Band & Orchestra

REPAIR SHOP HOURS:

Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5:30pm

Eastside Music has one of the largest band instrument service shops in the Portland-Metro area. Our technicians are highly experienced and take pride in doing quality work for our customers. Bring your instrument in for a free estimate today! If you have an old brass or woodwind instrument that needs attention, we are here to help. In addition to the quality of our work, we offer quick turnaround times so you can get to playing again as soon as possible!

Current turnaround time:

• < 1 week for smaller sized services,

• 1-2 weeks for mid-to-large services

• Overhauls available on a limited basis. Call and ask for Jake to schedule yours!

(if we complete it sooner, we will call you as soon as it’s ready!)

[NEW!] Orchestral Services

Call and ask for Cecil regarding orchestral string instrument repair. Again, we do not charge for estimates so just stop on by with your instrument!

• Basic bridge fitting + placement

• Enhanced bridge fitting + placement

• Fingerboard resetting

• Soundpost fitment + placement

• Restring

• Full cleaning (body, fingerboard treatment, case cleaning)

[COMING SOON!]

• Seam glue/repair

General Restringing Services:

All restrings will include a basic wipe-down of the instrument and conditioning of the fingerboard. All restrings are to be completed by end of the following business day. Emergency (same-day) restrings will add an extra $10 to the cost and are only available at the discretion of the tech.

[If a tech is unavailable on the due date due to unforeseen circumstances (out sick, etc.) you can choose to leave the instrument until they return or you may pick up your instrument, service not done. Any deposits will remain on your account as credit that will be applied at time of your rescheduled service]

• 4-string Ukulele (geared tuner, ball end): $30 + strings

• 4-string Ukulele (geared tuner, tie end): $35 + strings

• Mandolin (loop end): $35 + strings

• 5-String Banjo (loop end): $35 + strings

• Violin/Viola: $35 + strings

• Cello: $45 + strings

• 6-string Guitar (nylon, tie end): $40 + strings

• 6-string Guitar (steel, ball end): $35 + strings

• 12-string Guitar (steel, ball end): $50 + strings

• 4-string Bass (steel, ball end): $35 + strings

At this time, we require strings to be purchased here in store with limited exceptions.

We must inspect your instrument before agreeing to restring due to the variance in condition of instruments we’ve encountered.

We appreciate your understanding.

Meet the Repair Staff!

Jake is the Lead Band Instrument Repair Technician at Eastside Music. We are proud to have Jake working with us and his skills are among the best we've seen! Jake graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in saxophone performance and then got a certificate in band instrument repair at Renton Technical College. He later relocated to Elkhart, Indiana to work for the famous Conn-Selmer Company where he held the positions of Master Instrument Technician and Returned Goods Coordinator. While at CS Jake was also the lead technician on the Saxophone Development team. Jake eventually settled back in the Pacific Northwest where he worked at a local shop before coming to join the Eastside team early in 2025. We are excited to continue working with Jake and we encourage anyone who takes their woodwind and brass playing experience seriously to consider having Jake work on you instruments next. Outside of Eastside Jake is a regularly performing around the PNW with rock bands, chamber music groups, musical theater companies, jazz bands, and the Portland Wind Symphony. 

Dorian has worked for Eastside Music as our Lead Tech for over 30 years! Recently, Dorian went into semi-retirement and now lives part of each year in the Philippines with his family but we are very happy to have him still with us each Friday while he is here in Oregon.

Dorian is one of the most rounded and handy techs we’ve had the pleasure of working with. If there’s a job you’re not sure about or that seems too confusing to get through, there’s a good chance Dorian is the one who can get it done.

We are very lucky to have Dorian’s wealth of knowledge of repair and all things musical instruments and if you get the chance, you should have him work on your instrument!