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  • About
  • Instruments
    • Oboe Sales
    • Bassoon Sales
    • Clarinet Sales
    • Junior Instruments
    • Secondhand Instrument Sales
  • Collector’s Items
    • A. Abbate Cor Anglais
    • Clarinet in B flat by John Pask, London
    • d’Almaine Clarinet
    • Mystery Baroque / Early Classical Bassoon
    • Original Alfred W. Morton Bassoon, London, 1827-1898
    • Rare! Orchestral Pair of Clarinets by E.J. Albert, Brussels
    • Renaissance Dulcian
    • Wolf Classical / Early Romantic ‘Grenser’ Bassoon
  • Services
    • Hire Oboes, Bassoons & Tenoroons
    • Repairs
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us

Woodwind Sales and Repairs

New and secondhand woodwind instruments for sale and hire.
Expert high quality repairs and alterations.
Comprehensive range of reeds and accessories.

INSTRUMENT SALES
INSTRUMENT HIRE
REPAIR SERVICES

Featured Products

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Selmer Odyssée Clarinet

Selmer Odyssée Clarinet This top level professional clarinet has been fully serviced by Richard Craig Woodwind and comes with a six month guarantee. Body, keywork and pads are in excellent condition and it has an exceptionally warm and powerful sound. It offers something a bit different from the Buffet pro models and is very even […]

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Buffet Prodige Clarinet

Buffet Prodige Clarinet The Prodige is the latest and best student clarinet from Buffet. With new ergonomic keywork and a redesigned bore, students can now start their clarinet journey on a really professional sounding instrument. All instruments sold by Richard Craig Woodwind are thoroughly checked, adjusted, play tested and guaranteed for one year. A week’s […]

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Want to Hire our fully serviced instruments?

We offer a range of high quality student oboes, bassoons and mini bassoons for hire
HIRE INSTRUMENTS

Meet Richard Craig

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Richard studied clarinet and composition at the Sydney Conservatorium, graduating as Student of the Year and did postgraduate study at the University of York in the UK, then established himself as a freelance clarinettist and saxophonist in London and the south of England.

Richard was trained as an instrument repairer at the world famous woodwind maker TW Howarth and Co, repairing in their London showrooms and later finishing new instruments for their factory in Worthing.

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Instruments

  • Exclusive Australian agent for Howarth oboes and Moosmann bassoons
  • Buffet clarinets and oboes
  • Secondhand instruments
  • Free trials Australia wide

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BASSOON

CLARINET

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JUNIOR INSTRUMENTS

High Quality Repairs

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I do high quality repairs at a reasonable rate on clarinets, oboes, bassoons and saxophones. My wife Celia Craig and I are both accomplished professional players, so when I hand an instrument back to the customer, I know that it’s set up and fine tuned to the highest professional standards so that it remains totally reliable.

You only pay for the time the job actually takes. Phone or email me for further information.

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Our Clients

Here are some comments from some of my more high profile customers

David Rowden

Clarinet and Artistic DirectoR Sydney Omega Ensemble
Richard’s experience and knowledge is evident in his extremely high quality work that he has done over the past year on my instruments. As a professional musician, having someone as outstanding as Richard to look after your instrument repairs is invaluable.

Maxwell Spiers

DLX MaCor AnglaisRoyal Ballet Sinfonia
I’ve always found Richard’s work to be meticulous, thorough and fairly priced. You are aware from your first dealings with him that your instrument is in the hands of a phenomenally experienced repairer who will listen to your requirements and then act on them. His advice to me in the past has been invaluable.

David Rowden

Clarinet and Artistic DirectoR Sydney Omega Ensemble
Richard’s experience and knowledge is evident in his extremely high quality work that he has done over the past year on my instruments. As a professional musician, having someone as outstanding as Richard to look after your instrument repairs is invaluable.

Maxwell Spiers

DLX MaCor AnglaisRoyal Ballet Sinfonia
I’ve always found Richard’s work to be meticulous, thorough and fairly priced. You are aware from your first dealings with him that your instrument is in the hands of a phenomenally experienced repairer who will listen to your requirements and then act on them. His advice to me in the past has been invaluable.

