- All guitar, mandolin, banjo, autoharp, zither etc.
Amps & PA's
- tubes, solid state, speakers, cables, knobs, heads, etc.
Piano's (currently on hold except digital pianos, see side note for acoustic piano repair)
- upright, grand piano, keyboard, digital, piano tuning, piano moving, hammers, strings, action, etc.
NOTE FOR PRICES
Prices for repair service are ESTIMATED. Unknown damage and inaccurate information may require more work. To be called BEFORE additional work, please request to be called. Otherwise, customer will be billed for additional parts & labor.
Please read all information on this page. All prices are subject to change without notice.
EXPERIENCED & HONEST
Lead repair tech HANK HARTMAN has been repairing instruments in the Mat-Su Valley for over 20 years and is a NAPBIRT Member. Hank represents the Repair Headquarters for the Matanuska Valley.
JOHN HARTMAN is currently a registered apprentice with NAPBIRT, and a registered Fender repair tech. He is the lead guitar, bass, and amp technician at Matanuska Music. At school he excelled in fretwork and substantial body damage repair.
Band instrument tech DOUGLAS LENTZ is also an apprentice, and has been working under the direction of Hank Hartman for the past 3 years. He is currently applying for a membership with NAPBIRT.
Authorized Fender Repair Center Since 2004!
We have moved our Central Repair Facility off site form the retail store. Woodwind, brass, and orchestral repairs are transferred to this site for repair, thus needing to be left with us. Fretted instruments are repaired on site.
Restring
Intonation & action adj.
Broken headstock**
Input jack replacement
Pickup installation
Resolder (switch/PU)
Acoustic
$15 - $20
$15*
$60
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$65
$30
Acoustic / Electric
$15
$15
$60
$20 - $35*
$65 (replacement)
$30
Floyd Rose Tremolo
$45*
$20
$60
$20
$65
$30
Electric Guitar
$15
$20
$60
$20
$35
$30
Acoustic & Electric Bass
$15
$20
$60
$20
$65
$30
*Varies & assessed on a case by case basis.
**Structurally repaired with minimal cosmetic restoration.
RESTRING INCLUDES:
1)Fretboard cleaning & oiling
2)Guitar cleaning & polishing
3)Hardware tightening
4)String stretching
5)Stringing
6)Client made aware of other potential problems.
Bronze Service
Silver Service
Gold Service
Adjust action, oil, test play.
Pads, cork, screws, rods replaced/repaired as needed (charged separately)
Test play, final wipe down.
Strip down instrument:
Thorough cleaning of parts
Check and repair/replace as needed: Joints, Headcork, Springs, Pads,Screws, Corks and Felts. (charged separately)
Adjust to good playing order, oil, test play.
Final wipe down
Complete Rebuild:
Everything thoroughly cleaned.
All pads replaced
Cork, springs, screws and rods repaired/replaced as needed.
Adjust, oil, test play.
Final wipe down
Woodwind and Brasswind Instruments
Instrument
Piccolo
Flute
Miscellaneous
Complete Rebuild:
All new pads.
Cork (including tenons), felt, screws, rods.
Removal of excess play in pivot rods & screws.
Adjust, oil, play test.
Final wipe down.
Complete Rebuild:
All pads replaced.
Cork (tenon included), and felt replaced.
Screws and rods replaced/repaired as needed, as well as excess play removed.
Adjust, oil, test play.
Final wipe down
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Alto Clarinet
Adjust action, oil, test play.
Pads, cork, screws, rods replaced/repaired as needed (charged separately)
Test play, final wipe down.
Strip down instrument:
Thorough cleaning of parts.
Check and repair/replace as needed: Joints, Headcork, Springs, Pads,Screws, Corks and Felts. (charged separately)
Adjust to good playing order, oil, play test.
Final wipe down
Alto Sax
Tenor Sax
Bari Sax
Soprano Sax
Adjust action, oil, test play.
Pads, cork, screws, rods replaced/repaired as needed (charged separately)
Test play, final wipe down.
Complete tear down of instrument:
Entire cleaning of the body and keys.
Pads changed as needed.
Cork, felt, springs and screws replaced/repaired as needed. (charged separately)
Adjust, oil, test play.
Final wipe down
Complete rebuild:
Chemical clean
Thorough cleaning of body and slides.
Replace springs, felts, water keys and cork.
Dent removal, free stuck slides and valves.
Solder joints and anything else to put it in good playing order.
Cornet
Trumpet
Flugelhorn
Check valve action oil.
Check felt and water key spring and cork.
Lubricate tuning slides and clean.
Test play, final wipe down.
Chemical cleaning
Thorough cleaning of all parts.
Replace springs, felts, water key and cork as needed.
Grease tuning slide.
Test play, and clean.
Baritone
Euphonium
Tuba
Complete rebuild:
Chemical clean
Thorough cleaning of body and slides.
Replace springs, felts, water keys and cork.
Dent removal, free stuck slides and valves.
Solder joints and anything else to put it in good playing order.
Check valve action oil.
Check felt and water key spring and cork.
Lubricate tuning slides and clean.
Test play, final wipe down.
Chemical cleaning
Thorough cleaning of all parts.
Replace springs, felts, water key and cork as needed.
Grease tuning slide.
Test play, and clean.
Trombone
Oboe
Bassoon
Repair will be determined by the repair tech in house. If they are all gone, then they will call you regarding the work needing to be done.
Repair will be determined by the repair tech in house. If they are all gone, then they will call you regarding the work needing to be done.
