Nov. 4—The faint sounds of a tuba playing the songs of German composer Richard Wagner could be heard Monday through the halls of the Albuquerque Public Schools' Lincoln Complex. Chris Smith was ...

Tim Adelson spends his workdays repairing musical instruments for students across the Clark County School District. The reason he does it? He wants to ensure more students stay in music programs. “It ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Have you ever wondered what happens to a flute, a trombone, or a violin when it goes kaput? Now introducing instrument repair technicians, or perhaps they should be called ...

"The Last Repair Shop," a film following a team of four people who repair and maintain instruments used by students in Los Angeles Unified School District music classes, won the Oscar for best ...

After so many dents, dings, scratches and scuffs, it’s hard to imagine music sounding from a trumpet that looks like a twisted piece of brass. Daniel Parker, CEO and President of the Colorado ...

FARGO - Summertime is high-season for Glenn Miller, the sole string instrument technician at Christian Eggert Violins. While the area's young musicians are playing summer sports, pool-hopping and ...

“The Last Repair Shop” focuses on the people who maintain the 140,000 musical instruments owned by Los Angeles Unified School District public schools. Funding for music and arts education has been ...

After 48 years in business, Carlton Music Center in Winter Haven doesn’t look very different. Guitars and guitar strings still line the walls. The sound of brass and woodwind instruments being tested ...

Julie Jurgenson blesses the horns down in Africa and leaves the rain to Toto. She’s been working as a music instrument repair technician for 36 years, and she owns JJ’s Horn Clinic, a band instrument ...

LOS ANGELES -- Anyone who's ever played an instrument knows how life-changing music can be. A dozen people in the nation's second-largest school district who work tirelessly to keep the melodies ...