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The Ledger
Prices as of 2026 · All in euro
Every price the bench charges, what each job covers and how long it takes. If a job is not here, bring the instrument in for the free fifteen-minute look and it will be written down for you before anything starts.
§ 1
By Instrument
01Saxophones
| Job | What it covers | Price | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play-Condition ServiceLeaks traced and closed, tired pads reseated, springs set, worn corks and felts renewed, keys regulated, play-tested at the bench. | |||
| Soprano | Straight or curved | €150 | 5-8 working days |
| Alto | The horn most band players start on | €140 | 5-8 working days |
| Tenor | Bigger cups and a longer neck to check | €165 | 5-8 working days |
| Baritone | The largest pads on the bench, low B-flat or low A | €240 | 5-8 working days |
| Full RepadEvery pad out, cups levelled, new leather pads with resonators seated in natural shellac, corks and felts renewed, regulated and play-tested. | |||
| Alto | Quoted in writing at the bench after the free look | from €620 | 3-4 weeks |
| Tenor | Bigger pads and longer work, quoted the same way | from €720 | 3-4 weeks |
| Repairs and Small Fixes | |||
| Dent removal | Body, bow or neck, rolled out from the inside where the metal allows. Lacquer is not touched up. | from €45 | On the quote |
| Single pad | Replaced and seated, plus the €35 minimum bench fee | €18 | Often Saturday morning |
02Clarinets
| Job | What it covers | Price | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service | |||
| Clean, check and adjust | Pad seating, corks, springs and regulation checked and set, bore cleaned, play-tested | €95 | 5-8 working days |
| Full Repad | |||
| Full repad | Every pad replaced in felt and skin or leather, seated in shellac, corks renewed, regulated and play-tested | €380 | 3-4 weeks |
| Small Fixes | |||
| Tenon cork | One joint recorked and fitted so it goes together without a fight | €28 | Often Saturday morning |
| Key corks, full set | Every key cork and bumper replaced, regulation reset | €55 | 5-8 working days |
| Single pad | Replaced and seated, plus the €35 minimum bench fee | €18 | Often Saturday morning |
03Flutes
| Job | What it covers | Price | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service | |||
| Clean, oil and adjust | Closed-hole or open-hole. Mechanism cleaned and oiled, pads checked and shimmed where they leak, adjustments set | €110 | 5-8 working days |
| Full RepadNew skin pads throughout, each shimmed until it meets its tone hole evenly all the way round. About two days at the bench. | |||
| Student closed-hole | Every pad, every shim, mechanism cleaned and oiled | €450 | 3-4 weeks |
| Open-hole | The thinner open-hole pads and their grommets, priced on the flute in front of her | up to €650 | 3-4 weeks |
| Small Fixes | |||
| Single pad | Replaced, shimmed and seated, plus the €35 minimum bench fee | €18 | Often Saturday morning |
§ 2
General Charges
- Bench look while you waitFifteen minutes, with an honest verdict
- Free
- Single pad, replaced and seatedAny of the three instruments
- €18 a pad
- Minimum bench feeAdded to single-pad jobs
- €35
- Same-day concert fixBooked before 11:00, on top of the job
- €40
- Loan instrument during a long jobStudent clarinet or alto saxophone
- €10 a week
- Cargo-bike collection and returnThursday mornings inside the R40, padded crate
- €10 each way
- School or harmonie check dayHalf a day at the bench on site, within 25 km of Ghent, parts extra
- €150
§ 3
Terms
Quotes. Every job over €60 gets a written quote at the bench before any work starts: what will be done, what it costs and when it will be ready. Nothing is done that was not agreed. If something else turns up once the keys are off, the work stops and you are asked. The front page walks through how a job goes, from the free look to collection.
Deposit. A 30 percent deposit is taken on full repads and on any job over €300, when the quote is agreed.
Payment. Pay the rest when you collect, in cash or by card, once you have played the instrument at the bench yourself.
By post. Instruments from elsewhere in Flanders are accepted for full repads only, by arrangement first, packed in a hard case. Write before you send anything.
Busy seasons. September is the school rush and March to May is band-contest season. Lead times stretch by about a week in both.
No job too small. A single pad or a loose screw is welcome. A single pad is €18 plus the €35 bench fee. Small fixes that arrive before 11:00 on a Saturday are often done the same morning.
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What We Turn Away
- Brass of any kind. Trumpets, horns and euphoniums go to a brass specialist, and Lieve will tell you which kind to look for.
- Double-reed overhauls. A stuck key or a loose cork on an oboe or bassoon is fine. A full overhaul is not.
- Refinishing. No relacquering, replating or silver work, and nothing is sent out to be refinished.
- Buying and selling. No sales, no part-exchange and no valuations for insurance.
- Rushed repads. Nothing in under a week. A pad seated in a hurry leaks in a month. The Bench explains why.
- Repairs worth more than the instrument. You are told plainly, and the look costs nothing.