Repair
Josiah van Dyck specializes in woodwind repair, including oboes, flutes, saxophones, clarinets, and bassoons. He has clients from major orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and The Nashville Symphony. He offers a variety of services ranging from basic adjustments and repads to crack repair and gouging machine repair.
Josiah completed his Bachelor of Music as a scholarship student at Kent State University with teacher Danna Sundet and his Master of Music at Rutgers University with Andrew Adelson. After graduate school, he received a diploma in Band Instrument Repair from Minnesota State College Southeast in Red Wing, MN.
Currently, Josiah works as a woodwind repair technician at Woodsy's Music in Kent, OH. He and his wife enjoy hiking and playing with their cocker spaniel, Scout.
Need a repair? Email Josiah at josiah.oboe@gmail.com.
Testimonials
"I greatly appreciate Josiah's commitment to getting the instrument performing at the highest level. As a fine player himself, Josiah knows the feel I need from the oboe when performing in The Cleveland Orchestra. Highly recommend!"
Corbin Stair
The Cleveland Orchestra, Second Oboe
"Josiah is an excellent performing musician, which makes him keenly aware of the issues we can experience when our instruments aren't allowing us to perform our best. He's helped me numerous times in appraising instruments and restoring older instruments into playing condition, and he has helped many of my students out by repairing their instruments. I highly recommend his work!"
Danna Sundet
Kent State University, Full-Time Oboe Professor
The Erie Philharmonic, Principal Oboe
"Josiah has a keen eye for detail and will not finish until the work is done at the highest level. My oboe felt remarkable when he worked on it and I recommended all of my students go to him. I have full confidence in his work!"
Titus Underwood
The Nashville Symphony, Principal Oboe
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Associate Professor