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Keith Bowen Bassoon Workshop
Maintain, Repair, Upgrade your Bassoon

300 NE 85th ST Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 523-4396

Repair and Maintenance
Annual Maintenance
Repadding
Customization
Repair
Restoration
Work Order
Shipping Instructions
New and used Bassoons
Accessories
Contact and Appointments
Home Tunning Bocal/Misc Body/Tenon Keys

Repairing your Bassoon

Bocal

Bocal cork

$15

Bocal split (note the bocal will never play the same but that can be an improvement)

$60

Bocal dents (charged by the hour) typical

$25

Rebuild U-tube bracket assembly

$40

Replace pivot screw with an oversized one

$5

Replace a key arbor

$5-$35

Recork tenons (cork gives more freedom in the sound).

$60

Restring tenons (string helps protect tenons from breakage).

$60

Treat bore (Heavy oiling, adding weight to the sound and protection for the wood. Recommended for aging bassoons and some new instruments). Allow ten days.

$200