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Clarinet Services

“Our clarinet services are designed to keep your instrument playing smoothly, sealing correctly, and responding consistently across its full range. Whether you play a student clarinet or a professional model, regular clarinet servicing helps preserve tone quality, tuning stability, and overall reliability.”

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Clarinet Services Woodwind Repairs - New Pads
Removal of old pads and replacing with new will give this clarinet a new lease of life.

Clarinet Services with Booths

As part of our clarinet services, the necessary keywork is carefully removed, allowing for a thorough cleaning and de-greasing of the body, tone hole rims, and key mechanisms. This process removes built-up residue that can affect pad sealing and airflow. Each key is individually inspected and cleaned to ensure it functions correctly and efficiently.

Clarinet pads are then checked for condition and seating. Where possible, pads can be revitalised, or replaced if worn or damaged. All corks and felts are inspected and renewed where necessary to ensure quiet, precise key movement and comfortable action. At this stage, we also assess the condition of the springs, replacing or adjusting them as needed to restore balanced and reliable key response.

Even Balance

Once prepared for reassembly, all rods, screws, pivot points, and moving components are lubricated, an essential step in ensuring smooth, quiet operation of the clarinet’s keywork. The keys are then refitted to the instrument, allowing us to assess pad seating and fine-tune individual spring tensions. Achieving an even balance across the entire key system is crucial for a consistent and confident playing experience.

A key element of our clarinet services is the regulation of the keywork. Many clarinet keys are designed to operate together, and precise regulation is essential to ensure they function in harmony. Careful balancing and adjustment ensure accurate sealing, dependable response, and improved intonation throughout the instrument’s range.

The Final Polish

Finally, each clarinet undergoes a pressure test and final polish, confirming that the instrument is airtight and performing as it should. The result is a clarinet that feels more responsive, plays more comfortably, and sounds clearer and more focused.

Recent Reviews

"My six year old flute was beginning to sound breathy and it was getting hard to play top notes clearly (I thought it was me). Tony serviced my flute last week. It sounds like a brand new flute! It sings again 🎶. Tony replaced a faulty key pad and sorted out the cork mechanism which was moving around. Thank you so much. I’ll be back again next year for its next service"
Alison Fieldhouse
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"Just visited the shop after my Flute had slightly broken the day before my Grade 7 exam! The folks there were lovely and reassuring that I would be able to get it fixed, and I did!! I can’t thank them enough for saving the day, especially Tony, and they even offered to do it free of charge! Fantastic people with a fantastic service. I am extremely grateful to them and cannot recommend the shop enough. Thank you!! 5 stars from me"
Laura Moss
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"I am writing to thank you for your repair of my clarinet that my mum brought in for repair. My son had his first lesson today in New York State. I am thrilled with your repair - it feels even better that when my parents bought it for me back in 1984!! My son is so excited to learn. Thanks! Zoe"
Zoe
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"It’s so great that we have this amazing music shop in Bolton. They do instrument repairs, they even repair oboes. Thank you so much to Tony for making such an effort to repair my oboe quickly in the middle of a stressful week. Such friendly, helpful staff."
Jackie Tomlinson
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Contact for Contact Services

Our clarinet services cover a wide range of instruments, including Bb clarinets, bass clarinets, and student or professional models. All servicing is carried out with expert care and attention to detail by our experienced workshop team. If you would like to enquire about clarinet services, repairs, or maintenance, please contact Booths Music for further information.

Instrument Repairs Enquiries

Simply enquire about an instrument repair by either phoning us on 01204 522908 or filling in the enquiry form below.

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Instrument repairs with the convenience of pick-up and return.

Pickup and return days are currently the mornings of Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the service is available for those in Bolton and its surrounding areas. Please click below for more information.

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