Round Rock Edition | May 2024

Business

BY BROOKE SJOBERG

Oldroyd said brass instruments are generally some of the easiest to repair.

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Travis Goldberg, Better Than New Band Repair shop manager and technician, replaces keys on a ute.

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Better Than New Band Repair marks 20 years of serving local musicians For 20 years, musicians from all over Central Texas have come to the heart of Round Rock to have their instruments repaired at Better Than New Band Repair. The gist Karen Holrath and Twylia Baker founded the

taking over. Within the next year, she said she would like to be able to start oering music lessons in the shop as well. Something to note As Better Than New Band Repair handles repairs for many school district bands in the area, Michelle Oldroyd said it is best for customers who need their instruments repaired or maintained ahead of marching season to act early. She said she recommends dropping o instruments as soon as school lets out for the year, so instruments are ready to go for band camp.

instrument repair shop in 2004, having met at Strait Music where they both worked as repair technicians. After 15 years of ownership, they sold Better Than New Band Repair to Michelle and Dan Oldroyd, parents of Round Rock ISD band students whose instruments were maintained in the shop, and stayed on as technicians. What’s changed Under new ownership, the shop has expanded into a larger footprint, digitized record keeping for repairs and begun selling refurbished secondhand instruments, Michelle Oldroyd said. She was rst hired on as a bookkeeper in 2008 but grew to learn all aspects of the business before

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