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Johnny
Paul
Johnny quit school the day he turned sixteen. At the urging
of his
brother-in-law, Eddie Wiese, Johnny joined Eddie's fledgling music
business as a repair apprentice in May of 1961. He was an
employee
there for forty years, doing most anything that needed to be
done. Not
many folks can say they worked in one place for that long!
Johnny
learned repair in the early years from Eddie Wiese and Morris
Lidia.
Both men were insistent on quality, not quantity, and Johnny followed
the tradition faithfully. Quality work, no matter how much
time it
took, or who it was for, has long been his personal
trademark. If you
would like to see an example of his work, just visit the TRUMPET
OVERHAUL IN PICTURES page.
Students and professional musicians
alike have depended on Johnny Paul to keep their "babies" in tip-top
shape for years. He has seen every imaginable repair, from
delicate
oboe wood cracks to trombone bells crushed in a bar fight.
His loyal
customers can each tell a tale of some desperate time when he saved
their favorite instrument.
The late-night work that took place
at the old store is legend. Many area band directors still
tell
stories about dropping by the store late at night, seeing the lights on
back in the shop, and breathing a sigh of relief, because that meant
Johnny would be able to do their emergency repairs, and do them right.
So, if you have an instrument that everyone else says can't be
repaired, just ask Johnny Paul. He loves a challenge!
If he doesn't have any instruments to repair, and the weather is nice,
he'll be out riding his Suzuki Bandit 1200.
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