Steve Deutsch Woodwinds

Steve Deutsch Woodwind repairs and restores flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, and bassoons. Steve Deutsch also offers a woodwind repair apprenticeship. He also has classic restored instruments for sale. He’s one of 5 technicians in the US trained in advanced techniques necessary to repair Muramatsu flutes and the installation of their specially designed pads. Each instrument that comes his way presents a new set of problems. The challenge is to eliminate mechanical problems so that one can play with the confidence that musical thought will not be interfered with. Customers include Chico Freeman, Larry London (Berkeley Symphony), Hal Stein, Charles McNeal, Donna Viscuso, James Carter, Jay Spencer, Mary Cunningham (S.F. Symphony) and more