OUR STAFF

Meet our exceptional staff and learn a little bit about them

Paul Felzke - Owner / Repairman
Paul Felzke is the Owner of Tulsa Band Instruments. He is also our Head Repair Technician. He received his formal repair training at Western Iowa Tech in the late 1970's. He worked at the Sharp and Nichel in Oklahoma City and Conn Keyboards before opening his first repair shop in Tulsa called Felzke Repair. In 1985, he started Tulsa Band Instruments. The store was started as mainly a repair shop, doing repairs for Schools and professional musicians. Paul is THE repairman in Tulsa, and has repaired instruments for David Sanborn, Doc Severinson, Mike Anderson, Will Campbell, and Grady Nichols to name a few. Paul's main instruments are saxophone and flute, but he thinks he can play guitar, oboe, and bassoon.

Ceth Barnett - Store Manager / Trombone Specialist
Ceth Barnett is a graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK, with a undergraduate degree in Trombone Performance. His teachers were L. Dale Barnett, Bill Hartman and Dr. Stanley George. Ceth is a freelance trombone player in the Tulsa Area. As a private lesson instructor, he is adjunct faculty at Tulsa Community College. He currently performs with the Tulsa Starlight Band, the Sentimental Journey Big Band and the Tulsa Slide Company.

He has performed with the Tulsa Signature Symphony and Tulsa Philharmonic. Artists he has performed with include Clarke Terry, Steve Wiest, Frank Mantooth, The Temptations, Byron Stripling, Carmen, Colin Raye, and Peter Cetera. Ceth worked with Union High School from 1997 to 2005 as part of the visual staff, trombone teacher and taught the Trombone Choir, and worked as a consultant at Bartlesville High School in 2006. He is also the Director of the Women�s Basketball Band at Oral Roberts University. Ceth is the Sales Manager at Tulsa Band, and our Brass Specialist. Ceth currently plays a Conn 88HTG, Bach 16G (circa 1978), and a straight King 4B (circa 1960). His mouthpieces of choice are the Schilke 51 and Griego 6.5.

Alex Warrior - Sales Associate / Trumpet Specialist
Alex Warrior is a graduate of the University of Tulsa with an undergraduate degree in Trumpet Performance and graduate of University of Missouri-Kansas City with a master's degree, also in Trumpet Performance. He has performed with the award winning Fountain City Brass Band, Puccini Festival, Northland Symphony, Kansas City Civic Orchestra, and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. His teachers include Ron Predl, Steve Haefner, and Dr. Keith Benjamin. Alex has performed and studied with such notable artists as Charles Geyer, Byron Stripling, Bobby Watson, Conrad Herwig, Eldar Djangirov, Tim Ries, and Walter White. Alex is a sales representative at Tulsa Band. He currently plays a B&S Challenger II/3137, Bach C 229/25H, and Selmer(Paris) Piccolo Trumpet.

Tim Shadley - Sales Associate / Accounts Manager
Tim Shadley has a Jazz Studies Degree from Northern Illinois where he studied jazz trombone under Paul Mckee. He also studied with Fareed Haque and Joey Sellers. Tim also studied for 4 years at North Texas State University where he studied with Dan Haerle and Mike Steinel. Tim is also a fine jazz pianist and currently plays with Salsa Rhythm Project and the Jeff Shadley Group. He freelances on trombone and piano throughout the Tulsa area.

Tim plays on the following instruments:
Trombone- Getzen Custom 3508Y
Keyboard- Roland RD300SX

Rich Gable - Guitar & Combo / Saxophone
Rich Gable studied saxophone and jazz improvisation from Will Campbell at Northeastern State Universities in Tahlequah, OK. He has had the opportunity to play with such national artists as The Temptations, The Four Tops, Byron Stripling, Joe Lavano, Jimmy Cobb and Rita Moreno, to name a few. Rich plays a Keilwerth SX90II Soprano Sax, a Yamaha YAS-61 Stripped Lacquer Alto Sax, a 1958 Selmer Mark VI Tenor Sax and a Beuscher Baritone Sax. He also plays a Fender Telecaster Guitar, a Wurlitzer 200 and 200A Electric Piano, a Rhodes Suitcase and Stage Piano, Yamaha CP70B Electric Piano.