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In the last few years, NAPBIRT has given us many opportunities to study how to make the workplace more efficient and productive for our physical health. Also in the last few years, as I have spent too many hours on the bench and less on myself. I realize the value of bringing a mental health discussion to the table. Ergonomics is literally defined as a study of the efficiency in the workplace.

In this clinic we will explore ergonomics for the brain. How can we make our mental health better in order to make us more efficient in our shops? Come to this clinic to learn how to put personal care as a top priority. Set healthy boundaries while dealing with customers/co-workers and set your mind to conquering difficult repairs. You will learn how to be more mindful and how to implement some tips and tricks to become a better you and a better repair tech.

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An Atlanta native, Keren Barr is the co-founder and owner of North Georgia Band. She earned her undergraduate degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!) and after teaching band in the metro area for several years, she went back to school to complete the Band Instrument Repair Program at Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical in Red Wing, MN.

Keren is a Muramatsu and Straubinger certified flute technician, training with Paul Rabinov and David Straubinger and has also been an active member of NAPBIRT since 2004. Keren stays very involved within the musical community; she is a flautist and choir member for Shallowford Presbyterian Church and plays double seconds and sings for Atlanta's Steel Dreamin', a Caribbean rock band. She resides in Atlanta with her husband, Michael, daughter Miranda, and Lexi, a retired racing greyhound.

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Join saxophonist, repair tech and inventor, Rulon Brown, as he shares laughter, horror and video from his year-long study of pad rot. With the help of a food scientist, Rulon conducted a torture test of brand new Selmer saxophones to learn how sticky rotten pads evolve and how to prevent them. Discover the latest developments in saxophone care, win prizes and see the world's first time-lapse video of leather pad rot - Yuck!

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Rulon Brown is a musician and visual artist who grew up fixing saxes at his local music store. Like all sax players, he ran into the problem of sticky key pads that cause frustrating play malfunction. After years of research, he created Key Leaves to leave keys open to dry clean. These award winning care products work naturally to totally eliminate severe key stick malfunction and reduce all other forms of key sticking by 98%.

Rulon's recent artist work includes a avant-rock live band album; a solo album created while traveling North and Central America; an interactive museum installation inspired by The American Dream; an art puzzle with each piece embedded with hidden music and film; a CD of world-rhythm improv to 19th Century Christian hymns; headlining the Nicaragua International Jazz Festival; and a U.S. State Department sponsored artist residency at a cultural institute in Granada, Nicaragua.

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Have you ever tried your best on a flute repair only to discover that there's still something wrong that you just can't figure out? This clinic will concentrate on various overlooked aspects of flute repair that often get missed. From the "hardware" such as padding, keywork, and headjoints, to the "software" such as key design, geometry, material/mechanical tolerances, and acoustical problems, Joe will offer simple solutions of how to find and correct both routine flute repair issues and those bizarre problems that defy identification for correction.

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Joe Butkevicius is the QC Supervisor / Altus Flute Specialist at KHS America in Mt. Juliet TN. For many years he has hosted clinics and served as a clinician for all types of NAPBIRT events including Annual Conferences, Regional Clinics and NAPBIRT University. Over the years he's consulted for many manufacturers and been sought out by top flutists worldwide for service. Joe served as NAPBIRT's Vice-President and is the Music Director in his church.

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This clinic is a walk-through of the asset center for Brook Mays Music Company. This is not about how to keep your work area clean, but specifically organizing your parts and tools. These organized areas did not happen overnight - it has taken years to develop and perfect these ideas. As the shop continues to grow, so will the need for more organization. The tour will consist of ideas that will help stop wasting time looking for parts and tools.

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John Butler attended the Western Iowa Tech band instrument repair program after high school graduation. He left the program early to begin on the job training at Brook Mays Music Company on June 4, 1979. After working in repair shops with more experienced techs, he was given the opportunity to manage his own shop, working at the bench, doing brass and woodwind repairs.

In 2001, he began training other repair technicians and managing the rental fleet of the company. In that time, he has built or rebuilt twelve repair shops, each time learning more on how to maximize floor space and organize a shop for one or multiple repair technicians.

John's experience and willingness to share his knowledge has been especially helpful with new repair technicians with finding the parts and tools they require for any job without having to constantly ask where parts and tools are located.

