Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works

Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works Welcome to the Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works FB page. Serving the music community since 1991. Band instrument repair and restoration facility. Oberloh.

A full service brass and woodwind repair facility located in Seattle, Washington State. Established in 1991 by Repair Technician of over thirty-five years, Daniel C. Providing a vast array of brass and woodwind repair services, from the most basic of student instrument repairs and maintenance to the very complex, including parts fabrication and refinishing work.

07/31/2026

Another job completed and ready to ship.

Got the new lever springs hand wound and adjusted late yesterday, the bumper materials installed in the stop-arms, repla...
07/30/2026

Got the new lever springs hand wound and adjusted late yesterday, the bumper materials installed in the stop-arms, replacement stop-arm retaining screws rounded up and installed and the valve ports aligned. Still need to retrofit the "S" linkage end bushings for the wrist pin bearings on the eccentric collars, and make a replacrment pair of end nuts for the lever shaft that goes through the lever support bar but with all the time spent figuring, measuring, machining and fitting, I am not surprised that the project ate up most of my past week in the shop. There is a reasone most instrument repair shops have little interest in working on this stuff, they are way smarter then me and know how to say no, or they accept the project and will send it out, because they "know a guy".😐

Signed: A. Guy

Restoring a set of Walter Sear tuba rotors. Starting with making a replacement set of back bearing plates.
07/28/2026

Restoring a set of Walter Sear tuba rotors. Starting with making a replacement set of back bearing plates.

When your customer needs nickrlsilver stop-arm retaining screws and they have been out of stock since 1880. This is what...
07/28/2026

When your customer needs nickrlsilver stop-arm retaining screws and they have been out of stock since 1880. This is what a lathe is for. Now you know.

07/28/2026

A little late at making this update on the shops progress.

07/26/2026

I was truly shocked by the hundreds of comments and well over 300k views of the recent post I did in reference to the number of valve refits going on in the shop this summer. Sadly, there were many enquiries from interested indaviduals that logistical complications and economics deem it impossible for me to provide such services. The internet has shrunk the world but the restrictions of borders and distance remain unchanged. (sigh)

For a sense of scale, one of a set of very large (hollow) double rotors for an Alexander compensating F tuba c.1920 that...
07/23/2026

For a sense of scale, one of a set of very large (hollow) double rotors for an Alexander compensating F tuba c.1920 that I made for a long term project. Compared to a standard double French horn rotor. Big job.

07/21/2026

Repost from last year, the completed Courtois French c tenor tuba restoration project.

Fin

Continued posts from last year's restoration of an early 60s Courtois French c tenor tuba. In these images I touch on m...
07/21/2026

Continued posts from last year's restoration of an early 60s Courtois French c tenor tuba. In these images I touch on making a replacement leadpipe assembly and remaking replacement top valve cap and refacing the other original eleven. Final pic taken just prior to silver plating.

Repost of some cool pics, taken of the very involved restoration of a Courtois French c tenor tuba restoration i complet...
07/21/2026

Repost of some cool pics, taken of the very involved restoration of a Courtois French c tenor tuba restoration i completed early last year.

Address

958 N 127th St, # A
Seattle, WA
98133-8031

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 6pm
Tuesday 2pm - 6pm
Wednesday 2pm - 6pm
Thursday 2pm - 6pm
Friday 2pm - 6pm
Saturday 2pm - 6pm

Telephone

+12062415767

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