Maintenance
& Repair
A trained Burkart craftsperson understands your instrument.
Routine maintenance is recommended to protect your investment over its long life. We recommend a routine Clean, Oil, and Adjust (COA) service performed by an Authorized Burkart Repair Center, every 12 to 18 months. An overhaul can return your instrument to factory standards, and should be considered once an instrument has seen extensive usage over several years.
Please note, shipping is not included in any warranty or maintenance services. For all services, shipping charges to and from the Burkart workshop or the Burkart Repair Center must be paid for by the owner.
A completed insurance waiver form must be received prior to your instrument service. We strongly recommend insuring your instrument before shipping. An insurance waiver form will be sent to you after your initial service request has been received.
Please note: As of May 2024, our repair prices have changed. Please check below for updated pricing.
Piccolo Services
Hourly Work ($125)
Adjustments and other work can be billed at an hourly rate of $125. An additional rush fee of $150 will be applied to emergency repairs.
Clean, Oil, and Adjust ($450)
- Removal of dust and fingerprints from body and keys (does not remove tarnish)
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearings.
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- Adjust play in trill, right hand and left hand rods
- Re-seat and adjust pads as needed
- Replacement of up to 3 pads included (additional pads billed at $25/pad)
- Replace loose or questionable felts and corks
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Check headjoint cork and replace as needed
- Clean pad skin surface
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
Repad, Includes COA ($800)
- Removal of dust and fingerprints from body and keys (does not remove tarnish)
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearings.
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- Adjust play in trill, right hand and left hand rods
- Replace loose or questionable felts and corks
- Replacement of all pads
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Check headjoint cork and replace as needed
- Clean pad skin surface
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
Overhaul ($1300)
- Removal of play in all keys, roller, rods
- Cosmetic repair of dents, scratches
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearing
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- External cleaning and machine polish of body parts and keys
(removing all tarnish) - Replacement of all pads, corks and felts, and headjoint cork
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
- Wipe down finger prints on entire instrument
Warranty Check (No Charge)
A warranty check is free of charge if a piccolo is purchased directly from Burkart and work is performed within one year of the purchase date. Although adjustments are free, the customer is responsible for shipping charges to and from our workshop.
For new instrument purchases made through a reseller, please contact your dealer directly for specific warranty information.
Flute Services
Hourly Work ($125)
Adjustments and other work can be billed at an hourly rate of $125. An additional rush fee of $150 will be applied to emergency repairs.
Clean, Oil, and Adjust ($550)
- Removal of dust and fingerprints from body and keys (does not remove tarnish)
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearings.
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- Re-seat and adjust pads as needed
- Replacement of up to 3 pads included (additional pads billed at $35/pad)
- Replace loose or questionable felts and corks
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Check headjoint cork and replace as needed
- Clean pad skin surface
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
Repad, Includes COA ($1200)
- Removal of dust and fingerprints from body and keys (does not remove tarnish)
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearings.
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- Replace loose or questionable felts and corks
- Replacement of all pads and headjoint cork
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Clean pad skin surface
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
Overhaul, Silver Mechanism ($2000)
- Removal of play in all keys, roller, rods
- Cosmetic repair of dents, scratches
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearings.
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- External cleaning and machine polish of body parts and keys (removing all tarnish)
- Replacement of all pads, corks and felts, and headjoint cork
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
Overhaul, Gold Mechanism ($2500)
- Removal of play in all keys, roller, rods
- Cosmetic repair of dents, scratches
- Clean inside of all key tubing, posts and bearings.
- Reassemble with new lubricant
- External cleaning and machine polish of body parts and keys (removing all tarnish)
- Replacement of all pads, corks and felts, and headjoint cork
- Regulate key action and check tenon fit and adjust as needed
- Complete play testing
- Check fit of instrument in case and re-block as needed
- Remove dust from case and check latches
Warranty Check (No Charge)
A warranty check is free of charge if a flute is purchased directly from Burkart and work is performed within one year of the purchase date. Although adjustments are free, the customer is responsible for shipping charges to and from our workshop.
For new instrument purchases made through a reseller, please contact your dealer directly for specific warranty information.
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SCHEDULE YOUR REPAIR
repair
CENTERS
Should you prefer to send your instrument to a repair center located closer to your geographic location, or in the event that the Burkart workshop is not able to accommodate your preferred timing for your repair, please contact one of the following qualified Burkart Repair Centers. Each repair center is operated by a technician with years of repair experience and extensive training at our workshop.
Repair Center East
Rachael Carlson-Simon
(513) 479-4438
theflutemechanic@gmail.com
Repair Center Midwest
Timothy Bower
flutemantim@icloud.com
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new repair clients*