{"id":2525,"date":"2025-03-18T16:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/?page_id=2525"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:28:27","slug":"about-soleil-woodwinds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/about-soleil-woodwinds\/","title":{"rendered":"About Soleil Woodwinds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2525\" class=\"elementor elementor-2525\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82b4b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a82b4b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1065430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1065430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David Spiegelthal Proprietor <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cafc9e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cafc9e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db897fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db897fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wwodwind2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2545\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wwodwind2.jpg 541w, https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wwodwind2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b467f7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b467f7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4968942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4968942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Business:<\/strong> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Home-based woodwind instrument repair service in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia.\u00a0 I am the proprietor and sole employee, with more than 50 years experience as a performer and 40 years experience as a technician and single-reed mouthpiece refacer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Expert repairs<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> of all woodwinds, from the simplest repairs to complete overhauls and restoration of older instruments. As a long-time performer on all woodwinds (except bassoon), am intimately familiar with the nuances of each type of instrument and the subtle needs of both amateur and professional players.\u00a0 Can modify keywork to suit any player&#8217;s ergonomic requirements, and add features such as alternate Ab\/Eb keys for clarinets, and bass clarinet range extensions from one additional note (low-D) to a complete low-C extension.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Well-regarded as a refacer<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">of mouthpieces for all sizes of clarinets and saxophones &#8211; able to make any mouthpiece play better. Work with mouthpieces of every material, including hard rubber, plastics, metals, glass (crystal), and wood.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Typical labor rate<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">for all services is $45\/hr., with supplies and materials (e.g. cork, pads) additional. Free estimates of course.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Simple repairs<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(e.g. loose pads or springs) can often be repaired on the spot; but generally the instrument should be dropped off and the repair work will be accomplished within one or two days unless it is a complex modification or complete overhaul\/restoration, in which case it should be completed in a week or less.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Finally, with many years of collecting and renovating older and less-known brands of woodwind instruments, I&#8217;ve amassed a substantial number of excellent restored instruments, and refaced mouthpieces, which are available for sale. Customers can try out any of these instruments for up to two weeks with no obligation.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c78267 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c78267\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Spiegelthal Proprietor The Business: Home-based woodwind instrument repair service in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia.\u00a0 I am the proprietor and sole employee, with more than 50 years experience as a performer and 40 years experience as a technician and single-reed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soleilwoodwinds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}