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

MK Music Repair is NOW HIRING! We are looking to add a full time repair technician. Please stop by in-person, call (507) 456-0706, or email at mark@mkmusicrepair.com for more information.

Tone Music under New Ownership With the change in ownership of Tone Music we have been able to move out all of the Tone Music merchandise and thus have gained 50% more space in the shop. This will allow us to offer a much better customer experience!

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
Mankato East High School
Prairie Winds Middle School - Mankato

Wednesday

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

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.

Alexander Voracek

Brass Assistant

Alexander is currently a junior at the Owatonna High School. He is involved in the Owatonna Concert Band, jazz band, and pep band as a trombone player. He plays soccer and tennis and likes to hang out with friends in his free time.

Eddy Velazquez

Woodwind Assistant

Eddy is a Sophomore at the Owatonna High School. He plays saxophone in varsity band, pep-band, jazz band, and marching band. In his free time, he likes to play video games and practice his saxophone.

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