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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. What will it be when you’re done? Do you have a clear picture in your mind of the finished job? How will it look? What will it feel like? How will it sound? If you can’t imagine this you’re not ready to begin. Doing a repair without a clear vision of the outcome will lead to an unpredictable (and likely an unacceptable) conclusion. The visioning process is as great a tool as any in your box. Subscribe to Blog via Email. My intent is not just to educate but also to amuse, incite, excite.
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. It’s Up To Us. It’s up to each of us to create the next generation of instrument technicians. No one else is going to provide our companies with the qualified people that we need. If we are intent on building our repair businesses are we able to fill the jobs that we will create? Unless we are soliciting, encouraging, counseling, and training the next generation of technicians we will have empty benches. Subscribe to Blog via Email. Remaking George’s Glue Sticks. April 1, 2016. Introdu...
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LINKS | J.L. Smith's Wind Instrument Technician's Blog
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology. Minnesota State College (Red Wing). Newark and Sherwood College. Band Instrument Repair Organizations:. Subscribe to Blog via Email. My intent is not just to educate but also to amuse, incite, excite. Remaking George’s Glue Sticks. April 1, 2016. Introducing the Flute World Shop. March 21, 2016. Beauty Runs Deep With The J.L. Smith MAG Machine. February 7, 2014. Valentino Masters Pads For Professional Clarinets. August 22, 2013.
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. Not Enough Qualified Technicians. Talking with an industry friend at the recent NAMM show we were sharing our concern that there is no detectable drive to bring more people into the band instrument repair trade. We also discussed that there isn’t a great mentoring/apprenticeship system to bring recent tech school grads up to speed, or to train other inclined folks in-house though we see a crying need for well-trained (and really capable) technicians. Remaking George’s Glue Sticks.
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Australian woodwind technician, Angus McEwan | JL Smith Interviews | J.L. Smith's Wind Instrument Technician's Blog
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. Australian woodwind technician, Angus McEwan JL Smith Interviews. Angus has been playing the flute for 35 years and spent 15 years teaching and playing professionally. He has been been a full time flute technician since 1999 and started working for Flutes and Flutists and Flute Fidelity in 1998. Angus has done repair work for most of the players in the symphony orchestras in Australasia. Angus is an authorised Straubinger technician. Remaking George’s Glue Sticks. April 1, 2016. March ...
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. What’s on the wall? This is the wall in our break room. The break room is where we eat lunch, but also where we have meetings. Often these whiteboards have something funny drawn or written, sometimes a puzzle. Sometimes they’re blank for a week or two at a time. Subscribe to Blog via Email. My intent is not just to educate but also to amuse, incite, excite. Remaking George’s Glue Sticks. April 1, 2016. Introducing the Flute World Shop. March 21, 2016. February 7, 2014. August 22, 2013.
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J.L. Smith Flute Key Pin Punch, Knock Key Pin Punch
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. JL Smith Flute Key Pin Punch Adds Speed And Ease To Your C.O.A.s. A Smooth Solution For Sticky Pins: The J.L. Smith Flute Key Pin Punch! The Most Accurate, Easiest, And Safest Way To Loosen Flute Key Knock Pins. Removing key knock pins. From flute and piccolo key mechanisms. And the individual anvils are available for replacement when they get overly worn so you can count on this great American made tool lasting for several lifetimes of C.O.A.s. Remove any stuck or frozen mouthpiece wi...
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. One of the first steps in understanding your business (whether you’re the only technician or not) is tracking productivity or billable time. Why? Because adjusting billable time is the biggest lever you can pull to make your business stronger. First steps? Track and analyze to understand where you are. Non-productive time is the work that you do that is not directly billed to a customer. Productive (billable) time is when you are physically working on an instrument. We recently changed...
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WHO IS J.L. SMITH. I have lunch at the local Jason’s Deli every so often. I’ve always been impressed by the high level of service there and was curious about this. One day I introduced myself to the manager and asked him how he orchestrated such a good customer experience. He said Oh that’s simpleI just hire nice people. He went on to say We’re just making sandwiches here; I can teach anyone to make a sandwich-but I can’t teach ‘em to be friendly. What’s on the wall? What’s on the wall? April 1, 2016.
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