When your instrument needs repair, Paige’s Music has the premier repair facility in the state ready and waiting to get your instrument back up and playing. Woodwind , brass, percussion, and string instruments are all covered in our state of the art facility. With our experienced staff, cutting edge tools and advanced machinery it’s easy to see why our repair facility offers the best repairs at the best prices.
Store Hours:
Monday – Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: Closed (pickup and drop off available)
Sunday: Closed
Repair Shop Phone:
317-577-3415 • 1-800-337-0471
Email: repair@paigesmusic.com
We offer free estimates, loaner instruments, and in most cases complete your repair in one week. And if you are a current rental customer or have an Annual Service Policy for your instrument, routine repairs and accidental damage are covered!
You can bring your instrument in for service during our regular store hours, or we can pick it up at one of the many schools we visit every week across Indiana. To arrange to have your instrument picked up at your school and schedule a loaner to be delivered please click here.
Have questions? Give us a call and we will be happy to help you get your instrument serviced and in top playing condition!
Your student’s grade and skill level depend on a good playing instrument, quality supplies, and helpful tips. Service Plus is the most convenient way to keep your student and their instrument playing their best.
If you’re interested in purchasing Service Plus for your instrument, please contact us.
Paige’s Music has always been an industry leader in cleaning and sanitizing musical instruments. In order to meet the cleaning and sanitation demands of our current times, and to offer some peace of mind for educators, students, and parents, Paige’s Music repair now has even more cleaning options to offer.
Great service! Not being a reed player myself, I call knowing nothing about anything, they quickly figure out what will fix my son’s instrument issues and then they make it happen. Super convenient for a busy mom!
~ Emily Jarvis
Great service. When we needed a service on my son’s trumpet, we were easily able to request a ticket and receive a loaner while his trumpet was out. They dropped off loaner at school and picked his up at school as well. We recently upgraded to a step up trumpet. My son is in love with it. Paige’s made the transaction easy to do.
~ Stephanie Buffum
I am so pleased with the service from Paige’s Music. I have been a high school band director for 24 years and I could choose to work through several other music stores. I choose Paige’s because of their quality service. When I need anything, Paige’s Music is there, and their road man delivers each week with a smile.
~ Tom Landrum, Director
Paige’s Music is by far the best music store I have ever dealt with. From a wonderful repair department to an outstanding sales team, I have never been disappointed in my interactions with them. They continue to serve our students and families well, giving top flight service at outstanding prices. I never recommend my students to go anywhere else for their musical needs.
~ Chris Wing, Director
A: Although we are willing to look at an instrument to determine if there is a temporary repair that can be done, most of the time we need to do a more thorough inspection. Our normal process is to check the instrument in so our technicians can make sure we address all of the issues that may be causing the instrument not to function properly.
A: In order to do a proper inspection, we check in each instrument and do a thorough inspection the following day to determine what is needed to bring your instrument back to its proper playing condition. We don’t charge for estimates, no work is done until an estimate is approved, and there is never an obligation to have any repairs done.
A: Since most of the cost involved in any repair is labor related, we really need to personally inspect your instrument to give you an accurate estimate. There is no charge for our technicians to look at your instrument and give you an estimate on repairs needed.
A: We do have a large inventory of loaner instruments available for our repair customers to use while your instrument is in our shop. These loaners are included with our rental program and Annual Service Policies or available for a small fee for our other customers.
A: We are always willing to work on individually owned instruments regardless of where they were purchased. However, there are some brands and models that we do not have manufacturer support for and are unable to do repairs that require disassembly or extensive cleaning. There is no charge for us to look at your instrument and determine if we can offer repairs. We will contact you with an estimate before any work is completed.
A: You are always welcome to drop off your instrument during our normal store hours Monday through Friday 10-6 and Saturday 10-4. In most cases, we will check in it and give you a call with an estimate the following business day. We also make weekly visits to hundreds of schools across Indiana and can pick your instrument up and return it to the school typically in one week. You can check here on our website to see if we visit your school. Please call ahead of time if you’d like to have a loaner delivered.
E-mail: skinnard@paigesmusic.com
Position:Director of Repair Services
Start Date: November, 2017
Training or Education:
Studied Music Education at Indiana University
Where are you from originally:
Kokomo, IN
What instruments do you play:
Guitar, Dobro, Bass, Saxophone
What groups do/did you play with:
I have played for many original singer songwriters as well as several rock, blues, and jazz cover bands in central Indiana. I currently play guitar and dobro for Chris Wilson and the Heresy.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I like working with my hands and seeing a completed project once everything is done!
