About Randy

Repair Tech Expertise
Randy has nearly 30 years of technical experience in instrument repair with a specialty in building, customizing and repairing brass instruments. He has also managed, designed and built repair shops over the length of his career. He does everything from routine brass and woodwind repairs to specialty brass work, including lead pipe modifications for trumpets, piston and rotor venting for tubas, bell cutting for French horns, and conversions to Thayer, Greenhoe and Haggman axial flow rotor systems for trombones.

Randy collaborated on a special project to fabricate trombone slides from carbon fiber with Spurling PL, out of Zurich, Switzerland. These slides are ultra-light, exhibit exceptional structural integrity and are immune to bends and dents. Prototypes are being tested in various studios in Los Angeles, and with players in the Oregon Symphony, the Zurich Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Randy Mueller offers a level of expertise and experience in instrument repair and fabrication second to none. From London, Zurich, to Paris, it has been my pleasure to hear trombone players testing Randy’s finely crafted components and to hear them speaking frankly about his consistent and remarkable results. Attention to fine detail has become a hallmark of his work.

– Patrick Spurling, PL Spurling, Inc., Zurich

Loyal Clientele
Randy prides himself for quality craftsmanship and high attention to detail and treats every customer’s instrument as if it’s his own. He has developed a loyal following of clients from symphonies and bands in the Northwest region of the US and other areas of the country, including the Oregon, Eugene, Seattle and Chicago Symphonies and on-the-ground work for traveling ensembles, including the Glenn Miller Band and various Broadway pit orchestras.

Trumpet Performance
Randy has been playing professional free-lance trumpet for over 35 years in symphonies, pit orchestras, brass ensembles and big bands. He has played with Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Della Reese, Steve Allen, The Temptations and The Four Tops. Randy continues to play regularly in a variety of regional ensembles.

Randy has also played with the Oregon Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra Big Band, the Columbus Jazz Arts Group and was lead trumpet for the Oregon Symphony Pops and the SS Norway Big Band. He has recorded various CDs with local groups and big bands in the Northwest and studio commercials for TV and radio.

Randy Mueller is the loudest friggin’ trumpeter I’ve ever had the pleasure of sitting next to.  And he’s not just loud—he’s good too. I’ve never heard anybody get stronger through a double of “Singin’ in the Rain” like him. When the rest of us are cooked, he’s just getting warmed up. It’s weird.

– James Smock, Eugene Symphony, Columbia Symphony,
Trumpet Instructor at Clark College

Educational Instruction
Randy has taught as an adjunct faculty member in trumpet for Clackamas Community College and was on the adjunct music faculty of Wilson High School for Symphonic Band, Concert Band and the Jazz Ensemble. He has also taught private symphonic trumpet lessons for over 15 years for beginners through adults. A number of his students have successfully competed at division and state levels.

Randy has conducted a series of workshops for music faculty band directors in Vancouver, Washington and in music programs al local colleges on the Care, Maintenance and Easy/Emergency Repair of brass instruments. He has also taught Care and Maintenance classes in several brass camps for kids in the region.