Andrew May

Wind Instrument Repairer

Double Reed Specialist

About

Having completed his first degree at Edinburgh University, Andrew May studied for an HND in Wind Instrument Repair at Stevenson College, Edinburgh, graduating in 1998.

He continued his training whilst working in the busy workshop at John Packer Ltd in Taunton, Somerset before returning to Edinburgh late in 2000.

Five years as Double Reed Specialist and Company Secretary at The Wind Section Ltd, Edinburgh, came to an end in May 2006 with the establishment of his Viewforth workshop.

Andrew also plays the Bassoon with Stockbridge & Newtown Community Orchestra and is a regular at the S.C.O.’s Scrapers & Tooters weekends. He can be found playing the Bass Clarinet and Bodhrán in various folk sessions around Edinburgh and teaches Bodhrán for the Scots Music Group.

He is aware of a number of other Andrew Mays who aren’t him!