What is your most memorable musical experience:
I’ve had the privilege to play with a variety of artists in a variety of styles and venues. But probably the most memorable have been the opportunities for improvisation and spontaneous collaboration. Whether playing solos in jazz and blues bands or playing unrehearsed off the cuff songs live in the moment, I love those “high-wire without a net” moments. The exhilaration of an ensemble feeling its way together through a song, following a vocalist or instrumentalist lead, listening to each other and feeding of each other as a song takes shape, and improvising as a group.
E-mail: kchan@paigesmusic.com
Position:Woodwind Repair Coordinator/Woodwind Technician
Start Date: December 2018
BA in General Music and BS in Physics from the University of North Texas
Band Instrument Repair Diploma from Red Wing (Minnesota State College – Southeast)
Spent a year and a half as a repair technician in the Atlanta area
Where are you from originally:
Born in Hong Kong. Spent most of my life in Dallas, TX
What instruments do you play:
Clarinet primarily, but I’m slowly teaching myself flute and piano.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
It has always been my belief that the arts, not just limited to music, teaches us a discipline and learning process that can’t be gained anywhere else. I enjoy the idea that others get to experience learning an art form through my repair work. Not to mention how entertaining it is to see all the interesting things kids can do to their instruments!
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
While I was at Red Wing doing my repair training, I had to fix leak light systems as part of my work study. Many of them were simply blown fuses or dead bulbs that needed replacements and a small bit of electrical soldering, but there was one that had a loose connection which turned the entire housing of the circuitry conductive. Not knowing this, I went to plug in a new fuse with one hand while my other hand was holding the housing. Thankfully it was a very minor shock, but my instructor (and employer) probably had a bigger shock when I told him I was electrocuted.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
The memories that pop up most to me always include the people that I was making music with. Marching band competitions, performances, chamber rehearsals, jam sessions… whatever it is, the most memorable experiences are always the people I build connections with.
E-mail: sguyer@paigesmusic .com
Position: Brass Repair Tech.
Start Date: June 1, 1998
Training or Education:
Went to Redwing Technical school and studied instrument repair
Where are you from originally:
Danville, IN
What instruments do you play:
I am a Vocal Tenor
What groups do/did you play with:
Union Station Track Side Troop
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I like the hands on work of solving problems and making things look right again and play right again.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
I installed a trumpet bell on an old recording Violin in order to replace it’s original bell.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Seeing Simon and Garfunkel in concert together.
Position:
Stringed Instrument Repair Coordinator/Technician
E-mail: tmay@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: July 15, 1985
Training or Education:
Bachelor of Science in Music (Voice) and Stringed Instrument Technology: Indiana University 1985. Further repair training: Peter Horn, 1998; Bow making: University of New Hampshire Summer Institute, 2004.
Where are you from originally?
I was born in Columbus, Indiana. My family moved to Odessa, Texas when I was one year old. We lived there until my ninth grade year, at which time we moved to Corsicana, Texas for two years (freshman and sophomore years of high school). My junior year was spent back in Columbus, Indiana; and I finished off my senior year in North Vernon, Indiana. Indiana University happened after four years playing with real Tonka trucks in a crushed stone quarry in Jennings county, Indiana. IU was fun and interesting as a 21 year old freshman. Happily, the string technology degree program was there for me to begin a life’s work. At the present time, I am grudgingly growing up in Noblesville Indiana with my wife and watching my three kids surpass my understanding of the world in their various college endeavors.
What instruments do you play?
I play violin, viola, and cello: minimally. Stringed bass and guitar: preferably. I can play the piano the way I want to–not necessarily how classically trained pianists would choose to play, but it pleases me and suits my purpose. I still sing with gusto, and the ukelele is still just fun. Other instruments perhaps…I just haven’t had the opportunity to try yet.
What groups do/did you play with?
The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Edyvean Theater pit orchestra, Carmel Symphony, Elizaville Baptist Church orchestra and handbell choir, Noblesville Methodist Church Community theater and pit orchestra, Tipton Community theater.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician?
Repairing the violin family instruments. It is still a challenging and fullfilling vocation.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with?
Restoring two specific violins: one, which was sound fortified with rattlesnake rattles, and the second, on which the back, neck, and ribs were carved from a single solid piece of maple.
What is your most memorable musical experience?
The most memorable was a one month rehearsal and performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and The Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Robert Porco from Indiana University. The second most memorable is the season spent with the Carmel Symphony.
