He estimates that he repaired more than 200 instruments this year. Seemingly the only time he isn't repairing horns is when he's playing one with Rebirth, which is his primary source of income. Agee, ...

“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 ...

DIDN’T START UNTIL JUST BEFORE TEN. AND FOR YEARS IN OVERLAND PARK, MAN HAS BEEN GIVING NEW LIFE TO BROKEN INSTRUMENTS. HE REBUILDS THEM AND GIVES THEM TO KIDS IN NEED. BUT AS KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE ...

School kids are rough on the musical instruments they play, and it can be expensive for a school district to send them off to be fixed when they are broken. So, Cherry Creek Schools has figured out a ...

Larry Mizell, owner of Mizell Music in Hagerstown, Maryland, is retiring and closing shop after 52 years. Mizell is a renowned instrument repairer, known for his expertise and quick turnaround times, ...

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 work tirelessly to keep the melodies playing ...

As a drummer, Dan Parker works to keep the beat. As president of a place called CIOMIT, he's part of a rhythm dating back seven years. "We continue year after year because we see the rewards that come ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - When eager kids and musical instruments with lots of intricate little parts mix, there are bound to be some mishaps. A trumpet tumbles down the bleachers as the marching band ...