Hire Instruments

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Our oboe hire scheme has been so popular that we are extending it to include bassoon and tenoroon (aka mini bassoon or fagottino!) All instruments are in as new condition and come fully serviced. Ongoing service and maintenance is included in the hire fee. The Howarth Junior Oboe and Tenoroon are perfect for getting Primary School kids an early start.

When they’re ready, they can move up to full-sized instruments with the Howarth S20c and S40c Oboes and the new Moosmann Academy Bassoon, all exclusive to Richard Craig Woodwind.

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Peter Duggan

Richard’s woodwind repair work continues to be outstanding. Once again he has resurrected my old and tired Cor Anglais to a point where it feels almost new again. Precision re-corking, adjustments, thorough cleaning etc etc, it’s real quality work. Thank you.

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Matthew Angus

“Full overhaul of old Puchner Bassoon, including a rotten boot joint and complete pad replacement. Excellent work, on time and with solid communication – very happy, thanks Richard!”

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Michael Julian Lew

“Thank you for your work on my bassoon. It certainly plays much more easily now than it has for as long as I can remember. … I can now sound the highest c, d and e flat without any trouble at all!”

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Robert Howe

“Thank you again for a most easy purchase of a couple of dynamite instruments… What wonderful instruments. And what wonderful maintenance they have received. They play wonderfully and they play like new. The English horn is better than either of my present horns, and this even with the low Bb extension. Thank you for making this […]

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Peter Hurd

“Oboe arrived today. It is indeed a first class instrument in every respect! Thank you.”

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Tracy Day

“The oboe arrived safely today, and it is absolutely wonderful. I so appreciate everything that you both did to make the purchase such a pleasant experience. Your many answers to my many questions… were of enormous help in my decision making process. Now that I have seen and played the oboe, I can attest that […]

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Robert Howe

“I was very, very pleased by both the instruments…the service and regulation of these oboes is outstanding. Your craftsmanship is as fine as any oboe expert in the United States, I only wish the freight to Oz was less costly or I would send you my horns regularly for service.”

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Shannon Laycock

“Thank you both so much for getting this instrument for me! It arrived this morning and it is unbelievably good. Gorgeous, and it likes my reed, and it doesn’t wobble on 2nd octave F-sharp on my reed! The sound is much less muted than my old oboe. The upper register actually projects and it seems […]

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Peter Davies

“Richard has always provided a fast, efficient, reliable and thoroughly competent repair service for all my clarinets.”

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Maxwell Spiers

“I’ve always found Richard’s work to be meticulous, thorough and fairly priced. You are aware from your first dealings with him that your instrument is in the hands of a phenomenally experienced repairer who will listen to your requirements and then act on them. His advice to me in the past has been invaluable.”

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David Rowden

“Richard’s experience and knowledge is evident in his extremely high quality work that he has done over the past year on my instruments. As a professional musician, having someone as outstanding as Richard to look after your instrument repairs is invaluable.”

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David Cowley

“Richard is a brilliant technician who fully understands the importance of setting up an instrument to the highest professional standards.”

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Edward Kay

“…having a repairer who is reliable, conscientious, and above all, understanding, is an absolute requirement and I can recommend Richard’s work without hesitation. Richard has always insisted on my fully testing the instrument on collection to ensure any problems that may still exist are then resolved to my complete satisfaction, and this is a very […]

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Roger Brooke

“From personal experience, I can say that Richard’s work on bassoons is of a very high standard indeed. He is, in addition, a mine (goldmine..?) of friendly and useful advice on all aspects of woodwind instrument construction and maintenance.“

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Shefali Pryor

“I could not be happier with the work Richard has done on my oboe. He was enormously helpful and took the time to work with me to find the best solutions possible. His work is of a high quality that I know I can rely on to last”

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John Cran

“I fully recommend Richard Craig’s work. He is highly skilled and thorough and his meticulous attention to detail gives very satisfying results. He is well equipped for the most complicated and daunting jobs and has an excellent knowledge of woodwind manufacture.”

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Richard Hosford

“Richard’s overhaul on my clarinets was so thorough and expert that they really did respond very much better afterwards. His willingness to change any small detail when I picked them up to play and to advise me on their upkeep was most welcome. I can thoroughly recommend his services to any woodwind player who wants […]

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Phone: 0431 136 839

Email: richard@richardcraig.com.au

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