Where to send uke for repait/tune up?

Lapyang · Oct 2, 2017

Hi everyone,

I just got a pre-fire Maui Music Soprano. The frets seem to be coming upwards a bit and the intonations are off somewhat. Some minor dings on the finish. I would like to have the uke tuned and dings repaired. I asked the original builder, Mr. Peter Lieberman for the repair but he told me to find someone local for small job like this.

I live in a Morgantown West Virginia. No local luthier. The closest big city is Pittsburgh(1.5 hour away). Anyone know of any good ukulele luthier will accept small jobs in Pittsburgh or someone I can mail my uke in US?

Thank you.

jer · Oct 4, 2017

You could call the repair department at Elderly Instruments in Michigan.
https://www.elderly.com/repair/repair.html
Direct phone number for quicker service: (517) 372-7898
I'm not sure who else to mention. I haven't ever sent an instrument to Elderly for repair, but I've dealt with them a lot over the years and had a very positive experience. If it were me, that's who I'd check with first if you have to ship it.

wildfire070 · Oct 4, 2017

Check with Jake Wildwood. He does great work. He's not close to West Virginia though, so you'd have to ship it. I'm not sure what his turnaround time is for out-of-state repairs, but if it's not major, then I don't think it would take long. Send him an email with some pics of your uke and see what he says.
https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com

actadh · Oct 4, 2017

I am in the Parkersburg area and my local CA House is pretty uke friendly and uke knowledgeable. They change the strings for me and install strap buttons on my ukes. Might want to give them a call.
https://www.cahousemusic.com/t-locations.aspx

valde002 · Oct 5, 2017

Lapyang said:
Hi everyone,

I just got a pre-fire Maui Music Soprano. The frets seem to be coming upwards a bit and the intonations are off somewhat. Some minor dings on the finish. I would like to have the uke tuned and dings repaired. I asked the original builder, Mr. Peter Lieberman for the repair but he told me to find someone local for small job like this.

I live in a Morgantown West Virginia. No local luthier. The closest big city is Pittsburgh(1.5 hour away). Anyone know of any good ukulele luthier will accept small jobs in Pittsburgh or someone I can mail my uke in US?

Thank you.

Boo to the builder. :wtf:

Michael N. · Oct 7, 2017

Why? Some builders (actually the majority) just aren't that good at repair. The absolute top notch instrument repairers in the world tend to just restore/repair, they don't build.

Lapyang · Oct 17, 2017

Thanks for all the suggestions everybody. Now I have some ideas where to start.

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