JUNE - JULY 2009
Welcome to my website. I'm a North Carolina flutist and a flute and piccolo repair technician.
I serve the flute community in the following ways:
1. I can work on your flute or piccolo to make it play, sound, and feel better. Please visit Repair Prices to learn how I improve your instrument, and feel free to read the References page to see what previous clients have said about my work. I do COA's (clean, oil, adjust-- a yearly service) repads and complete overhauls. I only work on a few instruments per week, so contact me to to find out what my work schedule is like. Please read this article if you would like to learn more about Checking Your Instrument's Condition .
2. I buy used flutes and piccolos, repair whatever needs work, and sell them. Customers buy these instruments from me because after I've worked on a used flute or piccolo, it plays, sounds, and feels as if it were of much higher quality.
I was trained to work on handmade flutes. I use these same techniques on the flutes I sell (mostly commercial Yamaha, Jupiter and Pearl instruments) and the results are astonishing. I like to imagine I take a "Volkswagon Beetle" and make a "BMW" out of it!
I offer a trial period and one year warranty on the instruments I sell. See Used Flutes and Used Piccolos to get an idea of prices and what I try to keep in stock.
My clients include professionals, college students, hobby players, adult and young beginners, and men and women who want to return to the flute after years away from music. So far, I've repaired or prepared instruments for flutists in 39 out of 50 of the United States, and also in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Italy and France.
Click here if you'd like to read more About Me and Flutestar, my flute and piccolo repair business.
Thank you for visiting my website. I'd be happy to hear from you via email with any comments or questions you may have.
Nancy Shinn