E-mail: wtincher@paigesmusic.com
Position: Repair Department Office Manager
Start Date: December 2010
Training or Education:
Indiana State University- Bachelor of Science in Music Business
Where are you from originally:
Terre Haute, IN
What instruments do you play:
Tuba, Euphonium, Trombone
What groups do/did you play with:
Indianapolis Symphonic Band, America’s Hometown Band, Henry County Community Band
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
Getting to witness first-hand the repair work done by my coworkers. It is amazing to me how they can make a (seemingly destroyed) instrument play again.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Days after the September 11th attacks, the city of Terre Haute called on the ISU Marching Sycamores to play a service. With a days’ notice, the whole band cleared their schedule to perform. It was the most emotional performance I have ever been a part of.
E-mail: sjohnson@paigesmusic.com
Position:Repair Department Office Assistant
Start Date: March 2024
Training or Education:
Bachelor of Musical Arts – Butler University, Master of Music in Horn Performance – Indiana University
Where are you from originally:
Fishers, IN
What instruments do you play:
French Horn
What groups do/did you play with:
During school, I played in the Fishers Marching Band and the symphonies and wind ensembles at Butler and IU. I have also previously played with the Indiana Wind Symphony and White River Wind Symphony.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
My favorite musical experiences all involve the people I got to play with. The top memories that come to mind are my final performance with my high school mellophone section, playing in the pit for the Butler Ballet, and playing the Britten War Requiem in the IU Philharmonic with 6 other French horn players. The connections you make with others are one of the most rewarding parts of playing music.
E-mail: kgillins@paigesmusic.com
Position: Brass Technician
Start Date: June 2022
Training or Education:
Bachelors of Music Education from Valparaiso University
Band Instrument Repair Diploma from Red Wing (Minnesota State College)
Where are you from originally:
Valparaiso, IN
What instruments do you play:
My primary instrument is actually my voice – bass/baritone, but I started in the 5th grade on alto saxophone. When the only tuba player in our small school band graduated, I switched to playing tuba, which I played thru college.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
Repairing instruments marries two things I enjoy in life—music and fixing things.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Working in NYC for many years, local artists would ask us for help in their works. I soldered 18 pots and pans to musical instruments which were then copper-plated and hung from giant chef’s rack. The piece is called “Soul food.”
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Travelling to Havana, Cuba on several occasions to repair instruments, set-up a shop and train local technicians.
E-mail: wcavaletto@paigesmusic.com
Position: Brass Technician
Training or Education:
Badger State Repair School
E-mail: djindracek@paigesmusic.com
Position: Brass Technician
Training or Education:
Band instrument Repair at Western Iowa Tech 2016
Where are you from originally:
Dunedin, FL
What instruments do you play:
French Horn, Trumpet
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Played mellophone with Colts Drum & Bugle Corps 2012-2015
E-mail: crhodes@paigesmusic.com
Position: Brass Technician
Training or Education:
Bachelor’s degree in music performance and master’s degree in music performance
Where are you from originally:
Indianapolis, Indiana
What instruments do you play:
Trombone, baritone, tuba
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Working on a bell that has been destroyed.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I like being able to help out my musician friends when they need a repair to continue doing what they love.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Getting to share the stage with Benny Golson.
E-mail: srichards@paigesmusic.com
Position: Brass Technician
Training or Education:
I graduated from Marian University in 2014 with bachelors degree in music education.
Where are you from originally:
I come from rural Jay County Indiana, somewhere between the cities of Bryant and Portland.
What instruments do you play:
Tuba
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I enjoy the challenges that every day seem to bring and learning how to deal with them.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Although I’ve not had to deal with anything too out of the ordinary yet, I’ve been warned by my coworkers that my day is coming…
E-mail: jvanderha@paigesmusic.com
Position: Brass Technician
Training or Education:
Apprenticed at The Windsmith in San Diego. Attended San Diego State University and Butler University for Music Performance. Graduated from Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical Red Wing studied Band Instrument Repair.
Where are you from originally:
Carlsbad, CA
What instruments do you play:
French Horn
What groups do/did you play with:
Currently I play with the Indianapolis Brass Choir, Kokomo Park Band and Kokomo Symphony. I am a sub with the Carmel Symphony and the Indiana Wind Symphony. I also freelanced in San Diego and Minnesota.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I enjoy being able to solve problems and making an instrument play better than when it came in.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
I was fortunate enough to listen to the Gewandhaus Orchestra play Beethoven 9 on New Year’s Eve in Leipzig, Germany. I also was able to hear Phil Meyers perform Mahler 5 when The New York Philharmonic played in Chicago.
E-mail: bparrott@paigesmusic.com
Position:String Technician
Start Date: June, 2017
Training or Education:
Graduated from Indiana University School of Music in 1999 with an A.S. in String Instrument Technology. Worked in Philadelphia at Paul Stevens Violins until 2000. Worked for Casa Del Sol Violins until I started working for myself as a full time violin maker in 2001.
