Scott Mandeville of Tim's Music in Sacramento goes over the most common repairs and their causes, tips on what you can do in the field, and how to best work with your teachers and repair shop. This might be one of the most important episodes on Ed Rep Radio.

Scott Mandeville's list of repair must-haves on the road for Ed Reps:

Blue Painter's tape

Multi-tip screw driver

Standard pliers

Rawhide mallet

Smooth jaw pliers

Spring hooks, large and small

Instrument specific screw drivers for hinge screws

Lubricants of all kinds and many brands (synthetic)

Peel-and-stick water key corks of many sizes

Saxophone guard screws of various sizes and threads

Mouthpiece puller

Literature on instrument care and maintenance

Tool box to carry everything