David has been doing extensive repair work on musical instruments for almost three decades, with vast experience in guitar repair and restoration. His talent in this field is held in high regard by many musicians and collectors. His experience ranges from complete restorations of vintage and rare guitars to the basic setup. A challenging and successful restoration was that of Andre Segovia's Ramirez classical guitar that had been in an automobile accident. He has restored old Martins, Fenders, Gibsons, and other vintage guitars of rare quality. He has recently restored a Gibson Lucille that was signed by B. B. King.

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Guitar Repair in Cincinnati Ohio

Acoustic and Electric guitar repair

The Schneider Guitar workshop has two separate humidity zones consisting of a climate-controlled stringed instrument construction and repair area and a wood storage room. We receive every type of guitar repair and restoration imaginable. This includes neck resets, fret dressing and replacement, crack repair, brace repair, replacing bridges, broken headstocks, broken sides and backs, set-ups, nuts, saddles, tuning machine repair and replacement, refinishing, and custom voicing.

We also install pick-ups and electronics. We've done D'Angelicos, D'Aquistos, Ramirez, Fernandez, early Martin, early Gibsons, old Epiphones, vintage Fenders, and many others. David's experience with repair work has given him insights into what does and does not work in guitar construction, and has helped him refine and perfect his own instruments.

Indian Instrument Repair

Harmonium, Veena (Vina), Ectar, Bansuri Been, Dilruba, Dholak, Esraj, Ghatam, Pakhawaj, Mridang, Mridangam, Rudraveena, Santoor, Sarangi, Saraswati veena, Sarod, Sitar, Surbahar, Tabla, Tambura, Vichitra veena, and many others

David has been doing extensive restoration on Indian instruments for ten or more years and repair work on them for twenty-five years. He traveled in India to learn repair techniques in the tradition of the masters. His extensive experience includes restoration and repair on many classical instruments from India, as well as for customers all over the world.

Examples of this work include major repairs on tambouras, veenas, sarods, swarmandalas, and sitars which had been badly damaged. These were successfully restored and improved beyond their original resonance.

His harmonium experience is also well respected. He does bellow and air related repairs, changer repairs, action work, sticking notes, and extensive cabinet repairs. He tunes the reeds to A-440, replaces reeds, and completely rebuilds when necessary.

David treats his restoration work with the same reverence and respect as the instruments he creates himself.