Where are you from originally:
Franklin , IN
What instruments do you play:
Classical guitar, violin and a small amount of cello.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I enjoy helping an instrument play to its full potential which also helps the player reach their musical goals.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Most unusual would have to be the 18th century violin that had the top crushed from a falling bottle of water.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Listening to, and talking with Janos Starker about his cello in the shop. He also mentioned his classical guitar to me several times that was given to him by Andres Segovia.
E-mail: jchin@paigesmusic .com
Position: String Instrument Prep
Start Date: 2006-2009, December 2018
Training or Education:
Indiana University – 2003 AS in String Instrument Technology – 2004 BS in Biology and a Chemistry minor
Where are you from originally:
Indianapolis, IN
What instruments do you play:
My main instrument is viola, but I also play violin. I learned a little bit of cello for my degree requirements in college and played alto sax in high school.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
The skill level needed to do repairs. Sometimes you have to get a little creative when clamping.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
In my current position, I focus more on the major repairs in stock. I see the “accidents” done to string instruments.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Making my first violin.
E-mail: fwithrow@paigesmusic .com
Position: String Instrument Prep
Start Date: October 2010
Training or Education:
Studied string bass as a music performance major at Indiana State University and University of Indianapolis. Apprenticed in string repair with Eugene Crouse in South Bend, IN and Tom May at Paige’s Music.
Where are you from originally:
I was born in Elkhart, IN and grew up in South Bend, IN. I moved to Indianapolis in 1978.
What instruments do you play:
I play string bass and electric bass.
What groups do/did you play with:
I have been a professional musician for my entire adult life, primarily freelancing. I have been fortunate enough to play with most of the top musicians in the area.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I enjoy the entire process of making an instrument as attractive and playable as possible.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
I mostly address the simpler repairs on the instruments that cross my bench, deferring to Tom or Derek on the tougher cases. But it never ceases to amaze me what I might find inside a violin or cello…mostly items that don’t belong there…gum wrappers, etc.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
I had the good fortune to tour Japan for two weeks in 1999 with a really good big band out of Chicago.
E-mail: lfields@paigesmusic.com
Position: Woodwind Technician
E-mail: rgamache@paigesmusic.com
Position: Woodwind Technician
Start Date: August 2022
Training or Education:
Band instrument repair certificate from Western Iowa Tech
Where are you from originally:
New England
What instruments do you play:
Bari Sax
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
Being able to help musicians and students pursue the arts.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
A flute that had been left by the sea, to the point where it was solid green in color and smelled like a dirty ocean breeze
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Going to see my first live concert for a band I enjoyed in Austin
E-mail: sgrimes@paigesmusic.com
Position: woodwind repair technician
Start Date: June 30, 1993
Training or Education:
a few years of college, Band Instrument Repair course at Red Wing Tech- graduated class of ‘93
Where are you from originally:
Minneapolis Minnesota area
What instruments do you play:
Euphonium, trombone, voice
What groups do/did you play with:
Army Band experience: 74th Army Band, Ft. Benjamin Harrison; 2nd Infantry Division Band, Camp Casey, Korea; 34th Infantry Division Band- Minnesota Army National Guard, 38th I.D. National Guard Band, Indiana. Current member of Circle City Sound Barbershop Chorus, Indianapolis IN chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I like the variety I have repairing all the different woodwind instruments. Sometimes I’ll open a case, look at a horn, and think “How did they do that?” Performing normal maintenance is an important part of my job, but when there is damage done to the horn, I enjoy the challenge of making the horn play again.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
An old alto sax came into the shop with a crushed neck, and a new replacement neck was not available. One of our parts suppliers had an old neck blank (formed neck body) in stock. I was able to fabricate a replacement neck with the neck blank and the parts off the old neck. The customer was delighted to have the horn playing again. That repair was interesting, and challenging!
E-mail: shobson@paigesmusic.com
Position: Woodwind Repair Technician
Start Date: August 28, 1995
Training or Education:
BM Music Education, Jazz Studies minor–Ball Sate University, MM Saxophone performance, Jazz Dept., Graduate Assistant–University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Where are you from originally:
Brownsburg, Indiana
What instruments do you play:
tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, bari sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
What groups do/did you play with:
Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra (see indyjazz.org), Jimmy Dorsey and Guy Lombardo pickup gigs, various free-lance jobs with several bands over the years.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I love to fix things that are broken and to improve on them. I am very interested as to how things work (not just musical instruments).
