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Our instrument repair service
draws customers from the entire metro area, as well as western
Wisconsin. Many of our out-of-town customers bring or ship their
instruments in to be serviced by Jean Carey who has been repairing
instruments at Cadenza since 1977. Chuck Ullery, principal bassoonist
of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is among the regular repair
customers. Ullery says, "I impose on those guys all the time. Whenever
I'm panicked about my bassoon I just race in and they are so nice, and
so good! It's the best repair shop in town."
Cadenza Music now offers ultrasonic
instrument cleaning.
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Woodwind and Brass
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| Jean Carey, woodwind
specialist, apprenticed with Niles Gadbois at
his shop in South Minneapolis in 1975. In 1977 Jean agreed to come to
Cadenza and start our repair shop. Since then she has repaired
instruments for beginners, amateurs, members of the Minnesota
Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and both local and touring
professionals. She's straighened flutes that were sat on, and one that
was used to bean a little brother. She's pulled chemistry notes and
love letters out of tubas and saved many a recital or concert with last
minute repairs. A flute player herself, Jean looks for the same
precision in a bari sax as she does in a piccolo. Jean has developed a
well deserved reputation as a bassoon expert, and she gets bassoons in
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| Scott
Mims, a St. Paul native and Central High School graduate, played
sax in the University of Minnesota marching band before switching to
Red Wing Technical College. At Red Wing Scott studied brass repair with
Greg Beckwith and Ken Cance before joining the Cadenza repair shop in
May 2004. Scott showed an early aptitide for instrument repair which
his band teachers used to their advantage. Invariably, some instrument
always fails just before a concert, and Scott's teachers soon learned
that Scott was the kid with the knack for repair. |
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| Laurel
Chapman
graduated in May of 2005 from Southeast Technical
College (Red Wing) where she studied band instrument repair with Ken
Cance and Greg Beckwith. Prior to attending Red Wing, Laurel recieved a
Bachelor of Arts from Alma College in Alma, MI, majoring in studio art.
Laurel has played the tuba throughout high school and college, where
she was a section lead in the Kiltie Marching Band. She currently
performs with The Seward Community Band, subs with The Brass
Messengers, and played a purple sousaphone in the Heart of the Beast
May Day parade. |
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Strings
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Joe Kellerman, a graduate of
Minnesota Southeast Technical (Red Wing), studied guitar construction
and repair with Dave Vincent. To enhance his knowledge of stringed
instruments and their inner workings, he went on to study violin repair
and archtop lutherie with Lisbeth Nelson-Butler. Since he was very
young, Joe has had an interest in woodworking and a love for playing
guitar. He considers himself fortunate to have found a career that
encompasses both.
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| Andy Denny
graduated with honors in stringed instrument repair from Southeast
Technical College (Red Wing) where he studied violin with Lisbeth
Nelson-Butler. Andy’s also an award winning chef, taking
“Best Vegetarian Restaurant” honors three years in a row
for Rochester’s Back Room Deli, where he worked before attending
Southeast Technical. At this year’s state fair you’ll be
able to pick up a new cookbook based on using local produce, Minnesota
Home Grown, which has one of Andy’s recipes in it. Andy, his wife
Audra and their son Finn are apartment and school hunting as they
settle into the St. Paul lifestyle. |
