Experience:
Margarita has lived and worked in the United States for 16 years. In the
S.F. Bay Area, Margarita repaired instruments for Jon's Music in Oakland, and
Starving Musicians in San Jose. She now owns her own shop in Burlingame, CA,
Heriz Music & Art.

Professional Affiliations:
Margarita is a certified technician, and an active member of NAPBIRT
(National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians
www.napbirt.org). As instruments evolve and change, she continues to update her skills
and techniques. She attends NAPBIRT clinics and meetings, and studies the
association's literature to stay current on musical instrument trends.

Philosophy:
During my apprenticeship, I learned to make an honest repair. My teacher
taught me that there are different ways to repair a musical instrument.
There's a quick, easy way, to get out of the problem for now, for that minute.
But there's also the kind of repair where you have to spend more time, applying
your experience and knowledge, in order to fix it permanently.

A quick fix can get you through tonight's gig, which is fine for the
moment. But a lot of people only do the quick thing, always, and that's not a
true repair. For schools in particular, those quick repairs can be a disservice,
because they wind up having to pay again and again.

Unless it's an emergency, I much prefer to do a thorough appraisal and
repair, so that the problem is truly taken care of.

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