Sorry, I have to disagree with M.Ted. Try to avoid taking everything apart if at all possible. If you are a novice, keep it simple, and try to get it playing. If money is no object, sure, go ahead and have a professional do it. But if you don't want to commit a lot of money, or if you are a dyed in the wool do-it-yourselfer, you may find you have a talent for repair work, and you might suddenly find other people giving you their less than first class instruments to repair. That is what happened to me. Al