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Leawood, Kansas, United States
Before deciding to become a Band Instrument Repair Tech, I studied music at Fort Hays State University (Hays, Kansas). I received my B.A. in music from them. There I studied Saxophone and Clarinet under Dr. Kristen Pisano. I also studied voice under Dr. Joe Perniciaro, and Jazz Improvisation under Brad Dawson. I am a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity, and I served as the FHSU chapter Vice President of Rituals. While in high school I earned many of my undergraduate hours at Barton County Community College. There I studied saxophone with Steven Lueth and piano with Karole Erickson. I also graduated with a diploma of Band Instrument Repair from Southeast Technical College in Red Wing, Minnesota in 2011.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

I handed in my clarinet today!!!!  It was a lot of work, but it plays great now!!!!

We started learning about flutes this week.  We started by disassembling and reassembling them.  Yesterday we learned about regulation of the flute.  The flute has five regulations.  We regulated our methods flutes, and then we learned how to get rid of lost motion in the keys.

Today we made a valve stem on the lathe.  We applied all the things we have learned about lathe work thus far into making them.  We had to face the ends, make it a specific length, face part of it to a smaller diameter, and drill, tap, and die threads on the ends. Later we will buff and lacquer them.

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