Palen Music Center Band Instrument Repair

Repair

We take our repair and maintenance service very seriously. We also understand the preparation and time that you devote into competitions, recitals, rehearsals, and shows. We are committed to provide the highest quality service on time, every time. Our repair staff has NAPBIRT (National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians) training and we are eager to help you in any way.

We work on woodwind and brass instruments, string instruments, and some electronics. We do estimates, overhauls, factory reconditioning, dent work, slide work, repadding and more.

Service & Replacement Plans are available for electronic musical equipment that we sell. The warranty plans cover complete parts and labor coverage and power surge protection. All shipping costs are eliminated and we even provide you with a loaner instrument while we are servicing your equipment. The best part is that we provide you a quick, local response to your problem.

	Mark Van Vranken - Broken Arrow Mark started building and repairing guitars in 1989. He majored in Art at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln as well as minoring in Horticulture from 1989-1994. He received academic excellence award from Redwing Tech (4.0 gpa) in 1998. Mark owned and operated a repair shop servicing 30 music stores in Minneapolis from 1997-2002, owned and operated a mobile audio recording business from 2002-2005, and started with Palen Music in September 2006. Mark enjoys flyfishing, vintage hotrods, and playing guitar.
	Mike Seidner - Springfield Mike graduated from the College of the Ozarks in 1971 with a BA in vocal and instrumental music education. He served as band director for Ozark Schools for 12 years starting in 1971 and then 18 years in the Branson school system. He also served as choral director for several of those years. During the 70s and early 80s Mike spent his summers as the official music arranger for the Miss Missouri Pageant in Mexico, Missouri. He also played in the pageant orchestra and served as assistant orchestra director a few of those years. During the late 70s and most of the 80s, Mike was a saxophonist for the Abou Ben Adhem "Swingers", a 13-piece big band. He retired from teaching in 2001. Since then he has done some substitute teaching in the Branson school system and is currently a member of the Springfield Jazz Educators' Big Band and the Springfield Mid-America Singers. He works part-time in the Springfield shop and specializes in woodwind repair.
	Ron Mink - Springfield Mr. Mink is a 33 year veteran of the classroom. He was Coordinator of Music for the Great Bend USD 428 Public Schools in Great Bend, Kansas for twenty years. He also taught at Braymer High School, Braymer, Missouri and Fort Scott High School, Fort Scott, Kansas. Mr. Mink’s marching and concert bands were nationally acclaimed for their precision and musicianship. He received his BS in Ed from Southwest Missouri State University in 1972 and a Masters in Music with honors from Pittsburg State University. He has studied extensively in the area of conducting with Leonard Bernstein, Dr. William Revelli, Claude T. Smith, Dr. W. Francis McBeth, Dr. Mark Hinsley, and Professor Elizabeth A.H. Green. Mr. Mink was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who among America’s Teachers from 1996 to 2004. Mr Mink has received numerous honors and awards: Jaycees Outstanding Young Educator Award, Outstanding Young Men of America, High School Teacher Recognition Award from the University of Kansas, Director of Kansas Lion’s Band (1993/1999), Past President of Kansas Music Educators Dist, V, Executive Secretary of Phi Beta Mu, Iota Chapter (15 Years), and was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year in Kansas for Great Bend. After retirement in 2004, Mr. Mink has served as lecturer in residence at Missouri State University, Assistant Marching Director of Bands at Glendale High School, Springfield, MO., and is currently working as a band clinician and repair technician for Palen Music Center -Springfield.
	Katy Jacobson - Liberty Katy Jacobson is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa, where she was a member of the UNI Panther Marching Band, and Minnesota State College -Southeast Technical in Red Wing, Minnesota. She has a BA in music and a band instrument diploma. Katy joined the PMC repair staff in the summer 2009.
	Annie Vogel- Columbia Annie Vogel graduated from Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, with a Bachelor of Music, Oboe Performance, in May, 2008. She was the Principal Oboist for the Missouri State Symphony Orchestra (2006-2008), Principal Oboist for the Springfield - Drury Symphony Orchestra (2006-2008), and winner of the Missouri State Concerto Competition (2008). Annie also played tenor saxophone with the Missouri State Pride Marching Band (2004-2006). In 2009, Annie graduated from the band instrument repair program at Minnesota State College -- Southeast Technical, in Red Wing, MN, where she received an academic excellence award and was on the Dean's List. Annie, a member of NAPBIRT, joined Palen Music Center (Columbia) as the repair technician in September, 2009.