Windy's Winds

Windy’s Winds-Band Instrument Repair
"from piccolos to tubas since 1992"
Quality service guaranteed
Windy’s Winds is a musical instrument repair shop that services all wind instruments from piccolos to tubas. The shop is owned and operated by Windy Shaffer. Windy has been repairing wind instruments since 1992. She received her degree in band instrument repair from Red Wing Technical College, Red Wing Minnesota (1996).

Specializing in woodwinds and brass repairs, Windy especially enjoys working on double reed instruments and tubas. The shop repairs instruments to top playable condition.

Repairs include the following:

• Free Estimates
• Removing a stuck cleaning cloth or swab (free)
• Replacing tenon corks
• Replacing key corks
• Complete re-padding or single pad replacement
• Removing a stuck mouthpiece (free)
• Removing stuck tuning slides
• Soldering broken joints
• Repairing valve problems on brass instruments
• Adjustments to make most band instruments play more accurately

In shop services also involve chemically cleaning brass instruments using a three-step process. This chemical cleaning process can completely remove all lime and scale deposits that can cause “red-rot” (internal deterioration and permanent damage) on a brass instrument.

The focus is primarily on the play-ability of the instrument rather than cosmetic improvements. The shop does not do cosmetic work or re-lacquering. Minor dents that do not affect the proper function of the instrument are often not cost effective to fix since they do not alter tone quality.