Katie Lowry is known around the country and the world as an expert in flute repair. She has worked with and continues to work with many of the best repair technicians and is constantly learning about and trying new techniques and materials. She has also developed a reputation for honest and open customer service. She will work with each individual to ensure that their instrument is in the best possible playing condition.

Katie grew up in Massachusetts where she studied with Sue Kurian. She received her Bachelors of Music in Flute Performance from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, studying with Ernestine Whitman. After completing the course in woodwind repair at Red Wing Technical College, she was employed by Verne Q. Powell Flutes, where she was instrumental in establishing the repair department. Continuing her relationship with Powell Flutes, and seeing a need for professional quality flute repair, in 1990, she relocated to Minnesota and opened her own repair service.

Shortly after moving to Minnesota, she studied with David Straubinger and is now a Certified Straubinger Pad Technician.

While in Minnesota, Katie continued to develop her clientele and skills. She was sole dealer for Burakrt, Haynes, Miyazawa, Powell, Sankyo and Trevor James until she merged these lines with the Flute Gallery at Schmitt Music. She continued her partnership with the Flute Gallery until she moved back to Western Massachusetts to be closer to family. 

Katie now lives next to the Mount Holyoke College campus in Western Massachusetts where she continues to serve flutists of all abilities from around the country. She has 4 twenty something kids, 2 cats, Spyder and Astra, and a passion for knitting and making things.