Instrument Repair
Trombone Repair in Buffalo, NY
Brass Monkey Music in Buffalo, NY repairs trombones — straight, F-attachment, and bass — for students and professionals. Services include hand-slide cleaning and dent removal, slide alignment, rotor and trigger linkage service, and full ultrasonic cleanings.
Sticky or sluggish trombone slide
It doesn’t take much for a trombone hand slide to feel sticky or sluggish. When in perfect playing condition, the outer hand slide should glide over the inner hand slide so smoothly that friction is undetectable. Often a thorough cleaning is enough — but a small ding or slight bend in just one tube can throw off the action and become a nuisance. With careful dent removal and precision straightening, we restore slide action to like-new.
F-attachment and bass trombone rotors
Some trombones have one or two rotary valves that extend the range and offer alternate positions. Rotors are very delicate pieces of bronze, custom-fit to each instrument. Quite often, trombones come into the shop because some part of the rotor system is sticking or doesn’t feel right. We have experience with all the major rotor systems and models — standard rotary, Thayer axial, Hagmann, and Greenhoe. No matter what type of trombone you play and no matter what the issue is, we have seen it before and we can help. Call 716-213-7423.