We are a small repair shop located northwest of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia. Our customers come to us from all over the Southeast or ship their instruments from all over the United States and even from abroad.

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Rich Ita is a trumpet and cornet player and avid

collector. He began his apprenticeship as a brass

instrument repair technician in 1971 at ATEC Music

Service in the suburbs of Washington, DC,

collaborating with military band repairmen Conrad

Brown, Ed Simmons and Art Accardo. The shop was

involved in an effort by the Smithsonian Institute to

put together a Civil War period band for recording

purposes. It was then that a fascination with 19th

century brass instruments took root.  

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After a four year stint in the Army as a trumpet player,

he accepted a job at the Schilke factory in Chicago,

where he worked for several years until Mr. Schilke's

death. He then freelanced as a repairman in the

Chicago area doing work for Nappe Music House and

Evanston Band & Orchestra. Rich gained experience in

the re-creation of Baroque instruments in the shop of Ron

Collier, making reproductions of natural trumpets and

Sacbutts and doing other historical restoration work. 

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A move in 1990 to the warmer climate of Atlanta brought him to an area starved for experienced repairmen. After six years at the areas largest retail music store, Ken Stanton Music, he opened his own shop - the Brass Instrument Workshop - and suddenly found himself hanging on for dear life and loving every minute of it! Rich would like to sincerely thank all of the wonderfully talented brass musicians who have placed their trust in his skills and have given him the opportunity to do the work he truly loves - making their prized instruments perform and look their best.