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August 2023 by Ashley
World class instruments!
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August 2023 by Nick Huezo
Really good person, gives plenty of tips and best reeds.
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September 2022 by Alivia S.
Hopefully you see this Kurt! You use to come into Quik stop and see me this is Alivia the girl with the blue hair!! Miss talking to you!
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June 2021 by Mathew Miller
I just walked in and was welcomed by Kurt, would love to spend more time and a few drinks w this gentleman.He’s very intelligent on making instruments play their best and adapting them to do so.
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November 2020 by Sean K.
We brought our son's alto to Kurt to fix the octave key. Not only did Kurt fix it, he gave the horn a huge tune-up, and at a fair price. Kurt's a true master at his craft.
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November 2020 by Sierra Findley
Kurt is incredible! I called Kurt to check out a new instrument I'd purchased on Ebay based on other reviews and his history with other esteemed musicians like Steve Adelstein and Claude Gordon, and I can't put into words how happy I am that I did!Kurt knows his stuff, and makes whatever is currently existing BETTER.After meeting with him and looking over my newly purchased instrument, I decided to leave my older (yet loved!) instrument with Kurt to "freshen up" as well. He understands the instrument more than modern makers and corrected an ongoing issue other specialists couldn't. He gets the physics involved in the instrument - it's insane!I also decided to take lessons with Kurt, since I'd played for a little over 20 years, but felt like I had plateaued. My first lesson was eye-opening. In the first two measures, he'd stopped me with suggestions on interpretation I'd never been able to think of on my own. Kurt doesn't just teach how to play music, but how to interpret and portray music to an audience. He has completely lived up to my expectations, blown me away, and more!Lastly, Kurt's pricing is old school in the best possible way. My "half-hour" lesson is really the time it takes - some weeks, an hour; other weeks, two and a half hours.Kurt cares about supporting up and coming musicians with the lessons of accomplished musicians. I not only get his guidance, but the guidance of those astounding musicians Kurt has had the honor and pleasure of working with. I am forever grateful for his knowledge and experience!Thank you, Kurt!
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November 2020 by Joseph Sample
Best lessons.
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October 2020 by Rachel G.
My daughters just went to the store to buy valve oil for their brother and he wanted to know what instruments they played, my oldest said, "flute," and he proceeded to say how he's the only professional flute maker in the world and they were confused why he was talking about that and he brought out a book to prove who the best musicians are and said there aren't any good ones in LA. My other daughter said she didn't think that was a nice statement and the book he showed her has musicians from LA and he screamed at her and said "Nobody calls me a liar!!! Spiked brat! Get out and never come here again!" All this because they wanted valve oil?! What on earth?! He sounds very unhinged. My daughter called the police.
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July 2020 by Evan J.
You have every right to speak out about the current status of the world in your own way. And I have every right to say that this is an offensive sign to put up in your building. Especially when your instruments are produced in China Update: According to Yelp, the picture of the sign was taken down because it "does not appear to be of the business". Which is untrue as it is a picture of the window of the business. So I'll just post the whole thing here:Due to Chinese Communist Party Virus (CCP Inflicted Virus) MASKS REQUIRED-One person in store -Maintain Distance Please God loves the Chinese THE CCP Hates everyone Kurt if you personally requested the removal of my picture because you have in fact taken down that sign, please let me know and Id be happy to alter my review.
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July 2020 by John Jah F.
The owner of this place is a real pile of garbage. And his guitar skills ARE NOT cool, man.
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July 2019 by Tom Oliver
We had a great time talking with Kurt.
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May 2019 by Richard S.
Kurt is a god, just don't get him started on politics
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March 2019 by JON PRICE
Kurt is flute knowledgeable and that is remarkable. His experience lies in Saxophones as he is an experienced player.
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December 2018 by L8bro
We loved this shop. The owner was very helpful and knowledgeable about many kinds of music. An accomplished flutist, he also gave a daughter a tutorial lesson on the flute. We are planning to get our daughter's next flute from this shop.
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September 2018 by Debbie J.
Kurt did a great job of overhauling the Selmer Series 9 clarinet I purchased on eBay. I had gotten a great deal on the horn, but it had been terribly neglected by the previous owner, and arrived in an unplayable state. I had hoped to at least be able to get a note out of it to see if it had a decent tone, so I could decide if it would be worth the money to fix it. Unfortunately, the horn was in such bad shape it wouldn't even stay together. Since I'd had Kurt work on another clarinet in the past, and he'd done a good job, I decided to take a leap of faith and see if he could do anything with this one. I suspect he fixed it better than it was when new because at one point he'd completed most of it, and asked me to give it a try. It sounded fine, but he thought he could improve the tone by making some adjustments to the tone holes. He asked for my approval for the procedure since this wasn't something we'd talked about beforehand, and he would need to physically remove a small amount of the wood to do this. When I returned to pick it up after he completed the procedure, the tone had improved significantly, and I didn't need to blow as hard to achieve it. This was several years ago, and he's fixed a few minor issues since at very reasonable cost- usually while I wait. I'm writing this review now because I only just found it was possible to write a review.
