Instrument Maintenance Guides
Added to website 24/04/2020. Updated 08/06/2023.
Music Services may need to provide pupils, parents and carers with instrument maintenance guides. If you don’t have guides ready to go, we may be able to help!
Music Services may need to provide pupils, parents and carers with instrument maintenance guides. If you don’t have guides ready to go, we may be able to help! Inspiring Music, Bedfordshire, Hounslow Music Service, Barking and Dagenham Community Music Service, Buckinghamshire Music Trust and Warwick Music Groups have kindly shared their guides.
Get in touch with us at info@musicmark.org.uk if you have guides you can share.
Instrument Maintenance Resources
- How to tune your violin: YouTube tutorial
- How to set-up your violin bridge: YouTube tutorial
- How to set-up your Music Stand: YouTube tutorial
- Tuning a cello for Beginners - PDF
- Fixing Valves on Brass Instruments - PDF
- Making Trombone Slides Move Freely - PDF
- Tuning a viola for beginners - PDF
- Violin Maintenance - Video
- How to sterilize your string instrument - Video
- Oiling your valves - Video
- How to clean a brass instrument - Video
- pInstrument Cleaning Guides
About the Provider
Barking and Dagenham Community Music Service
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) Music Education Hub (MEH) will work with a partnership of local, regional and national providers, schools in the borough, the Bridge organisation - A New Direction, and subject associations to deliver the National Plan for Music Education (NPME).
Buckinghamshire Music Trust
Our core mission is to provide outstanding music education, including instrumental and vocal lessons at school and in one of our Music Centres across Buckinghamshire.
Hounslow Music Service
Hounslow Music Service provides instrumental and vocal lessons to learners of all ages and all abilities, both in and out of school time. In addition to these lessons we also offer a structured, progressive ensemble programme at our midweek music centres and organise performances and projects to complement pupils’ learning.
Inspiring Music
Inspiring Music in Central Bedfordshire's aspiration is to create a system that encourages everyone, whatever their background, to enjoy music and help those with real talent to flourish. Read more here: https://www.inspiringmusic.co.uk/
pBone Music
Ignite your passion or help others kickstart their musical adventure with instruments trusted by teachers and designed for all children. Affordable, sustainable and fun: pBone Music helps you play, discover, and teach music.