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Oboes. Sounds like a breakfast cereal doesn't it? Cute little chocolate circles with silvery sugar sprinkles on top? You can react one of two ways when a student brings in one of these sweet treats into the shop and says those magic words "My instrument is broke." You can recoil in terror at the possibility of a diabetic seizure, or you can smile and say "No problem."

The main entrée of the clinic is built around student oboes and the flavors of these little amusé bouche. We will discuss the starter intricacies of installing donut cork pads, key material ingredients, different adjustment recipes in the proper order of mixing and the final garnish of playtesting.

What happens when you forget the water bath and the top opens up like an overbaked cheesecake? No problem. We will have a dessert discussion of crack repair and troubleshooting problem areas of tuning. Wine pairings are always recommended!

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Melody Choplin is a 1991 graduate of Red Wing Technical College and holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Oboe. She has worked as a technician and shop foreman for Pearson Music and Duncan Music Companies. She is well known throughout North Carolina as a highly skilled technician in both woodwinds and brasses.

Melody was the first repair specialist and instructor at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and held that position for over a decade. While there, she developed a comprehensive repair curriculum for band and orchestra directors. Her classes and clinics on instrument repair are designed to help music directors deal with day-to-day repair problems as well as maintenance, troubleshooting and how to work with repair technicians. She also worked with students as apprentices and helped launch their careers in the repair field. In 2013, she published a book on repair called, "Stuff Band Directors Need to Know", which is used as a text book as well as a resource for music educators.

Melody is a long time NAPBIRT member, clinician and is the current Region 2 Director. She owns and operates her own repair shop, Carolina Wind and Brass Repair in Clemmons, NC, and is an active performer in the community, playing with several groups. She continues to study, improving and adding to her skill set of repair. Melody lives with her husband and a rescue mutt or two.

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This clinic will go through different techniques for diagnosing damaged key hinges and refitting keys effectively and efficiently. We will also go through many materials for silencing keys against the body and articulation points. Focusing on the keywork of flutes and double reeds, we will look at specific problems and following an order of operations to find solutions. Throughout the presentation, we will talk about tool making materials and silencing materials to geek out about. Time permitting, some instruction on making simple tools will be included.

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Hailing from St. Paul, MN, Brian DeGayner graduated from MN State Southeast in Red Wing with a diploma in Band Instrument Repair in 2016. He worked for Twin Cities Instrument Repair for two years before joining the repair staff at Midwest Musical Imports, focusing on flute and double reeds. A frequent visitor to the students in Red Wing, he also serves on the Band Instrument Repair program's Advisory Committee and recently presented on double reeds and silver soldering at a regional clinic. Brian has his Straubinger Certification and plans on continuing his education with more hands-on training in the future. He enjoys spending his free time on the north shore of Lake Superior with his wife, Kelsey.

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I learned to braze (hard or silver solder) as a part of my training as a jeweler. Most technicians learn soft soldering first and then learn how to silver solder and there are many differences between the two.

Preparation is the key to success in brazing. I will discuss surface preparation, material selections and how to make a jig to help you get the best contact and how to make the solder flow to make strong braze joints.

My session will feature a live demo of how to braze using a jewelers pick, as well as various videos and photos to illustrate the finer points of brace and jig structure to help you minimize possible errors in your work.

We will discuss finishing, in addition to cleaning up flux residue. This will include tumbling, planishing and other mechanical means used to restore the original hardness to your finished work.

If time allows, we may discuss specific issues that you have questions about. We may also cover how other specific silversmithing techniques (raising, sinking, planishing) relates to dent work or metal finishing & patination.

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Kiki Hastings is a former Goldsmith/Silversmith, trained at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. She has worked in various repair shops in Canada over the Last 10 years and Studied Repair at Renton Tech near Seattle, WA. Kiki loves to talk shop about repair, science fiction and urban organic farming. She is currently living and working in Toronto with her partner, Michael, and her rescue dog, Bert, who naps a lot.

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The basics of cleaning brass instruments can be very quickly learned, but the nuances are endless. This clinic will be an open discussion of the more refined cleaning techniques learned through experience. Topics will include but are not limited to:

• Reactions of various materials to cleaning solutions
• How to preserve the finish of instruments during the cleaning process
• Final polishing techniques
• How to manage time against cost (in a non-specific way) when cleaning
• Possible adjustments of equipment to adapt to special circumstances

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Nathan Hauser began his second round of employment with The Music Shoppe as a brass technician in July 2013. Before this he worked at a shop in Athens, GA, after attending graduate school for two years. He was initially trained as a woodwind repair technician by his father, David, in Conyers, GA and was introduced to brass repair by Jay Wright while employed at the Normal, IL location of The Music Shoppe in 2007. He has a wife, Amy, and two daughters, Alice and Coraline.

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There are a lot of reasons to learn how to do string repair. In this clinic, we'll discuss what those reasons are and why even a band instrument only repair shop should still have someone with a basic knowledge of string repair. Having a string technician in your shop can be beneficial for your local school orchestra programs, your rental fleet maintenance, your general string students taking lessons at your store and the growth of your business.

This clinic is geared toward the BIR tech with little-to-no string repair experience. We will discuss the nomenclature and purposes of the various parts of string instrument anatomy, a general list of tools for a beginning string shop and how to do the most common repairs on customer instruments and store rental fleet maintenance.

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Dan Hildebrandt wants to do everything. He wants to repair, teach, perform and dance the dance of life. As the general manager of Bridgepoint Music in Menlo Park, CA, he strives to cultivate the most welcoming and helpful service and atmosphere for his customers and co-workers. Since graduating from the Band Instrument Repair program at Minnesota State College Southeast Technical in 2012, Daniel has gained experience fixing brass, woodwind, orchestral, and fretted string instruments and has had the pleasure of studying various bow and fretted/orchestral string repairs with Kevin Dennison, Tessa Meis, and Sam Guidry. Daniel has been an active NAPBIRT member since 2012.

In his life outside of music retail, Daniel can regularly be found performing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since he started playing the bass guitar in high school, he has performed in 27 states, Japan, and has recorded on over a dozen professionally released recordings, including a #1 chart topper in Osaka, Japan.

Daniel has an adorable cat named Huckleberry and his favorite comic book character is Howard the Duck.

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The premise of this clinic is to discuss the thought processes we go through when setting up an instrument. For me this thought process extends beyond just making a pad close, which I term as "pad seating theory". The inspiration for this clinic came from discussions I had with one of our professors here at LSU, Deb Chodacki, who is our clarinet teacher. Given the opportunity I like installing non-traditional pads, especially in clarinets. Her preference is mostly felt based. During the course of our discussions it occurred to me much of what we try to get out of an instrument in terms of performance is based on our philosophy of what we want it to do and not all of these philosophies match. What is more important ... maximum seal, firm feel, soft feel, tuning, color, comfort of playing etc. We will explore different setups and philosophies of padding on several woodwind instruments and discuss the differences in approach that each one brings.

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Steve Koivisto has been repairing musical instruments since his apprenticeship with the King Band Instrument Repair Service in Atlanta in 1985. Since then, he has served as shop manager for several companies, including Mississippi Music, Musician Supply and various music and arts centers before opening Palmetto Musical Instrument Repair. This shop worked in close association with Pecknel Music, South CarolinaÆs oldest and largest music company. Through Palmetto Repair, he established a professional custom instrument shop and maintained exclusive repair contracts with several school systems in South Carolina and Georgia, including the University of South Carolina, Newberry College, Claflin University, South Carolina State University, Augusta State University, Presbyterian College and Lander University.

Steve has been an active member of NAPBIRT since 1994 and has served as a clinician for band directors learning instrument repair throughout South Carolina. He's a Straubinger Certified flute technician and has been cited by the Vermont Guild of Flute-Making for outstanding work.

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In 2018 The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision overturned decades of precedent and threw out the rules for Sales Tax. By doing so, in a reckless and carless manner, SCOTUS ignored the US Constitution's clause protecting interstate commerce. Your business could already be liable for collecting taxes in states where you have no actual presence, just customers.

Sales tax is only the tip of the iceberg, as many states now are attempting to collect business taxes based on your sales into their state. All the previous rules that protected you from oppresive taxation and paperwork burden have been thrown out the window.

