Clarinet Days 2021: A Virtual Series May 3-7, 2021

Go behind the scenes with MMI as we explore clarinet making with some of the worlds leading clarinet manufacturers.

Join us to learn more from Buffet, Selmer and Royal Global. Join us in our Live Sessions for a chance to win some great prizes!

Stay tuned to www.mmimports.com and our social media pages for more details.

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https://www.instagram.com/midwestmusicalimports/

Virtual Tour of Our New Location

We absolutely love our new location and think you will, too!!  The store has doubled in size!!  We've added practice/lesson rooms, a recital hall, increased the size of our repair shop and sales floor.  Please stop by for a visit!  We'd love to show you around!

Our repair staff working hard in the new repair shop!

Our new recital hall with seating capacity of 60!

One of our new teaching/practice studios!

A street view of our new space.

We look forward to welcoming you in the store soon!

We've moved and are open for business!!!!

We are extremely happy to announce that we have moved to our new location and most importantly, WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!!!!!  Please visit us at:  1621 E. Hennepin Ave., Ste. 100, Minneapolis, MN 55414. (Only two blocks away from our old location!) Our email and phone contacts have not changed.

If arriving by car, take East Hennepin to 16th Ave SE, and park either on 16th Ave SE (it's a dead end), or the parking lot across from the west entrance on 16th.  If needed, there is a ramp located at the back of the building at the main entrance.  Please call us with questions. We are located in the southwest corner of the Fisk building, at the corner of 16th Ave SE and E. Hennepin Ave.

The new space is much larger than our old and includes a recital hall!  Our repair dept. and the retail shopping area have been expanded.  Below are some photos.  We can't wait to welcome you in the store!

20170110_100734 Our new shopping area

20170110_100833The brand new recital hall!  Watch for upcoming events!!

20170110_101010The repair staff (minus Allen) in the new repair shop!  L-R , Eric, Caleb, Ginny, Matt and Coda in the front!

20170110_121359Sales staff in the new sales area! L-R Jeff, Steven, Jessica, Katie, Brandon, Tori.

We thank you for your patience over the new year as we were closed and completed our move.  Please stop by and say hello when you are in the area!  We'd love to give you a personal tour! =)

Best wishes from all of us at MMI!
Jessica, Jeff, Steven, Katie, Brandon, Tori, Eric, Ginny, Matt, Caleb and Allen

Repair Services

Repair Services at Midwest Musical Imports

We are pleased to offer repair services for musical instruments. Midwest Musical Imports employs two full-time repair technicians. We will do our best to turn around smaller repairs quickly.  If you have an emergency repair, please call us at (800) 926-5587 for time, cost, and availability of rush services.

For years, we have been known for specializing in double reed repair, but we want you to know that we are also equipped to handle clarinets, flutes, and saxophones. We have also set up a blog with repair and maintenance advice by both myself and Matt so you can keep your instrument in the best condition between regular servicing.

---Eric Anderson
Head Repair Technician

Services offered:

  • Maintenance of instruments including disassembly of all key work, cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting of mechanisms
  • Replacement of torn or worn pads and corks
  • Rebuilding of loose or broken tenons
  • Repair of wood rot in bassoons
  • Tone-hole repairs required due to chips and cracks
  • Repairs to keywork including modifications and fabrication of parts
  • Repairs to cracks and leaks in instruments
  • Minor bocal repairs, including recorking
  • Mechanical Overhauls (this does not include key plating or re-finishing work)

This is only a sample of the many services that we offer.  Please call for more details.

The repair shop is open on Saturdays!

This allows customers to have small "walk-in" servicing done while they wait.  These repairs will be done on a first-come first-serve basis, and the rush rate will not apply on Saturdays.  Customers with repairs that will require more extensive work will be advised to leave the instrument with us.

Repair Technicians:

Eric Anderson graduated with a degree in musical instrument repair in 2005 from Minnesota State College SE tech. He has been repairing wind instruments since, with a primary focus in Bassoon and Oboe. As a member of NAPBIRT, he continues to further the education of his career, by attending annual conferences and sharing knowledge and techniques amongst other technicians in the craft. His support of music on a local and national level is a driving factor for both his professional and personal life.

Matt Reich is a native of Milbank South Dakota and 1983 graduate of South Dakota State University with a Music Education Degree. After service in the US Army in 1987, Matt began a career in the music retail industry throughout Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and now Minnesota. Matt graduated from Redwing Technical College (Minnesota State College Southeast Tech) with a Band Instrument Repair Diploma in 1998 and has been behind the bench turning a screwdriver ever since. Matt is a member in good standing of the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT).