Band Director Essentials
$46.05
$67.23
DescriptionIn this 12-week class, you will learn all of the essential tips and tricks you need to keep clarinet saxophone and flute students engaged in learning and playing in your ensemble with a high functioning instrument. Designed to help reduce the cost of repairs, and incentivize school districts to do small basic repairs ‘in house’ amongst their faculty, our short courses will give you the skills, confidence and ability to be of service to your classroom, campus and community of musicians who need small common repairs.Based on four years on Zoom classroom teaching, feedback and surveys, we have refined our approach to learning instrument repair – Leveraging the power of Canvas LMS we now provide learning at a pace everyone can achieve, allowing our students to watch the video and written content, submit assignments and attend Live Classes, One on One Lessons and Work-alongs as scheduled on the Canvas calendar throughout the course intake.Course includes: 6 private lessons and 4 work-alongs across the three instruments. – Clarinet, Saxophone & FlutePrivate lessons you will schedule with your instructorWork-Along time – Allows you to drop in and work at the same time as our master technicians and chatEach course is taught by multiple instructors which gives you the opportunity to learn from some of the the industries best master repair technicians.Enrolling in the a Course is Easy as our Enrollments are open for sign up any time. There are no refunds offered once you have been enrolled.Sign up 3 or more for this course together and receive a 20% discount. Ask one of our ambassadors for the discount coupon code to order from our site or contact us to help you register. No other discount offers apply or can be utilized in combination with this offer. Sign up for the course and you will be given all of the course content at once and can complete when it suits you within 12 monthsThe following is a list of supplies that will be sent when you enroll in the course. HOT MEL GLUE – 4 piecesALCOHOL LAMPSCREWDRIVERS-2 mm for saxophone and clarinet hinge rods-3 mm for saxophone and clarinet pivot screws-1.5mm for flute hinge rods-2.5mm for flute pivot screwsPAD SLICKPLIERSSHEET CORK 1/16 for tenon and key corks – 1 sheetSHEET CORK ASSORTMENT – 1 of each thicknessSTEEL RULE (in millimeters)CLARINET ASSEMBLY BOARDFLUTE ASSEMBLY BOARDSAXOPHONE ASSEMBLY BOARDLEAK LIGHTSAXOPHONE KEY LEVELING TOOLFLUTE HEAD CORKS (2)FLUTE TRILL KEY CORKS (2) – round disk – cut into 1/4’s and glue to spatulaFLUTE PAD SHIMS– .1mm (mixed diameters) – 50-.2mm (mixed diameters) – 50SAXOPHONE FELTS – bumpers and disks (5 of each size)From Home Depot or your local hardware store you will need to purchase:Razor Blades – single edge bladesDenatured Alcohol – 1 canButane – 1 canMicro Butane TorchQ-Tips – 1 large packageDAP Weldwood Contact Cement- 1 containerSmall soft paintbrush or toothbrush (bristles don’t matter) – flat bristled brushEmery cloth – 240 grit (for sanding tenon corks)Emery board – pack of 10, or similar (for sanding key corks)Cigarette paper – OCB un-gummed, or any brand with gummed edge cut offAnd finally you will need to come to class with a Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone you can work on!
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