MK Music Repair

About Us

We are a full service band instrument repair shop that specializes in the repair, maintenance and restoration of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Started as Mark Kuklok Band Instrument Repair, we have been providing schools, teachers and students with convenient, professional, and affordable repair for 20+ years.

We are located in downtown Owatonna, Minnesota in the lower level of Tone Music.

We also do repair for Jim Kozan and Waseca Music. We are proud to be the exclusive repair shop for Waseca Music!

During the school year we offer free weekly pick-up and drop-off of instruments at area schools. Turn-around time is usually 1 week. Please click on the Services tab for more information.

What's New

C Trumpet in Stock: We have just completed a custom C Trumpet made from an Olds Ambassador Bb trumpet. It is a step up from our standard C Trumpet as described in the C Trumpet section. The valves were rebuilt, and it has a lacquer finish. Normally our trumpets are raw brass. Please call (507) 456-0706 or email at mark@mkmusicrepair.com for price and more information.

Services

Repairs

MK Music Repair has 20+ years of expertise in instrument repair, so we have the expertise to fix just about any damage to an instrument. Pricing for repairs is done on a case-by-case basis. You can bring your instrument down, and we will estimate the price of the repairs.

Note: We unfortunately have neither the staff nor expertise to repair string or electronic instruments including guitars.

Cleaning

We offer standard cleanings for all brass and woodwind instruments. Pricing varies by brand and by instrument, however, below are estimates by instrument

Brass Cleanings starting at $60

Woodwind Cleanings starting at $50

Woodwind Repadding starting at $200

Road Route

For the convenience of our customers, Mark travels two days a week during the school year to pick up and drop off instruments at numerous Southern Minnesota and Suburban schools. The road routes are listed below. If you have an instrument that you would like picked up at one of the schools please contact us by phone or email. Turn-around is usually one week for road route instruments. You will be contacted with an estimate before any work is started.

Road Routes

Tuesday

Holton Intermediate School - Austin
Ellis Middle School - Austin
Austin High School
Albert Lea High School
Southwest Middle School - Albert Lea
Alden High School
USC High School - Wells
Maple River High School
Butterfield High School
Mountain Lake High School
St. James High School
Madelia High School
New Ulm Cathedral
New Ulm High School
Nicollet High School
Gustavus Adolphus College
Prairie Winds Middle School - Mankato

Wednesday

Triton High School
Blooming Prairie High School
Waseca Central Intermediate School
Waseca Junior/Senior High School
WEM Middle School
New Prague Middle School
New Prague High School
New Prague Elementary Schools
Levi P Dodge Middle School - Farmington
Farmington High School
Eastview High School - Apple Valley
Faribault High School
Faribault Middle School
Bethlehem Academy
Medford High School
Owatonna Middle School
Owatonna High School
St. Mary's School - Owatonna

Our Team

Mark Kuklok

Owner

Mark has been a full time repair technician since 1992. He is a graduate of the Band Instrument Repair Course at Redwing Technical College (now Southeast Technical College) and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from North Dakota State University. Mark started his instrument repair career in Mankato, MN and opened MK Music Repair in Owatonna in 2000.

Samantha Liebl

Brass Assistant

Samantha is a Junior at the Owatonna High School. She is involved in Stage Crew in the theater department. She is the president of the High School Art Club, she sings in the choir at at St. Joes Church. In her free time, she can be found watching Scooby Doo and Hogan's Heroes!

Jenna Bauman

Woodwind Assistant

Jenna is a Senior at the Owatonna High School. She plays clarinet in varsity band, pep-band and marching band. In her free time, she loves to read, hike, bike, usher at church, take care of her six chickens and play with her dog.

C Trumpet Conversion

One of the services offered at MK Music Repair is converting a Bb trumpet into a C trumpet. This is not a very large part of the business but it is something that we have been doing off and on for the last 17 years.

We start with an Olds Ambassador Bb trumpet, strip the lacquer, remove the bell, leadpipe, and most of the outer slide tubes. Then we cut tubes to the proper length and rebuild the instrument from the valve casing on up. The leadpipe is replaced with a Bach Strad 25 Bb leadpipe and the tuning slide is reversed. The 1st slide has a saddle installed and the 3rd slide has a fixed ring attached. Both the 1st & 3rd slides are properly fitted for smooth and quick action. The Olds leadpipe/bell braces are discarded and replaced with typical leadpipe/bell to casing braces and "S" braces between the bell and leadpipe. Your choice of conventional or Amado waterkeys are installed. Usually we leave a raw brass with a polished or brushed finish but other finishes are available at an additional cost.

This process is not simply cutting a few slides. We completely disassemble the instrument and rebuild it from the ground up. The completed instrument bears very little resemblance to the original trumpet. We have done about 8 of these conversions and all the owners have been very happy with the way the trumpet plays and the intonation.

It usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 months to complete a C trumpet conversion depending on the season.

Contact Us

Address

MK Music Repair
114 North Cedar Avenue
Owatonna, Minnesota 55060
(in the lower level of Tone Music)

Phone & Email

(507) 456-0706
mark@mkmusicrepair.com

Hours

Monday - 8AM-5PM (out 12-1 for lunch)

Tuesday - 8AM-5PM (out 12-1 for lunch)

Wednesday - 8AM-5PM (out 12-1 for lunch)

Thursday - 8AM-5PM (out 12-1 for lunch)

Friday - 8AM-5PM (out 12-1 for lunch)

Weekends - By Appointment