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French Horn Repair

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I offer the following services for French Horn repairs:

  • Repairs to dents in the body and mouthpiece
  • Repairs to stuck valve caps, mouthpieces, and slides
  • Repairs to loose valves and bearing plates
  • Repairs to bent or damaged valves
  • Repairs to loose or broken solder joints
  • Patching of torn brass or nickel silver on the tubes or bell
  • Replacement of worn or broken valve and water key springs
  • Replacement of leadpipes and other worn parts

I offer the following maintenance services for the French horn:

  • Chemical cleaning
  • Porting of valves
  • Lubrication of valves and slides
  • Polishing of silverplated instruments and mouthpieces
  • Restringing of rotor valves

I offer free estimates.  Other services are available.  Contact me with any questions you may have.

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  • Kathryn Greenbank

    "Cindy Budd has been repairing my oboes since 2002.  Her work is excellent and she is a treasure to have so near by.  I would recommend her work to everyone."

    Kathryn Greenbank

    Principal Oboe

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

  • Tim Paradise

    "I have been so fortunate to be able to depend on Cindy Budd for all of the repairs my clarinets have needed over the last several years.  She is a craftsperson of the highest order.  She is intelligent and diligent, and has a real talent for solving mechanical problems.  I would recommend her work to any woodwind player of any major orchestra in the country."


    Tim Paradise

    Retired Principal Clarinet

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

  • Julie Gramolini Williams

    "I have brought my oboes and English horn to Cindy for several years and I know I can always trust her to properly diagnose and fix any problems that arise.  She is a pleasure to work with and I always walk away happy with how my instruments play.  I highly recommend Cindy to oboists of every level."

    Julie Gramolini Williams

    Oboe

    Minnesota Orchestra

  • John Snow

    "I have gone to Cindy Budd for all of my cleaning and repair work since I came to town in 2000.  Cindy is highly skilled, experienced, and thorough with her work and I always walk away with complete satisfaction.  Her work is beautiful and her crack work is some of the finest I have ever seen." 

    John Snow

    Associate Principal Oboe

    Minnesota Orchestra

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Professional Member

National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians

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Contributing Member

International Double Reed Society

 

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Member

Hopkins Westwind Concert Band

 

 

Graduate

Band Instrument Repair Program

Cindy Budd

Professional Wind Instrument Repair

7925 West 25th Street

Saint Louis Park, MN 55426

952-544-6061

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