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BANJO   REPAIR SERVICES:

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZE & SET UP

 

Full service setup includes:
Head Tension, Bridge Upgrade, Bridge Shaping, Adjust and equalize coordinator rod and truss rod for alignment, String Action Adjustment, Bridge and Nut radius, Restring.

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Head Tension Equilibrate: 

 

Upgrades:  Student Instruments – Meet Educational Standards

 

Bridge : Replace or Refit

 

Tuning Issues:  Inspect – Locate Source

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Nut: Reshape, Radius, Notch, or Replace

 

New:  Set up, adjust-to-play, and tune new instruments

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5th String Peg :Tighten, or Replace with geared peg

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5th String Railroad Spikes

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Fingerboard: Reset,

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Fret Work - Dress High or worn frets, sharp fret edges

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Cracks and seams

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Resonator Repairs

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Vibrations: Inspection - Resolve 

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Hydration Issues –Dry wood: Re-hydrate and Set Up

 

Restring: Complete

 

Clean - Polish:  Instrument - Fingerboard

 

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MANDOLIN REPAIR SERVICES:

Full service setup includes:
Bridge location/position and setting, adjust

and  equalize  truss  rod  for  neck  to  body

alignment, String Action Adjustment, Bridge

and Nut radius, Tuning Gear service, restring.

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Nut: Reshape, Radius, Notch, or Replace

 

Neck:  Resets

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Upgrades:  Student Instruments – Meet Educational Standards

 

Bridge : Replace or Refit

 

Tuning Issues:  Inspect – Locate Source

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Fingerboard: Reset, Clean and restore woods

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Fret Work - Dress High or worn frets, sharp fret edges

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Cracks and seams

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Vibrations: Inspection - Resolve 

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Hydration Issues –Dry wood: Re-hydrate and Set Up

 

Restring: Complete

 

Clean - Polish:  Instrument - Fingerboard

 

 

 

DOBRO,  UKE,  DULCIMER  REPAIR SERVICES:

We can offer mostly the same on these

instruments similar to what we do with our Guitar

Services - Please see page of

Guitar Repair

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AUTOHARP  SERVICES

We have restored many auto-harps. It depends on availability of parts. It has a lot of strings so a full restring job is expensive, and not always necessary. If strings are too old or many are missing, a restring job makes them sound great again.

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Will quote upon inspection.

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Go To:

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Bluegrass - Folk Page

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Bluegrass -Folk Instrument Set Up  (Banjo - Mandolin - Uke )

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