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
I hate working on instruments that have cat urine on them. (Thankfully they are relatively rare.) I have also restored instruments that have been through fires.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
The times spent with my first saxophone teacher. He taught me much more than just music and always treated me as a member of his own family.
E-mail: dmontgomery@paigesmusic.com
Position: Woodwind Technician
Start Date: May 2019
Training or Education:
Bachelors in music business and music performance minor from Anderson university.
Where are you from originally:
Anderson, IN
What instruments do you play:
Saxophone, flute, and clarinet
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
There are so many unique problems that require you to try new things. It’s a constant learning experience.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
It’s amazing what you can find stuck in an instrument. I have found cleaning supplies, batteries, water bottles, parts from other instruments, but my favorite so far is the pair or shoes I pulled out of a sousaphone.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Going to the NAMM show in California and getting to meet so many instrument makers and innovators.
E-mail: nschroeder@paigesmusic.com
Position: Woodwind Technician
Training or Education:
BA in Jazz Studies from University of Northern Iowa, Apprenticed in first repair shop for 2 years
Where are you from originally:
Marion, Iowa
What instruments do you play:
Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Bass Guitar
What groups do/did you play with:
I still tour regionally and record with my band Wave Cage, and play occasionally with Jake Towe Band, GMH Big Band and Eric Baker here in Indy.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
Restoring old instruments is hard work, but it almost always very satisfying to see and play the final product. Also love working with customers and making sure they are totally happy with their instruments before we send them out the door!
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Coming from pro sax restoration shops, we’ve seen everything from horns found on the beach, in flooded basements, run over by cars, in house fires, etc. My most memorable repair would probably be a nice 1956 Selmer Mark VI tenor sax that had been swung around like a baseball bat and bent in half! Thankfully we got it up and running again and sounding quite good (despite the damage)!
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Too many to choose from! Generally I would say getting to travel to different states and countries to play music is always very memorable for me. The long travel days are worth it when you can connect with an audience you’ve never met before!
E-mail: nwarren@paigesmusic.com
Position:Woodwind Technician
Start Date: August, 2021
Training or Education:
Some training at Indiana State University. Then, two years at Western Iowa Tech Community College.
Where are you from originally:
Paris, IL
What instruments do you play:
Trombone, Voice
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
Being able to work with my hands, and finding new and creative ways of fixing instruments.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Most unusual, would have to be trying to chip away at a saxophone that was held together with JB weld.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Going to the Slippery Noodle in downtown Indy to see the band V-groove in college. I originally went as part of a class project, and had a chance to speak with the band members in-between sets. My group got an A on our project, and it’s still talked about today.
E-mail: arichards@paigesmusic.com
Position:Woodwind Apprentice
Start Date: January 2021
Training or Education:
Noblesville High school and onsite training
Where are you from originally:
Noblesville, IN
What instruments do you play:
Flute, Banjo, guitar, singer
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
Having to be creative to fix complicated cases.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
Inside of Case completely covered with dried oatmeal. It was like cement.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Paige’s Music came to my middle school to show instruments. I tried every instrument and none of them spoke to me. Then a woman had me try the flute and I was instantly hooked. Years later I got to meet her again here at Paige’s repair. It’s a small world.
E-mail: ajames@paigesmusic.com
Position: Percussion Technician
E-mail: bnellems@paigesmusic.com
Position: Final Prep Technician
Training or Education:
Bio coming
Where are you from originally:
What instruments do you play:
What groups do/did you play with:
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
What is your most memorable musical experience:
E-mail: astaten@paigesmusic.com
Position: Final Prep Technician
Training or Education:
Bio coming
Where are you from originally:
What instruments do you play:
What groups do/did you play with:
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
What is your most memorable musical experience:
E-mail: awilson@paigesmusic.com
Position: Final Prep Technician
Training or Education:
Bachelor of Science Indiana State University 1995
Where are you from originally:
Terre Haute, IN
What instruments do you play:
Tuba and bass trombone
What groups do/did you play with:
I marched three years with the Star of Indiana drum and bugle corps on Contrabass in the early 90’s.
What do you enjoy most about being a technician:
I enjoy the challenge that each instrument brings. It’s rewarding to help music makers of all ages pursue their passion.
What is the most unusual repair you’ve had to deal with:
I just recently worked on a huge tuba case that fell down a flight of stairs. There were some challenges getting it back up and running, but it all worked out in the end.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
My most memorable musical experience was having the opportunity to meet and interact with jazz legend JJ Johnson. He commissioned several arrangements for the Indiana State University Jazz Ensemble and we had three rehearsals under his guidance and leadership. It was truly a remarkable experience.