Everything you thought you knew about Sales Tax compliance is now obsolte. Come learn what you are doing that could put your business at risk. If you think you're so small you can fly under the radar, you're wrong. You can spend a lot of money and time on compliance, or you can prepare to join the fight to get Congress to put things right with new legislation.

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Ed Kraus is the president of Kraus Music Products Inc., a leading supplier of parts and supplies to the band repair industry. KMP is well known for it's unique pads, materials and synthetic valve washers which are used in repair shops and leading factories worldwide.

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As repair technicians, we are used to doing our best work at the bench. But what if you've been asked to step out from behind the bench to teach a clinic/workshop on instrument repair for band directors? Teaching clinics and workshops is not only a pathway to relationships with clients in the education world, it's also a great way to communicate knowledge about our profession, and hopefully cut down on those "What were they thinking?" repairs we see from well-meaning band directors.

This clinic will focus on how best to approach teaching workshops, "in-service" clinics, or even full semester classes. In our time here we will cover:

• What resources/tools do you need
• How best to build a repair kit for music educators
• Hands-on vs. handouts
• What repair techniques former students/current band directors find most useful
• How to organize a 2-hour clinic vs. an 8-hour or multi-day clinic

It is our hope that after today's clinic, you will see the benefit of teaching basic repairs to band directors, and feel confident in organizing your own music educator clinics!

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Ann MacMillan grew up in Garden City, KS and began her repair training just out of high school at Foster's Music Co. She continued repairing while pursuing a Bachelors of Music Education from Emporia State University, and at Brook Mays Music in Dallas while finishing a Master's degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas. Ann was hired to oversee the instrument repair shop for the UNT College of Music in 1997. Since starting at UNT, Ann has taught a basic instrument repair class every semester, which was split into separate brass and woodwind repair classes with the addition of Justin Cooper to the UNT repair staff.

In addition to her job as a full time tech and adjunct teacher at UNT, Ann has taught numerous band director repair clinics, repair classes, and in-service trainings in the North Texas area, Killen, TX, TMEA, and Aiken SC. She started a summer repair class for band directors at the Interlochen Arts Academy, where she works in the summers, and teaches repair classes as part of the Master's in Music Ed summer programs at SMU and UNT. Her favorite thing is when a student or workshop participant calls or emails with further repair questions!

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Justin Cooper joined the staff at the University of North Texas in 2010 where he serves as the brass instrument repair technician and adjunct professor for brass instrument repair. Since taking over the brass instrument repair class, he has had several students go on to pursue full time careers in BIR. Prior to working at UNT, Mr. Cooper was co-owner/operator of C & C Band Instrument Repair and worked as an educational representative for Saied Music Company, servicing school districts in southeast Oklahoma and north Texas.

In addition to his work at UNT Mr. Cooper is an active clinician, presenting repair clinics to music educators and students. He has presented over a dozen clinics at this point, ranging from one hour presentations to multi-day workshops. Most recently he presented a full day workshop for music educators at the Interlochen Arts Academy as part of their continuing education program.

Mr. Cooper received a B.M. in Performance (Trombone) from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and a Diploma in Band Instrument Repair from Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical.

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The focus of this clinic is to help repair technicians ensure music store sales staff acquire a higher level of knowledge surrounding wind musical instruments - how they are made, how they function, and how to handle them. This clinic will expand and enhance knowledge of musical instruments beyond the information contained in most product brochures. The outcome will be a trained counter person who is better able to address customer questions and concerns, and communicate better with the store's constituents: road representatives, the repair shop, band directors, students, parents, and professionals.

This clinic will also address the "what's", "how's", and "why's" of wind musical instruments. Building upon an understanding of how instruments actually work and how they are made, this clinic will teach the application and rationale behind the metals, plastics, woods, pads, adhesives, finishes, and other materials that are used to manufacture, assemble, and repair. This knowledge with then be applied to distinguishing in detail the differences among student, intermediate, and professional level instruments and to communicate with customers on how best to handle, assemble, lubricate, and maintain wind musical instruments and their finishes. Integrated into this clinic is how to avoid the common instrument-disabling mistakes students, parents, and educators make at home and at school.

