Wilkinson Percussion Services

Wilkinson Percussion Services Serving Lubbock and its surrounding communities, WPS aims to fill a need in Percussion Instrument Maintenance.

WPS will come to you to evaluate the condition of your instruments, and most repairs can be made on-site.

A collection of accessory percussion items repaired. The Flexatone needed new spring steel for the clappers, the taxi ho...
02/09/2026

A collection of accessory percussion items repaired. The Flexatone needed new spring steel for the clappers, the taxi horn needed a new bulb, and the bell tree needed a new frame. The other bit of bracketry is part of studio storage that broke. A collection of skills this job. Metallurgy (tempering the spring steel for bending), welding, and adhesives. Now if I could just get the right sized phenolic bar for another repair.

02/07/2026

A rough-in of a new frame for a bell tree.

Alrighty, the repairs and modifications are complete. There was some damage to the glue joints on the low end that I re...
01/04/2026

Alrighty, the repairs and modifications are complete. There was some damage to the glue joints on the low end that I repaired. There was some sag in the bar rails that I added adjustment screws to compensate, and most of all I adapted a standing desk kit to make the height adjustment electric.

01/03/2026

Oh my god it works. Now to pretty up the wiring and mount the controller and interface.

Working on this marimba end piece. Most of the glue joints had failed and there were steel braces holding these joints t...
12/30/2025

Working on this marimba end piece. Most of the glue joints had failed and there were steel braces holding these joints together. Once the glue dries overnight, I'll finish some tweaks to the instrument frame, then begin prototyping the electric height adjustment.

Slowly but surely, I'm taking steps to resume work for WPS. A major step for that was building a work bench. This one is...
12/05/2025

Slowly but surely, I'm taking steps to resume work for WPS. A major step for that was building a work bench. This one is a doozy. It's in the second garage space, so I designed it to fold up against the wall on French cleats.

Packing up the Workshop!I'm changing day jobs, and as a result I'm changing locations.I'll need some time to get settled...
03/23/2024

Packing up the Workshop!

I'm changing day jobs, and as a result I'm changing locations.

I'll need some time to get settled, so it'll be a few months.

But, when I reopen, it'll be in Spring, TX serving the greater Houston area.

But, good news:

I'm working on getting a booth at TMEA 2025.

I'm also working on merch for that booth (and everyone won't leave me alone about wanting merch so fine)

Also, with a more permanent shop setup, I'd like to livestream more of my repair work.

Future plans include a mobile workshop, but that's a long term goal.

Onward and upward folks.

Process of building some temporary braces. The ends were starting to pull out of the bar rails, but we're at the point i...
10/17/2023

Process of building some temporary braces. The ends were starting to pull out of the bar rails, but we're at the point in the semester where we can't spare 6-8 weeks to repair that properly. Enter these braces that mechanically pull the end pieces together. This keeps them from pulling apart and dropping the resonators. Once we're past the performance season I can take this instrument out of circulation and repair it properly.

Prototyping a folding Surdo stand.
01/16/2023

Prototyping a folding Surdo stand.

Big Ol' job for Ralls ISD complete. A set of shelves for the marching drums, and a pegboard for stand and accessory stor...
10/10/2022

Big Ol' job for Ralls ISD complete. A set of shelves for the marching drums, and a pegboard for stand and accessory storage.

Just finished another Marimba rail repair. This is the second repair that I've made custom steel braces for, and I think...
07/07/2022

Just finished another Marimba rail repair. This is the second repair that I've made custom steel braces for, and I think it's the way I'll fix torn ends from now on.

Snipe hunting. Trying to pinpoint some compressed felt in the damper bar.
04/25/2022

Snipe hunting. Trying to pinpoint some compressed felt in the damper bar.

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Lubbock, TX
79414

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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