Repairs, sales and technical training from our workshop on Iwo Road, Ibadan. Brass, woodwind and keys — taken apart, understood, and brought back to playing.
Most of what we do is repair. The rest supports it: instruments we have checked over, and technicians we are training to do the work properly.
Brass and woodwind first — saxophone, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, and the larger horns. We diagnose the real fault, tell you straight what it needs, and do the work by hand. Keys, pianos and guitars too, where the job fits the bench.
We sell instruments we have been through ourselves, buy instruments worth saving, and source specific horns for players who know what they want.
We train technicians the way the craft is actually learned — on real instruments, at the bench, with the tools in their hands.
Every family has its own weak points. Here are the faults we see most — and the ones we fix most.
Alto, tenor, soprano and baritone. The instrument we see most — and know best.
Pads that no longer seal, so low notes won’t speak · Bent keys and worn key corks after a knock or a fall
Pistons, leadpipes and bracing — the fast-wearing parts of a brass life.
Valves that stick, drag or come up slowly · Stuck tuning slides and mouthpieces
The slide is everything. We get it moving like it should.
A slide that is sluggish, grabby or uneven · Dents and pulled-in sections on the slide
Precise, low-tolerance mechanisms where a tenth of a millimetre matters.
Keys that don’t seal, causing airy or dead notes · Cracked or dried tenon corks and joints
Large-bore brass. Heavy to carry, delicate inside.
Slow or noisy rotary and piston valves · Stuck slides and seized caps
Digital keyboards and acoustic pianos — diagnosis, servicing and tuning.
Dead or unresponsive keys · Notes that are out of tune or won’t hold tune
Electric and acoustic — setups, electronics and hardware.
Crackling jacks, pots and switches · Buzzing frets and high action
Every instrument that comes in follows the same path. You always know where yours is.
Bring the instrument in, or message us first. We log it with your name and the problem in your words.
We open it up and find the real fault — not just the symptom you noticed. Leaks, wear, old repairs, the lot.
You get a clear description of what it needs and what it will cost before any work starts. No surprises.
The work is done by hand at the bench — pads, corks, dents, valves, springs, electronics, whatever the job calls for.
We play it. Every note, across the range, until it responds the way it should before it leaves the bench.
You collect a working instrument and we tell you how to keep it that way.
Real benches, real instruments, real repairs in progress. No stock photos.
Horns Engineer grew out of one simple thing: a player who got tired of handing instruments to people who didn’t really understand them, and decided to learn to do it properly.
Today the workshop repairs, restores, sells and sources instruments across Ibadan and beyond — and trains the next technicians to the same standard.
— The founder, Horns Engineer Music Hub
A look at instruments that have passed through the workshop. Shown to give you a feel for what we handle — not a live stock list.
Items shown here are not necessarily in stock. Message us to ask what’s available right now.
Brass, woodwind, keys. Working or not. Send a few photos and tell us what you have.
Message us on WhatsApp with the instrument and the problem, and we’ll take it from there.
