Description
Purchase Flute Repair Course Levels 1 and 2 together for 20% off!
Designed for private lesson teachers, musicians who want to learn more about the care and maintenance of their instruments, and for those exploring becoming a master repair technician as a career option.
This course will teach you all the fundamentals of repair and you will learn how to do a proper Clean, Oil, Adjust service of a Closed hole Flute
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.
Level 1 includes: 4 Live Classes, 4 Private Lessons, 4 Work-Alongs.
Live Classes are held on Zoom, where each session will be recorded – These are Masterclass style lessons
Private lessons you will schedule with an instructor
Work-Along time – Allows you to drop in and work at the same time as our master technicians and chat
The times for these will be available on the Canvas Calendar. Live classes and Private Lessons will typically be on a Saturday 9-4pm CST and/or evenings 6-9pm based on our teacher availability.
Each course is taught by some of the industries’ best master repair technicians.
Our Level One courses – you have up to 6 months to participate in the course and submit assignments working towards your certificate. The course content will always be available to you. There are no refunds offered once you have been enrolled.
Enrolling in the a Course is Easy as our Enrolments are open for sign up in any of the listed months below
Open Enrolment Dates for 2026 – Sign up for your repair course and you will be enrolled – One of our team will be in contact with further information and we will send through your access to the course on Canvas LMS
Items included in our Flute Level 1 Kit:
Flat nose pliers
Screwdriver set: flat head, 2mm tip, & 3-4 mm tip, short length
Screwdriver: flat head, 2mm, medium length
Spring hook
Fine point tweezers
Key height gauge
Leak light, 10″
Pin vise and needle spring (needle tool)
Alcohol lamp
Pad slick (pad iron)
Silver polish cloth
Adjustment papers
Feeler gauge material, silver (.0005” thick) and amber (.001” thick)
Glue pellets
Zig glue pen
Key oil (light viscosity)
Pad cement
Pad shims, assortment of 16 sizes
Disk cork
Sheet cork, multiple thicknesses
(2) Flute head corks
(2) Felt disks, red, 11/16”
Felt sheet, white, multiple thicknesses
Flute pads, yellow bladder, .114”/2.9mm thickness in the following diameters:
- (2) 11.5 mm
- (2) 12 mm
- (2) 17 mm
- (3) 17.5 mm
- (3) 18 mm
- (3) 18.5 mm
- (3) 19 mm
- (2) 19.5 mm
- (2) 20 mm
From your local hardware store you will need to purchase:
Bench cover (silicone/Neotech mat, towel, cloth)
Web camera/cellphone (1080p) and downward-facing camera mount
Razor Blades – single edge blades
Q-Tips (cotton swabs) – 1 large package
DAP Weldwood Contact Cement – 1 container, with built-in brush inside cap
If contact cement container doesn’t include brush built into cap: flat bristled brush (small soft paintbrush or toothbrush, bristles don’t matter)
Emery cloth – 240 grit (for sanding key corks)
Drumstick or wooden dowel rod (for removing old head cork for replacement)
Cotton pipe cleaners
Cork grease
Credit card / Room key / Popsicle sticks (destroy-able)
Plastic scraper blade
E6000 adhesive – .18 oz mini tubes
JL Smith Pad Juice / 409 All purpose cleaner
Cotton cuticle tips / Toothpicks
Dawn dishsoap
Rubbing alcohol
Paraffin wax
Sandpaper – 400+ grit
Cigarette paper (OCB un-gummed, or any brand with gummed edge cut off)
Sharpie – dual tipped
Denatured alcohol – 1 can
Last but not least, you will need to come with your own instrument to work on – We recommend a flute that is in mostly playable condition and a closed hole flute so you can grow your skills quickly.
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