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John Maddox holds his bachelor's degree in Trombone Performance from the University of South Florida. He then graduated from the Band Instrument Repair program at Minnesota State College Southeast in Red Wing in May 2012. John first worked for Fix This! Musical Instrument Repair in Chicago as a woodwind technician, repairing all saxophones, clarinets, and some overflow of brass. In 2013, John returned to the Twin Cities to open his own repair shop, Mad Dog Brass and Woodwind Repair, specializing in customizations and pro-level work.

Simultaneously, he divided his time to work at Southdale Instrument Repair where he repaired all flutes and trombones. When the business changed hands (becoming Twin Cities Instrument Repair), John's responsibilities changed to all saxophones, bass clarinets, and trombones. In 2016, he joined the repair staff at Davenport Repair within Schmitt Music.

Since 2013, John has served as a substitute instructor in Red Wing and has been an active member of BIR's Advisory Committee, conducting student assessments and recommending improvements to instruction and facilities. Through NAPBIRT, John has presented Regional Clinics on flute shimming techniques and on sourcing tools and supplies on a budget.

He joined the faculty of the MSC Southeast BIR program as a full-time instructor in 2018.

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Greg Beckwith is a graduate of the Red Wing band instrument repair program at MN State College SE. He has been teaching at Red Wing with John Huth and Lucas Pemberton since 2003. He has presented clinics and written articles for NAPBIRT. In addition, he has been a clinician for the International Horn Society, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and Minnesota Music Educators Association. Greg maintains a part time repair business at his home for area brass musicians and is also a part time professional horn player performing with various ensembles in Minnesota.

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Let's look at how we can use our unique tools to creatively solve repair issues, while relentlessly pursuing the fundamentals of metal manipulation.

How can we apply new techniques that will produce better results and help with technician longevity?

Is the dent machine only for taking out dents?

Micro rebounding.??? Whaaaattt?!?

We will cover other metal shaping possibilities and how "Observation of Effort" is your new best friend.



Scott Mandeville has played Euphonium in bands for over 45 years. As a student of both music and mechanics, Scott studied music at University and musical mechanics at Allied Repair School. He moved back to California and led the repair team at Northridge Music Center for 24 years.

In 2005, Scott purchased Tim's Music in Sacramento. Tim's has grown under Scott's leadership and currently serves over 250 schools throughout Northern California. Tim's Music has been awarded the distinctive "NAMM TOP 100" for 2018 & 2019. Scott has served as president of NAPBIRT and has served on the NAMM Board of Directors.

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This clinic is focused on assisting any repair tech, band director, band booster, or percussionist in repairing, maintaining, and manufacturing various percussion instruments and related accessories. In most percussion clinics, the basics of timpani, mallet keyboard instruments and snare drums are covered. We can do that, but I would like to show the various other repairs that can be added to your arsenal of repairs for your repair shop, thus giving you and your clients more options on repairing or repurposing their percussion equipment for keeping their programs going.

I will also show you the reasons why not every part or piece you need for a percussion repair needs to be purchased from a drum supplier. Many percussion parts and pieces needed for repair can be found at the local hardware, hobby, or fabric stores.

Stripped wing nuts or sleeves on a cymbal stand, re-wrap the color covering on a wood shell, re-head that tambourine, where to find that vibe belt quick, using a leveling tool for setting, measuring and ordering the correct timpani head, re-wrap any yarn or fur mallet. These are just a few of the many topics that will be covered.

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Aaron Moss teaches Instrument Repair at Cesar Chavez High School in Stockton California. He has a BA from Boise State University in General Music and a master's degree from Vander Cook College of Music in Music Education. A veteran teacher of 24 years, Aaron has been a high school band director, taught elementary and middle school music and is on his second year of teaching instrument repair as part of the California Technical Education program.

A percussionist at heart, he spent the early years of his career learning how everything percussion worked. Learning how to repair percussion instruments led Aaron to develop new and innovative ways to manufacture and improve on designs. In 2001, he wrote a drum repair manual that was used as part of the curriculum at both Boise State University and Vander Cook College of Music. In addition to his career in education, he has owned a small home-based percussion repair and manufacturing business for more than 25 years.

