Gary Gini

Gary is a well-respected, professional brass and woodwind repair technician, trumpet maker, musician and educator with an international career spanning more than thirty-seven years. He began his repair career in Canada as an apprentice under two German masters. Gary has provided repair and customization services to a broad range of clientele in the United States, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Top orchestral musicians and soloists as well as renowned jazz musicians from around the world have come to him for his knowledge, skill and attention to detail when working with their instruments. 

Gary began his foray into music playing trumpet at age eleven and by age eighteen, made his professional debut with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. He has studied with many renowned teachers including Dr. Kenneth Austin and Don E. Johnston and has performed in Canada, Holland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in a wide variety of genres including symphonic and chamber orchestras, big band jazz ensembles, jazz, funk and blues groups.

As an educator, Gary has been invited to speak at universities and conferences to music students, repair technicians and music educators on a variety of subjects pertaining to musical instruments; their design, manufacture, maintenance and customization. At the WVU School of Music, Gary teaches MUSC 409, an introductory course on brass and woodwind maintenance and repair, as well as a week-long summer workshop tailored for band directors.

He owns and operates the Instrument Lab LLC, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, providing a full range of professional repair and customization services for brass and woodwind instruments.