Oboe Services    

Full Repad Service
WindWorks only uses cork pads for oboes. Some oboe manufacturers use white kid leather, Gotex or bladder pads for low C, B and Bb. We'll try to follow what the original manufacturer has put in.

• Cork Pads

Complete Clean, Oil & Adjustment Service
Recommended to send your oboe for this service once a year. It will keep your oboe in good playing condition and prevent any potential problem.

• Cleaning and oiling of wooden bodies

• Cleaning and oiling of mechanisms (keys, levers, springs, screws & rods)

• Polishing of keys & levers

• Replacement of worn out pads (especially trill keys and octave keys), as and when required

• Replacement of worn out regulation corks & bumper corks, as and when required

• Pad Reseating, as and when required

• Regulation of keys

Good Playing Conditioning Service
Like any woodwind instrument, the oboe will only work when all the parts and mechanism are working properly together.

• Cleaning and sealing of octave pits

• Repair of stuck keys/levers

• Repair of chipped tone holes/ tenons

• Replacement of broken springs

• Replacement of tenon corks

• Replacement of regulation screws

• Replacement of worn out /missing parts

• Key regulation/ key height adjustment

• Reseating of leaking pads

• Crack/ Surface check repair

• Readjustment of spring tension (too strong/weak)

• Tightening of loose keywork

• Tenon fitting (wood expansion, common problem in humid Singapore)

Ergonomic Related Service

• Repositioning of thumb rest

Cosmetic Service

• Buffing of keys, levers, rings and polishing of key posts

• Gold paint for trademark on bodies