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Bassoons can have a wide variety of repair challenges. For most instrument repair shops, the bassoon is likely to be the least frequently seen instrument as well as the most different. Topics to be covered will include padding techniques, adjustments, U-tube sealing, body repair, tenons and sockets and the special needs of maple bodied wind instruments.

Bring your questions, problems and your experiences with bassoons and share them with your fellow techinicians.

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Chip Owen is now enjoying retirement after being employed at Fox Products for 50 years. During those years he has held supervisory positions in the bassoon padding department, the accessory and repair parts department, and the contrabassoon department, among other tasks. In addition, he also performed as contrabassoonist and third bassoonist in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra from 1980 to 2003.

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Congratulations! You got the job - band instrument repair technician. You made the decision to repair, went to repair school, graduated, interviewed and bench tested, and got that magic phone call! And here are 300 rental flutes or 100 rental trombones, 10 shelves of school instruments and you are the only repair tech in the shop. Or multiply those instruments by 5 and you are the new guy in a team of repair techs. How do you survive the first 6 months? How do you get through that first year? How do you go from surviving that first year out of that repair school to feeling confident in your work and thriving in your repair shop?

Do you feel like you are drowning? This clinic will provide answers from the perspective of a newer generation of technicians. We'll help you get from drowning to treading water to swimming with the dolphins. Secondary topics include professionalism, skill building, resources and many others. We will conduct a short question and answer at the end. Current employers are also encouraged to attend.

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Dawn Parker has been working for Mike Nye Instrument Repair in Tempe, AZ since 2017 as a woodwind technician. Dawn holds a master's degree from Arizona State University in Music Education. She taught in the Mesa Public School system in Mesa, AZ for 30 years, teaching Band, Jazz Band, Guitar and Chorus at both the Elementary and Junior High Levels. After retirement, Dawn attended Minnesota State College SE to study band instrument repair and graduated in May of 2016. In her spare time, she enjoys taking guitar lessons and playing oboe with various ensembles in the greater Phoenix area.

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Stephen Senseman began his repair training at Renton Technical College in 2016 following his graduation from University of South Florida. He then moved to Arizona and worked for Mike Nye Instrument Repair "Team Famous" while earning a Master's degree at Arizona State University. Stephen returned to the east coast and now works for Music Man in sunny West Palm Beach, Florida.

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How do we make the most of mechanical advantage in our approach to repairs? Knowledge and application of ergonomics can help us all do better repairs more efficiently no matter the size and strength of our frame or hands. Moving with awareness of long-term effects of motion also helps us have better sustainability and longevity in the field.

In this clinic we will explore how to work smarter for the goal of longevity and sustainability of the technician. We will explore specific techniques which can make possible repairs which, with smaller hands or frames, we might not otherwise be able to attain. We will briefly discuss the basic science behind mechanics of injury and the process of healing, to better avoid injury and heal more thoroughly. We will explore better mechanical advantage and ergonomics through posture, hand positions, shop design, habits, tool modifications, and tool designs. We will explore and practice specific stretches and exercises. These habits, tools, tips, and tricks make it easier on our hands and bodies as technicians and give us more techniques to access so that we can better serve our clients and have a healthier and longer potential career in BIR.

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Laurel Partin transitioned to musical instrument repair from being an innovative science educator and she carries rich experiences in biomedical research, cabinetry, musical performance and theatrical lighting design. In 2012, she stepped straight out of repair school at Renton Technical College into the opportunity of a direct mentorship with Scott Mandeville at Tim's Music in Sacramento, CA. The invaluable direct mentorship with Scott deepened and accelerated her approach to the craft.

Laurel is honored to have clients who seek her out for high-end woodwind repairs. She has managed the repair shop at Tim's Music for four years where they have moved into a gorgeous and spacious new facility where a few of the benches are committed to training and mentorship for developing technicians. They are committed to the full development technicians and to deepening the fine skill and concept sets for efficient and high-quality repair.

When not juggling repairs with shop management, you can find Laurel playing tenor sax, flute, clarinet, vox and French horn (and learning Bassoon) in various professional and community groups. She also swims, dives, hikes solo in the wilderness and practices TaiChi and BaGua.

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What to know about the low brass? They are our friend - not our enemy. We will discuss many aspects of low brass repair and how they may be different than their higher register cousins.

