| Woodwind instrument repair and overhauling specialist,
Amano Wudd, has been in the woodwind instrument repairs and overhauling trade for over 25
years. Trained as a woodwind engineer by mastercraftsmen from the local company
MOLLENHAUER at Kassel/Germany, Wudd and his collegue S.Herold ran an internationally
recognised and acclaimed workshop called DIE FLOETE in Berlin/Charlottenburg. Wudd has worked for Ornette Cobb, Archie Shepp, Zim Ngwane, Sipo
Hotsticks Mabuse, Khaya Mahlangu and many other famous musicians and in many countries
around the world including Sydney (Australia), Poona (India) and Oregon (America). From
1980 to 1984 Amano has worked in both Johannesburg and Cape Town (South Africa). |

Amano at work in his studio
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