Musikstudio "Soli Deo Gloria"

07/11/2025

Certainly true for saxophone, but just as true for all other instruments!

25/09/2025

Congrats to our oboe student Benjamin, who recently chose our beautifully restored Marigaux 901 oboe for his own. We look forward to hearing Benjamin grow on this instrument in the months and years to come!

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unseren Oboenschüler Benjamin, der sich kürzlich für unsere wunderschön restaurierte Marigaux 901 Oboe entschieden hat. Wir freuen uns darauf, Benjamin in den kommenden Monaten und Jahren auf diesem Instrument wachsen zu hören!

01/07/2025

A bittersweet weekend as we said goodbye to the Reimer Family.

Trina, Corey, Noah, Mia, Leah and Milo have been involved in the Jugendsinfonieorchester des Landkreises Kaiserslautern since its beginning, and also helped us to renovate and establish our Musikstudio in 2023. Leah plays violin and studies oboe with Dr. Reese, and has progressed exceptionally quickly.

Corey retired from the Air Force in June, and the Reimers must return to the US. Before they left, though, we took a short trip together to Paris, where Leah was able to try out some professional Lorée oboes at the Lorée - de Gourdon workshop. (Thanks to the De Gourdon team for their incredible hospitality!) We also sent the Reimers off with a beautiful and unique Lion's Head violin, a 1900 black beauty from Markneukirchen with a rosewood fingerboard and fittings.

We wish the Reiners the very best as they continue their adventure together!

27/06/2025

Woodwind instrument demonstrations at Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium, Kaiserslautern.

10/06/2025

Recent post by the Kaiserslautern county government regarding our recent Jugendsinfonieorchester des Landkreises Kaiserslautern concert, with some photos taken KMS photographer Andreas Neigel!

24/05/2025

On the workbench this week: a professional Marigaux 901 full-conservatory oboe from the 1970s!

This instrument arrived from France in rough but servicable shape, but with some signifigant pitting of the silver keys. I did a full overhaul, which involved disassembling the oboe, cleaning the body, buffing/polishing the keys, then replacing springs, corks and pads. You can follow me step by step through the restoration process in the photos and captions.

This project turned out very well; this oboe looks great, plays like new, and is ready to make many years of music with a new owner!

24/05/2025

JSOKL Concert coming up on June 5th!

Herzliche Einladung zum Junikonzert des Jugendsinfonieorchesters des Landkreises Kaiserslautern!

Konzert des Jugendsinfonieorchsters (YOKL)

21/05/2025

On the workbench this week: a German-system clarinet overhaul for our regional music school. During a woodwind overhaul, we take apart and thoroughly clean the instrument, carefully polish the keys, and re-plate any keys with damaged plating. Then we replace any broken springs, install new corks and pads, and regulate the mechanism. The result is a restored instrument that both looks great and plays like new.