Topics to include: Cleaning, slides, dent removal, valves, patching, play conditions, overhauling and relacquering. Bring your low brass problems and solutions as well.

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Don Sawday began work in the instrument repair industry in 1986, sweeping floors for Larry Minick. In 1992, he began an apprenticeship with Rex Bullock and in 1994, he opened his own repair shop. While maintaining his own shop, he worked with Bob Malone (pre-Yamaha) doing assembly and finish work. In 2004 he also served as a warranty repair person for Boosey and Hawkes. He headed up the Jupiter Design Team in 2008 and developed the Quantum Marching Line, 1600i Trumpet, Flugelhorn and Euphonium.

In 2013, he joined Eastman Music Company in Product Development and Quality Improvement Manager, where he is now developing their low brass and French horn lines.

He still owns and maintains his shop, Sawday and Holmes Music, in Long Beach, CA.

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With over 40 years of repair experience and countless number of instruments that have come across my bench, there have been many times that I found standard tools and methods were not the solution for the repair at hand. From experience some of us find a way to deal with these impossible situations. It has been said "Necessity is the mother of invention". There are many repair tools that have been invented and have never been seen by our industry.

This clinic will be an opportunity to demonstrate and show the tools and methods that have arisen from those situations. This clinic will be more show and tell for all of us who have created solutions and tools for our craft. Bring tools you have created or ideas to share with others as I will also bring many tools that I have made for all to see.

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Wayne Tanabe has been associated with brass instrument repair for the past 36 years, and founded The Brass Bow repair shop in 1983. With his former company Chicago Brass Works, he has also built a line of custom handmade trumpets.

Widely recognized for his pioneering work in the field of brass instrument repair, he has served as a consultant for instrument design and development of components for various manufacturers. For the band instrument repair field, he has developed and refined the use of cryogenics, ultrasonic cleaning and magnetic dent removal.

Wayne is currently the Senior Technical Manager for Yamaha Artist Services in New York City and continues to be involved with repair as well as research and development of brass instruments and components.

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This clinic will explore the shimming of flute pads. Paper and mylar shims will be discussed with their impact on traditional flute pads, as well as professional pads such as Straubinger and Muramatsu. Photos and demonstrations will be used for clarification. The proper way to shim a pad will not be necessarily presented, but will be open for discussion with active audience participation.

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Bob Warfield has over 30 years experience repairing musical instruments. Trained at the Eastern School of Musical Instrument Repair in New Jersey, the 2 year school offered all aspects of woodwind and brass repair. In 1987, Bob decided to further his education and attended Millersville University where he obtained a bachelors degree in Industrial Technology education. Teaching proved to be an excellent choice but his true love remained repair of instruments.

Bob has worked for several music stores and started his business in 1999. Presently, he works for Music & Arts in Frederick and continues to repair at his home. As a member of NAPBIRT he continues to further his learning through conferences. Bob is also a certified Straubinger Pad technician. These pads are installed on professional handmade flutes and are very precise for sealing the toneholes.

Bob enjoys playing trombone professionally in the area. He has been a member of the Lyric Band of Hanover, the Hanover Symphony and the Spring Garden Band of York. Currently he is a member of the Hershey Symphony.

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In addition to our clinic lineup are Mentor Sessions. These open discussions are on one specific topic and are moderated by a topic leader with a great deal of experience on the selected subject. These sessions encourage participation by all those in attendance to ask questions, share thoughts and ideas and anything else related to the topic.

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This session will deal with all things clarinet. Bring along your questions, solutions, ideas, things that worked, things that didn't work. As long as it's about clarinets, we will discuss it.

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Jaime Hamner began apprenticing in band instrument repair in 2000 while in the Marine Corps Band. He was selected to become an Instrument Repair Technician in 2001 and attended the Instrument Repair School at Red Wing, MN. After his retirement from the Marine Corps in 2011, he continued to repair musical instruments in his home shop in Beaufort, SC.

Jaime has been a member of NAPBIRT since 2000 and has served on the Board of Directors since 2003. He served as the NAPBIRT President from 2013-2017. He is a NAPBIRT University Instructor and has presented numerous clinics at the Regional Level and Annual Conferences.

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