Best slide techs? (U.S.)

[TomInME]

I've got a Bach 50 nickel slide that I'm considering resurrecting, but it needs a pro. Any recommendations? It had some significant dings which were taken out but it's still only about a 5.5/10 with fresh Yamasnot, so alignment may also be an issue.

[harrisonreed]

Dick Hansen in Brimfield MA is awesome. Studied with Minick. He repaired one of my slides.

Scott Sweeney just repaired my 3B slide. I almost don't want to recommend him ... Because I don't want his shop filling up with other people's work and getting in the way of the other repairs I want to send his way... He did a great job.

[chobone]

Another thumbs up for Scott Sweeney in Raleigh, very skilled in repairing and modding and is a great musician himself.

[Posaunus]

Tom,

If you are in Maine, Osmun Music in Acton, MA has always done great repair work, including trombone slides.

I'm in southern California, so I take my most challenging slide work to Bruce Belo in Anaheim.

[harrisonreed]

Sweeney allows you to mail your stuff to him and is very fast. Hansen is relatively close to you as well

[GabrielRice]

If you are in Maine, Osmun Music in Acton, MA has always done great repair work, including trombone slides.

Osmun's repair techs have moved on. Jim Becker now works for Yamaha, and Jim Engele has opened a shop in Nashua, NH. Bob Osmun was a great repair technician back in the day, but what I hear is that he's getting ready to retire and sell the business.

[AtomicClock]

Osmun's repair techs have moved on.

Maybe so. But I got some excellent slide work from the new crew.

[GabrielRice]

Osmun's repair techs have moved on.

Maybe so. But I got some excellent slide work from the new crew.

How recently? A friend was in there just the other day, and Bob told him he was looking for a buyer for the business.

[AtomicClock]

October, I think. Seems like yesterday.

[GabrielRice]

October, I think. Seems like yesterday.

I think Jim Engele left since then.

[AtomicClock]

I don't remember her name, but Bob mentioned the tech's name when I picked it up. It wasn't Jim.

[flyingcow]

Maybe so. But I got some excellent slide work from the new crew.

How recently? A friend was in there just the other day, and Bob told him he was looking for a buyer for the business.

Bob just did some work on my 2b slide last week. It was just him in the shop. The work was predictably exquisite.

[Posaunus]

Bob Osmun is great, but he has earned a happy retirement. He must be~80 years old by now.

I played in a brass quintet with him in the early 1970s, as he was leaving Tottle and starting his own repair business. He deserves all the success he has had these past 50+ years!

[GabrielRice]

Bob Osmun is great, but he has earned a happy retirement. He must be~80 years old by now.

I played in a brass quintet with him in the early 1970s, as he was leaving Tottle and starting his own repair business. He deserves all the success he has had these past 50+ years!

Absolutely. He built something great there.

[Spemrick]

I just got a slide back from Jim Engele at New England brass Works in Nashua and can certainly vouch for his work. It turned out excellent.

[ssking2b]

The Slide Doctor does my work and it's always great!
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